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U.S. life expectancy drops as opioid deaths surge
(HealthDay)—The opioid epidemic continues to chip away at the average American life span, federal health officials reported Thursday.
Dec 21, 2017
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Medications
Ohio awards $10M to boost opioid, addiction breakthroughs
Ohio will pay to support development of pain management alternatives, mobile apps to improve addiction treatment and other advanced technologies through $10 million in competitive grants.
Dec 7, 2017
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Ohio to name winners of up to $12M in opioid science grants
Ohio is set to name recipients of up to $12 million in competitive grants aimed at supporting scientific breakthroughs to solve the national opioid crisis.
Dec 7, 2017
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Largest study of opioid deaths reveals who is at most risk
Just over 60 percent of individuals who died from an opioid overdose had been diagnosed with a chronic pain condition, and many had been diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, a study of more than 13,000 overdose deaths has ...
Nov 28, 2017
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Baby-boomers and millennials more afflicted by the opioid epidemic
Baby-boomers, those born between 1947 and 1964, experienced an excess risk of prescription opioid overdose death and heroin overdose death, according to latest research at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Nov 21, 2017
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Fighting overdose epidemic, US bans all fentanyl-type drugs
The US Justice Department on Thursday announced a ban on all fentanyl-like drugs amid skyrocketing rates of overdoses from the synthetic opioids.
Nov 9, 2017
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Researchers struggle to turn the tide of the opioid epidemic
The numbers tell the story of the opioid epidemic. And the story is tragic.
Nov 9, 2017
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Fentanyl in more than half of opioid deaths in 10 states
A federal report says the powerful painkiller fentanyl was involved in more than half of the recent opioid overdose deaths in 10 states.
Oct 27, 2017
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Trump poised to declare opioid crisis a national emergency
President Donald Trump is poised to meet with top advisers and officially declare the opioid crisis in the United States a "national emergency," he said on Wednesday.
Oct 26, 2017
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Home-brewed poppy seed tea can be lethal, study finds
A home-brewing technique used to extract morphine from unwashed poppy seeds can produce lethal doses of the drug, according to research at Sam Houston State University.
Oct 10, 2017
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