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Apr 23, 2014 – Pain and Addiction
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ANCHOR LEAD: SINCE PAIN WAS IDENTIFIED AS THE FIFTH VITAL SIGN, TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE TAKING TOO MANY PAIN MEDICINES, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Prescription pain medicines now account for the majority of injury death in the United States, the FDA commissioner …
Apr 22, 2014 – Fentanyl on the Street
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ANCHOR LEAD: THE POWERFUL PAIN MEDICINE FENTANYL IS BECOMING A PROBLEM ON THE STREET, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS A drug called Fentanyl is racking up a dubious record of overdoses and deaths. That’s because this very powerful pain relieving medicine is …
Apr 21, 2014 – MS Repair
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ANCHOR LEAD: CAN WE ACTUALLY REPAIR THE DAMAGE DUE TO MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Multiple sclerosis damages an insulating material called myelin, which allows nerve impulses to be quickly transmitted. Most therapies have focused on interrupting the damaging process, …
Apr 18 – MS Factors
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ANCHOR LEAD: THE COMPLEXITY OF MS COMPLICATES THE ROLE OF STATINS IN THE CONDITION, ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS Do statins help people with multiple sclerosis slow down progression of the disease, as suggested by a recent study? Peter Calabresi, an MS …
Apr 17, 2014 – Stockpile
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ANCHOR LEAD: SHOULD YOU HAVE YOUR OWN STASH OF TAMIFLU? ELIZABETH TRACEY REPORTS uld you keep a supply of antiviral medication around against the day when a pandemic flu emerges? Especially in light of a recent study demonstrating a survival …