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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 …
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Anchor lead: What’s the best way to handle the opioid crisis? Elizabeth Tracey reports Fewer opioid medications are being prescribed, that much is certain, but have deaths relative to opioid overdose declined? The most recent data haven’t yet shown such …
