Month: June 2020
Staying in Treatment
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Anchor lead: People undergoing treatment for drug addiction during Covid-19 may lack technologies that can be very helpful, Elizabeth Tracey reports Portable electronic medicine boxes can help dispense needed medications to people who are in treatment for drug addiction, but …
Helping with Addiction
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Anchor lead: Technology has been able to help some under treatment for drug addiction during the pandemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports If you’re being treated for drug addiction, coming to a center to get your medicine has many challenges, especially as …
Two Epidemics
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Anchor lead: Experts in drug addiction are sounding an alarm about vulnerabilities in this population in the setting of the pandemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Almost 70,000 people died in 2018 in the United States due to drug overdoses, a number …
Post ICU
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Anchor lead: What can people who leave the ICU after Covid-19 expect? Elizabeth Tracey reports ICU stays are fraught with challenges, and these continue even after someone leaves the unit. Johns Hopkins has created a special unit to help people …