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Anchor lead: Integration with drug treatment is needed when people come to the ED with an overdose, Elizabeth Tracey reports Emergency departments are well-equipped to handle opioid overdose, but less so when it comes to getting people into drug treatment, …
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Anchor lead: New CDC data estimate many more opioid deaths than previously thought, Elizabeth Tracey reports 72,000. That’s the number of deaths related to drug overdoses in the United States in 2017, the most recent data from the Centers for …
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Anchor lead: If you don’t drink alcohol and you’re worried about Alzheimer’s disease, what should you do? Elizabeth Tracey reports People who drink alcohol moderately in middle age seem to develop Alzheimer’s disease less often than those who don’t drink …
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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 …
