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Anchor lead: How many opioid overdoses may actually be suicides? Elizabeth Tracey reports Opioid overdose deaths may actually be suicides in a sizeable number of cases, a recent study projects. Eric Strain, a drug addiction expert at Johns Hopkins, says …
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Anchor lead: Adolescents experience opioid overdose and need treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports Fewer than one in fifty adolescents who come to an emergency department with opioid overdose and survive are offered recommended treatment to help them avoid a recurrence, a …
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Anchor lead: How are adolescents who overdose on opioids treated? Elizabeth Tracey reports When people experience a non-fatal opioid overdose treatment to curb addiction and help them avoid recurrence is indicated, yet only a very few adolescents receive such treatment. …
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Anchor lead: Different ethnicities have differing rates of diabetes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Your risk of developing type 2 diabetes may depend in part on your race or ethnicity, a recent study found. Rita Kalyani, a diabetes expert at Johns Hopkins, …
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Anchor lead: A program called ‘ADAP’ is helping raising awareness of depression in adolescents, Elizabeth Tracey reports Depression is a major factor in the increasing rate of suicide among adolescents, and a program to help, known by the acronym ADAP, …
