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Opioid addiction rules people’s lives, yet so does undergoing a lot of treatment for it, including things like having to show up at a clinic daily to get your medicine. Now federal guidelines developed to ease treatment barriers during Covid …

People can take home doses of their medication for opioid use disorder under federal rules about to become permanent, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Making federal guidelines for treatment of people with opioid use disorder that were crafted in response to the pandemic permanent will have both upsides and downsides, though mostly up. That’s according to Eric Strain, a substance use disorders expert at …

How will making federal regulations permanent change managing people with opioid use disorder? Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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Reducing barriers to treatment of opioid use disorder was just one initiative undertaken by the federal government as the Covid-19 pandemic began that aimed to protect the health and lives of many. Eric Strain, a substance use disorders expert at …

Some changes to helping people with opioid use disorder during Covid will become permanent, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »

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If you have recently been diagnosed with cancer, your best bet for treatment may include enrolling in a clinical trial, where new treatments are being assessed, usually by comparing them with standard treatment. Yet a new study finds that under …

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A very low percentage of people who receive Medicare benefits in the US and have cancer enroll in clinical trials, a new study finds. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson reviews the data. Nelson: If you look at …

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Research and development have very much improved treatments for many cancers, and that’s reflected in the nation’s latest report on cancer. Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center director William Nelson says these improvements are especially seen in lung cancer and the …

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Cancer of the pancreas is usually associated with poor survival, yet the nation’s latest report on cancer seems to suggest that even for this type of cancer, things may be improving. That’s according to William Nelson, director of the Kimmel …

The outlook for some types of cancer previously considered dire may be improving, Elizabeth Tracey reports Read more »