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Opioids
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JD Vance’s Senate Office Fires Key Adviser Who Posted About Drug Use on Reddit
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance’s office has fired key financial policy adviser Aaron Kofsky. A recent WIRED…
Prenatal opioid exposure not associated with risk of neuropsychiatric disorders in children
Opioid use during pregnancy is not associated with a substantial increase in the risk of neuropsychiatric disorders such…
Study reveals shocking rise in opioid deaths among Canadian youth
Premature deaths related to opioids doubled between 2019 and 2021 across Canada, with more than 1 in 4 deaths among young adults…
Pain reliever use in pregnancy shows no link to child neurodevelopmental disorders, study finds
In a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), researchers assessed the association between…
More kids are dying of drug overdoses. Could pediatricians do more to help?
A 17-year-old boy with shaggy blond hair stepped onto the scale at Tri-River Family Health Center in Uxbridge,…
UT Health San Antonio launches Be Well Institute for substance use research and treatment
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) is establishing the Be…
A paramedic was skeptical about this Rx for stopping repeat opioid overdoses. Then he saw it help.
Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the little beige…
West Virginia city once battered by opioid overdoses confronts ‘fourth wave’
From 2006 through 2014, more than 81 million painkiller pills were shipped to this city and surrounding rural…
DNA aptamer-based sensors can accurately detect trace amounts of fentanyl, heroin, and cocaine
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new generation of high-performance DNA aptamers and highly accurate…
Who knows best how to spend opioid settlement cash?
In this Gulf Coast city, addiction medicine doctor Stephen Loyd announced at a January event what he called…