As of Wednesday, November 16, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are allowed to begin the required training needed to prescribe buprenorphine, a drug used to treat opioid use disorder. Once...
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According to a recent study, approximately 20% of college students rely on prescription stimulants like Adderall, Ritalin, and Vyvanse to help them navigate the stressful and study-focused world of academia. While these...
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A recent study conducted by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania gave us a new look at the way the brain of someone addicted...
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John Oliver, the host of Last Week Tonight on HBO, frequently addresses issues of national importance and concern on his show. This week, in the midst of one of the most contentious...
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In a recent article, Maia Szalavitz, a journalist who has covered addiction for nearly three decades, highlighted the issue that drug rehabilitation centers in the United States are in desperate...
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Subsys Fentanyl, an opioid manufactured by Insys Therapeutics, has a lot more than a CNBC investigation and a place on the United States Department of Health and Human Services list of “dugs...
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Kurt Angle built his entire career on being the strongest and the best – two-time NCAA Division I Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, World Wrestling Championship freestyle wrestling gold medalist, 1996 Summer...
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Addiction is an epidemic that claims the lives of thousands of American every year – according to statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 500,000...
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Prescription painkiller deaths have nearly quadrupled since 1999, approximately 180,000 people have died from prescription opiate overdoses since 2000, and opioids accounted for more overdose deaths than cocaine and heroin...
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Retired soccer superstar Abby Wambach released her memoir titled “Forward” on Tuesday, September 13 where she detailed her career, starting from the beginning of her rise to glory all the...
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