Tag: opioid epidemic
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Nation & World
Headache or sore all over after bad night’s sleep?
Newly identified chemical link between chronic pain, sleep loss could help sever vicious cycle
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Nation & World
Remember opioid crisis? It’s gotten worse.
Researchers say a series of interventions appear to help with overdose deaths, but warn that they must be scaled pretty high.
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Nation & World
Study reveals fentanyl’s effects on the brain
Researchers have learned that fentanyl produces a specific EEG signature, which could allow clinicians to monitor its effects to enable safer, more personalized administration during and after surgery.
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Nation & World
Behind ‘Dopesick,’ anger and hope
The new Hulu series is based on the bestselling book “Dopesick” by Beth Macy, a journalist and former Nieman Fellow.
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Nation & World
Faster testing for illicit drugs
The landscape of the illegal drug trade changes constantly, particularly amid the current opioid crisis. Law-enforcement officers regularly find or confiscate pills, powders, and other substances and need to know…
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U.S. needs to back opioid talk with stronger action, former governors say
Ex-governors from Delaware, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, and Vermont traded ideas for fighting the U.S. opioid epidemic during a Harvard forum.
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Nation & World
Pulling our punches in opioid fight
Shelly F. Greenfield of McLean Hospital provides a recap of a Boston summit aimed at generating ideas for attacking the opioid epidemic.