Nearly 1,000 overdoses reversed using naloxone distributed through vending machine
More than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdose in 2021, highlighting the need for evidence-based interventions.
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More than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdose in 2021, highlighting the need for evidence-based interventions.
Dec 6, 2022
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Between 2018–19 and 2019–20, spending on mental and substance use disorders grew to replace injuries as the fourth highest category of health spending.
Dec 2, 2022
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Preventable failures in U.S. maternal health care result in far too many pregnancy-related deaths. Each year, approximately 700 parents die from pregnancy and childbirth complications. As such, the U.S. maternal mortality ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Excessive television viewing as a child can lead to a higher risk of tobacco use and gambling disorders in adulthood, a new University of Otago study shows.
Nov 29, 2022
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Giving some homeless mothers with young children a place to live may do little to help them if it is not combined with support services, a first-of-its-kind study showed.
Nov 28, 2022
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Teens and young adults who are treated for sleep disorders with benzodiazepines such as Xanax—a medication commonly prescribed to treat anxiety and insomnia—may be at a higher risk of overdose, according to Rutgers University ...
Nov 23, 2022
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Adequately funded policies and procedures are needed to reduce health care disparities in access to, and quality of, health care for the U.S. jail and prison population says the American College of Physicians (ACP). "Health ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Opioid use during pregnancy may lead to adverse long-term infant and child outcomes. Targeted public health strategies have been employed to reduce opioid use in reproductive-aged persons, but there has been a lack of research ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Sarah Wright stops by her peer support specialist's hotel room-turned-office in this Denver suburb several times a day.
Nov 21, 2022
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The number of stores selling alcohol in a neighborhood is linked to cases of child abuse and neglect in the same area, a new study suggests.
Nov 21, 2022
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