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High fat, some protein, very few carbohydrates. That’s largely what constitutes a ketogenic diet, developed 100 years ago to help control epilepsy in children and adults. Now the diet is first line treatment for certain metabolic disorders and is gaining …

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In the midst of rising overdose deaths, Spain and a few other countries implemented supervised injection sites so overdoses could be reversed right away, and sure enough, deaths fell. Now the state of Rhode Island has become the first state …

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Opioid overdose deaths reached their highest rate ever in the US in the last 12 months, with a new study showing that expanding prescribing medications like naloxone, doesn’t help. What can stem this tide? Eric Strain, a substance use disorders …

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In this next podcast, Elizabeth Scala and Holley Farley discuss disseminating project work. They discuss the types of audience that you can disseminate information to and how disseminating your project’s findings can inform JHH policies and protocols before they are …

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Deaths from drug overdoses topped 92,000 over the previous twelve months, the CDC has reported. Eric Strain, a substance use disorders expert at Johns Hopkins, says the vast majority of those deaths were due to opioids. Strain: That’s a dramatic …

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Even as Covid deaths begin to climb again nationally, the most recent data on drug overdose deaths shows a dramatic increase in the last year. Eric Strain, a substance use disorders expert at Johns Hopkins, reviews the data. Strain: The …

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