Medications
To address the opioid crisis we need to do more to support people suffering from opioid use disorder
In 2017 alone, 47,600 Americans died from opioid overdoses. That's 130 people every day.
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Diabetes
Understanding the epidemiology of fractures in diabetes
Due to the ageing of populations as well as increasing obesity and adverse lifestyle factors, type 2 diabetes (T2D) is reaching epidemic proportions in many parts of the world. People with diabetes have been shown to be at ...
Oct 17, 2016
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Medications
Common opioids less effective for patients on SSRI antidepressants, study finds
Patients taking the most common form of antidepressant who are given the most widely prescribed opioid experience less pain relief, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators have discovered.
Feb 6, 2019
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Overweight & Obesity
Heavy teens are less likely now to try and lose weight
(HealthDay)—The obesity epidemic among American teens is being fed by a waning desire to lose weight, a new report suggests.
Jun 25, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
The role of the sun in the spread of viral respiratory diseases
Why do most viral epidemics spread cyclically in autumn and winter in the globe's temperate regions? According to an interdisciplinary team of researchers of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics, the University ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Coronavirus second wave may be even worse: US health chief
A second wave of the novel coronavirus in the US could be even more destructive because it will likely collide with the beginning of flu season, one of the country's top health officials said Tuesday.
Apr 22, 2020
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Medications
Fentanyl fuels latest spike in opioid OD deaths
(HealthDay)—Drug overdose deaths continue to pile up in the United States, driven largely by the opioid epidemic and the emergence of dangerously potent synthetic opioids like fentanyl, a new government report shows.
Mar 30, 2018
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Surgery
Doctors prescribing too many opioids after nose jobs
(HealthDay)—Could some patients recovering from a nose job get a problem they didn't bargain for?
Nov 9, 2017
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Medications
FDA bans use of opioid-containing cough meds by kids
(HealthDay)—Trying to put a dent in the ongoing opioid addiction crisis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday slapped strict new restrictions on the use of opioid-containing cold and cough products by kids.
Jan 12, 2018
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Addiction
Wearable device can detect and reverse opioid overdose
A research team at the University of Washington has developed a wearable device to detect and reverse an opioid overdose. The device, worn on the stomach like an insulin pump, senses when a person stops breathing and moving, ...
Nov 22, 2021
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