Hard-hit Pennsylvania to sue drugmaker over opioid epidemic
The attorney general of Pennsylvania says he's filing a lawsuit accusing a pharmaceutical giant of fueling the opioid epidemic.
May 14, 2019
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The attorney general of Pennsylvania says he's filing a lawsuit accusing a pharmaceutical giant of fueling the opioid epidemic.
May 14, 2019
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University of California, Davis professor Bruce Hammock has spent a 50-year career studying insects. He probably wouldn't be the Ph.D. considered most likely to shake up the multibillion-dollar prescription painkiller market.
May 1, 2019
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(HealthDay)—If you have unused or expired medications at home, be sure to take them to one of thousands of drop-off sites across the country on National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, Saturday, April 27.
Apr 26, 2019
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New research shows that hypnosis can reduce pain by up to 42% and may offer a genuine alternative to painkillers.
Apr 25, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Because of the danger of "serious harm" to patients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising doctors not to suddenly stop patients from taking opioid painkillers, or drastically lower the dose.
Apr 10, 2019
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A substance from a fungus that infects caterpillars could offer new treatment hope for sufferers of osteoarthritis according to new research.
Mar 19, 2019
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A study of almost 500,000 women indicates that taking paracetamol or other painkillers during pregnancy is not responsible for increasing the risk of asthma in children.
Mar 18, 2019
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Opioid-related deaths nationwide jumped fourfold in the last two decades, and the epidemic has made major inroads in the Eastern states, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, ...
Feb 22, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Children who have surgery for a broken elbow may be overprescribed potentially addictive opioid painkillers, a new study finds.
Feb 12, 2019
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A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller's launch party in the 1990s that it would be "followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition," ...
Jan 16, 2019
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