

Deadly Delivery: Opioids By MailMay 24, 2018 |
The nation’s opioid epidemic has been attributed to many factors, including the over-prescription of painkillers and the availability of cheap synthetic opioids like fentanyl
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Deadly Delivery: Opioids By MailMay 24, 2018 |
The nation’s opioid epidemic has been attributed to many factors, including the over-prescription of painkillers and the availability of cheap synthetic opioids like fentanyl
Quick ReadBasic researchers who study the brain and human behavior thought lawmakers had come to their rescue in March by blocking the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from redefining their studies as clinical trials. But NIH officials are still pushing ahead with new requirements that scientists say make no sense and will cripple their research
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Wishes At the End of LifeMarch 27, 2018 |
Comparing the right to try and right to die
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Is Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Reifying Race?March 23, 2018 |
Tim Caulfield writes, “After what feels like a decade of hype and underwhelming sales, direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing seems to be taking off, for better or worse. In the hope of discovering more about themselves, millions of people have sent DNA-filled tubes of spit to commercial testing companies”
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Do Oregonians Believe Health Care Is a Human Right?February 21, 2018 |
The Oregon House passed a historic resolution, House Joint Resolution 203, the “Hope Amendment,” authored by Rep. Mitch Greenlick (with many co-sponsors), which would give the Oregon electorate the opportunity to vote on an amendment to the Oregon Constitution declaring health care to be a fundamental right
Quick ReadUpshot asked 30 experts to think big, but realistically, about solutions. Imagine you had $100 billion to spend over five years — a little less than current federal domestic H.I.V./AIDS spending — to address the opioid crisis. Where would you put that money?
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Breathalyzers and Brain CapsJanuary 10, 2018 |
Researchers race to devise a roadside test for driving while high. At Mass. General: Instead of looking for the chemical ghosts of pot on your breath, researchers are using a sensor-studded cap to look for impairment in the brain
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Fentanyl Considered for Execution Cocktail by Two US StatesDecember 13, 2017 |
TWO US states are considering using the synthetic painkiller fentanyl as part of the cocktail of drugs used to execute prisoners on death row
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