Medications 

New weapon in war against opioids: An implanted device that automatically releases lifesaving naloxone

12/05/2019 against, an, automatically, device, implanted, in, lifesaving, naloxone, New, opioids, releases, that, war, weapon

An opioid overdose can be a lonely death. People who use drugs often do so in private, and should they

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Side effects mild, brief with single antidepressant dose of intravenous ketamine

11/18/2019 Antidepressant, brief, dose, effects, intravenous, ketamine, mild, of, side, single, with

National Institutes of Health researchers found that a single, low-dose ketamine infusion was relatively free of side effects for patients

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Medications 

Of all professions, construction workers most likely to use opioids and cocaine

10/30/2019 All, and, Cocaine, Construction, likely, Most, of, opioids, professions, to, use, workers

Construction workers are more likely to use drugs than workers in other professions, finds a study by the Center for

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Antibiotics not necessary for most toothaches, according to new ADA guideline

10/25/2019 According, ADA, Antibiotics, for, guideline, Most, necessary, New, NOT, to, toothaches

The American Dental Association (ADA) announced today a new guideline indicating that in most cases, antibiotics are not recommended for

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Caution urged when taking patients off opioid painkillers

10/14/2019 caution, off, opioid, painkillers, Patients, Taking, urged, When

Doctors should be more cautious when taking chronic pain patients off opioid painkillers, according to a new U.S. Department of

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Medications 

Opioid settlement would divide money based on local impact

08/30/2019 'Money', based, divide, impact, local, on, opioid, settlement, Would

The multibillion-dollar settlement that the maker of OxyContin is negotiating to resolve a crush of lawsuits over the nation’s opioid

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Mayo Clinic minute: Is CBD safe to use?

08/23/2019 CBD, Clinic, Is, Mayo, minute', Safe, to, use

CBD has surpassed all other supplements in history in terms of rapid rise in sales and use in the U.S.,

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Medications 

Study: How people access and use antibiotics in low-and-middle-income countries

08/21/2019 access, and, Antibiotics, countries, How, in, low-and-middle-income, people, Study, use

It is often assumed that people use antibiotics inappropriately because they don’t understand enough about the spread of drug resistant

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Dacomitinib in advanced lung cancer: Disadvantages outweigh survival advantage

08/19/2019 advanced, advantage, cancer, Dacomitinib, Disadvantages, in, lung, outweigh, survival

Since its approval in April 2019, dacomitinib has been available for the first-line treatment of adult patients with locally advanced

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Medications 

Favorable five-year survival reported for patients with advanced cancer treated with the immunotherapy

07/25/2019 advanced, cancer, Favorable, five-year, for, immunotherapy, Patients, reported, survival, The, treated, with

A research team led by experts at the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center

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