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Anchor lead: At least part of the increase in deaths among middle-aged Caucasians is the result of heroin use, Elizabeth Tracey reports Heroin use, sometimes along with inappropriate use of prescription opiate medications, is one factor behind the recently reported …
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This week’s topics include safety of kidney donation, off-label use of prescription drugs, death in middle age, and spending and malpractice. Program notes: 0:34 Death in middle aged people 1:35 In contrast to everywhere else in the world 2:35 Opiates? …
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Anchor lead: What is happening in the wake of marijuana legalization? Elizabeth Tracey reports More and more people are trying marijuana, new federal data indicate, with another study demonstrating that there are also more people having problems with its use. …
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Anchor lead: Physicians are addressing the opioid drug crisis on a number of fronts, Elizabeth Tracey reports Teams of physicians are joining up to create solutions to the prescription opioid medication crisis, the American Medical Association has announced. Eric Strain, …
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Anchor lead: Should opioid drugs come with an antidote? Elizabeth Tracey reports There’s an epidemic of prescription opioid overdose in this country, with some experts calling for these potent pain relievers to also come with a dose of an antidote …
