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Anchor lead: Could a new technique help identify who needs additional treatment for breast cancer and who doesn’t? Elizabeth Tracey reports Overtreatment is a buzz word in cancer circles these days, with some experts saying that at least with early …
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Anchor lead: As more states are decriminalizing marijuana, many experts are sounding a note of warning, Elizabeth Tracey reports Decriminalizing marijuana has already increased the number of high school students in Colorado who’ve tried the drug, with consequences that are …
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Anchor lead: Reducing prescriptions for opioids has many turning to heroin, Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid drug overdose deaths have doubled from 1999 to 2012, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show, with heroin deaths tripling in that …
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Anchor lead: Price gouging for an overdose treatment should be stopped, Elizabeth Tracey reports Naloxone is a generic medication that’s very effective for treating people who have taken an overdose of heroin or other opioids. Now the price of naloxone …
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Anchor lead: Billions around the world don’t used toilets or latrines, Elizabeth Tracey reports The toileting habits of billions of people around the world are giving rise to a new generation of superbugs, resistant to every drug we have and …
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Anchor lead: One-third of women worldwide report themselves as victims of violence, Elizabeth Tracey reports. One in three women around the world suffer violence of some sort, a recent Lancet special issue reports, with the World Health Organization supporting the …
