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Anchor lead: Quantity and timing of alcohol consumption may affect Alzheimer’s development, Elizabeth Tracey reports Drinking moderately in your middle years may protect you against Alzheimer’s disease later, a recent study in the British Medical Journal found. Sevil Yasar, whose …
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Anchor lead: Synthetic marijuana-like products may be dangerous, Elizabeth Tracey reports Even as legal marijuana spreads across the country, the synthetic weed known as K2 or spice has been implicated in cases of severe bleeding in Illinois. Eric Strain, a …
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Anchor lead: Who should carry opioid antidotes? Elizabeth Tracey reports Should more people carry naloxone to reverse opioid overdose, as was advised recently by the US Surgeon General? Eric Strain, a drug abuse expert at Johns Hopkins, comments. Strain: We’ve …
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Anchor lead: Should the NIH be involved in alcohol use research funded by the industry? Elizabeth Tracey reports The alcohol industry is largely funding National Institutes of Health research on the impact of alcohol consumption on heart health, which many …
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Anchor lead: Can something as simple as a paper test strip help stem the tide of opioid overdoses? Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid overdoses continue unabated, with the opioid fentanyl increasingly implicated, the latest data show. Susan Sherman, a professor of …
