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Dr. Marty Makary: When Medical Consensus Fails—From Low-Fat Diets to Peanut Bans to Overuse of Antibiotics
[RUSH TRANSCRIPT BELOW] Dr. Marty Makary is a surgeon, professor at Johns Hopkins University, and author of "Blind Spots: What Medicine Gets Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health." ...
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February 3, 2024
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'You have to keep using it to keep from withdrawing. And when you do withdraw off it, it’s ...
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Alberta is pushing for legislation changes that would allow it to expand and adjust class-action lawsuits against opioid ...
October 31, 2023
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New Mexico Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Walgreens in Opioid Case
New Mexico has settled with Walgreens for $500 million over the pharmacy’s role in giving highly addictive prescription ...
June 10, 2023
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FDA Approves Opioid Overdose Drug Narcan for Over-the-Counter-Sales
Narcan, a drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, has received federal approval to be ...
March 29, 2023
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Bill Pan
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Strung out on drugs half her life, Brandi Edwards, 29, said the longest she held a job before ...
September 29, 2022
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Heroin Overdose Deaths Halved as Fentanyl Deaths Tripled Over 5 Years
Fentanyl has displaced heroin as the leading cause of overdose deaths in the United States. Not only have ...
September 6, 2022
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Purdue Pharma Mediator Extends Talks to Resolve Sackler Liability for Opioid Epidemic
NEW YORK—A U.S. mediator on Wednesday extended a deadline for negotiations by the owners of Purdue Pharma LP ...
March 3, 2022
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San Francisco Overdose Deaths Far Outpaced COVID-19 Deaths in 2020
Nearly three times as many people died from accidental drug overdoses in San Francisco in 2020 than from ...
April 18, 2021
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A Reason to Protest
Commentary Protesters say America’s criminal justice system is unfair. It is. Courts are so jammed that innocent people ...
July 1, 2020
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John Stossel
Amid Opioid Epidemic, a Meth Crisis Is in the Making
Just as the country struggles to cope with the opioid epidemic, another epidemic brews beneath—that of methamphetamines. While ...
October 24, 2019
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Judge Says Opioid Litigation Can Proceed Toward Trial
A U.S. judge on Sept. 3 rejected efforts by drugmakers, distributors, and pharmacies to dismiss claims that they ...
September 3, 2019
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Former Mexican Cop Charged with Trafficking Enough Fentanyl to Kill 10 Million People
A former Mexican police officer who was residing in the United States illegally has been formally charged with ...
July 27, 2019
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Mimi Nguyen Ly
Opioid Epidemic Behind Decline in US Life Expectancy in 2017
The life expectancy for Americans born in 2017 slightly decreased from the year before, prominently reflecting the increase ...
November 29, 2018
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The Cure for the Opioid Epidemic
Idle hands are the devil's playground, and opioids are wreaking havoc on the unemployed underclass of the United ...
October 2, 2018
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Demi Lovato’s Mom Teams Up With Eric Bolling to Spread Awareness of Opioid Epidemic
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October 2, 2018
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Holly Kellum
Opioid Crisis Takes Toll on Small Businesses as Unemployment Drops
WASHINGTON—With unemployment being at an 18-year low, small businesses are struggling to fill job openings and retain workers. ...
June 17, 2018
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Emel Akan
Doctors Hone New Message in Wake of Opioid Epidemic: Expect Pain
Doctors at some of the largest U.S. hospital chains admitted that they went overboard with opioids to make ...
January 25, 2018
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