Archive: 18/10/2019
How Purdue's aggressive sales of a painkiller blew up in its face
In 2002, Andrew Kolodny, a resident in psychiatry, attended a training session on pain treatment in Philadelphia.
Oct 18, 2019
America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl
In a windowless hangar at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, dozens of law enforcement officers sift through packages, looking for fentanyl—a drug that is killing Americans every day.
Oct 18, 2019
Lunch break lesson: how to reverse an opioid overdose
At a small shop selling handmade jewelry in South Philly, employees are skipping their lunch break for a good cause. They are getting training they all wanted—in how to save someone who has overdosed on opioids.
Oct 18, 2019
Is there evidence of the 'immigrant health paradox' among Arab Americans?
First generation immigrants to the United States from Latin America, South America, and Asia have been shown to have better health outcomes and behaviors than second generation (born in the U.S. to immigrant parents) and ...
Oct 18, 2019