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Anchor lead: Florida has had success in stemming the tide of opioid deaths, Elizabeth Tracey reports Prescription opioid medications have outpaced street drugs in causing drug overdose deaths, the most recent national data demonstrate. The state of Florida took aim …
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This week’s topics include how often MDs recommend sunscreen, celiac disease and haplotype, steroids for spinal stenosis pain, and bone marrow transplantation for sickle cell disease. Program notes: 1:00 What do physicians recommend re: sunscreen 2:01 0.07% of visits they …
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Anchor lead: Will people still be able get medications to treat pain after so much focus on prescription drug abuse? Elizabeth Tracey reports Some years ago pain was identified for healthcare providers as the ‘fifth vital sign,’ and focus on …
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This week’s topics include an FDA report on OTC pain relievers, making sense of the new cholesterol guidelines, evaluating child abuse when injury occurs, and incidence of childhood obesity in the US. Download PDF Transcript Related Article: NSAIDs and Cardiovascular Risk
