Medications
Opioid overdose deaths triple among teens, kids
(HealthDay)—In the past two decades, opioid overdose death rates among U.S. kids and teens have tripled, a new study shows.
Dec 28, 2018
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More than two-thirds of drug OD deaths in 2017 involved opioids
(HealthDay)—More than two-thirds of drug overdose deaths in 2017 involved an opioid, with increases in overdose deaths from all opioids and synthetic opioids seen from 2016 to 2017, according to research published in the ...
Dec 28, 2018
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Neuroscience
Study yields new insight on how memory works
Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists' understanding of how memory works.
Dec 26, 2018
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Fentanyl now the no. 1 opioid OD killer
(HealthDay)—As the U.S. opioid epidemic grinds on, fentanyl is fast becoming the main culprit in drug overdose deaths, health officials report.
Dec 12, 2018
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Meth playing bigger role in US drug overdose crisis
A bigger share of U.S. drug overdose deaths are being caused by methamphetamine, government health officials reported.
Dec 12, 2018
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Opioids plus other drugs a deadly mix for heavy users
(HealthDay)—One in four long-term users of opioid painkillers may be at risk for overdose because of overlapping prescriptions for other drugs, researchers report.
Dec 5, 2018
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Suicide, at 50-year peak, pushes down US life expectancy
Suicides and drug overdoses pushed up U.S. deaths last year, and drove a continuing decline in how long Americans are expected to live.
Nov 29, 2018
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Denver trying again for possible 1st US drug injection site
Despite federal opposition, Denver is trying again to become what could be the first U.S. city to open a supervised drug injection site, a strategy that some liberal cities have tried repeatedly to launch to reduce overdose ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Medications
Drug overdose mortality rates highest in US
(HealthDay)—In 2015, the United States had higher drug overdose mortality rates than those of many other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries, according to a research letter published ...
Nov 19, 2018
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Want to cut down on your meds? Your pharmacist can help.
Pharmacists are pivotal in the process of deprescribing risky medications in seniors, leading many to stop taking unnecessary sleeping pills, anti-inflammatories and other drugs, a new Canadian study has found.
Nov 14, 2018
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