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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, March 7, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Arthritis is expanding its grip on Americans, with 24 million adults limited in…
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Rural Colorado’s Opioid Connections Might Hold Clues To Better Treatment
by NPR January 23, 2017Enlarge this image Melissa Morris outside her home in Sterling, Colo. She quit using heroin in 2012, and now relies on the…
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HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Jan. 17, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Over a decade, there was a nearly fivefold increase in the number of…
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HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Hospital admissions related to overdoses from heroin and other opioids rose 64 percent…
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Enlarge this image Addiction to opioids and heroin is a major public health problem, but so is alcohol abuse. Toby Talbot/AP hide…
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HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Oct. 19, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Even if they know the pills are fake, chronic back pain sufferers may…
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Medications Can Help People Stop Abusing Alcohol, But Many Don’t Know That
by NPR October 3, 2016Enlarge this image Public health officials want doctors to consider treating alcohol abuse with medications that have a track record of success.…