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By 2014 the Opioid Epidemic Was Already Destroying Lives
By Dan Franck | Jun 21, 2017 04:38 PM EDTThis isn't a new crisis.
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Death on the Highway? Look for Booze and Pot
By Dan Franck | Jun 20, 2017 06:36 PM EDTIn fatal two-car collisions, the driver who caused the incident is more likely to have recently used alcohol, marajuana, or both than the innocent driver. This raises traffice safety questions in an era of relaxed marajuana laws.
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Study Finds Critical Link Between Mental Illness and Inflammation
By Victoria | Jun 19, 2017 01:20 PM EDTResearchers at Boston Children’s Hospital discovered a link between inflammation and mental illness using a mouse model of lupus.
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Cheaper EpiPen Alternative Gets OK From FDA
By Ivy Greene | Jun 19, 2017 07:58 AM EDTGet to know about the newly FDA-approved allergy shot, which is a cheaper version of the EpiPen.
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Lawsuit Challenges Kentucky Medical Marijuana Ban
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 16, 2017 09:31 PM EDTLawsuit states that medical marijuana is a legitimate alternative to ease addiction to opioids. One of the plaintiff's in the lawsuit is the son of a longtime Republican state senator.
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Rock Climbing Might be Effective in Treating Symptoms of Depression
By Catherine Rice | Jun 19, 2017 03:26 PM EDTA study has found that rock climbing may be effective in treating symptoms of depression.
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Hard To Believe, But a Case Still Needs to be Made for Medical Marijuana
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 15, 2017 09:39 PM EDTAttorney General Jeff Sessions asked Congress to give him the ability to prosecute medical marijuana suppliers in states where it is legal.
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Baltimore Teen Wakes from Heart Transplant, Can't Stop Dancing
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 14, 2017 09:33 AM EDTA Baltimore teen who has undergone several heart surgeries awoke in his hospital bed after a recent heart transplant and started dancing. Hospital staff danced right along with him.
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Get To Know New Drug Which Creates Real Tan And Curbs Skin Cancer
By Trickos Patrick | Jun 14, 2017 01:07 AM EDTA group of scientists has innovated a new ointment based drug, which is able to reduce the chances of developing skin cancer by creating a real tan over skin layers.
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Drug Abuse: FDA Wants To Pull Out Opioid Painkiller, Here's Why
By Trickos Patrick | Jun 13, 2017 07:39 AM EDTThe FDA brings strict instructions to Endo Pharmaceuticals for turning down Opana ER, Now, more Opioid based painkillers are likely to be pulled off from the market soon.
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State of Ohio Sues Five Drug Manufacturers Over Opioid Epidemic
By Catherine Rice | Jun 12, 2017 07:28 PM EDTOhio is suing five pharmaceutical companies, including Teva and and Purdue Pharma, for 'fueling the opioid epidemic.'
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Republicans in Senate Unable to Agree on Health Care Overhaul
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 12, 2017 02:35 PM EDTTwo conservative senators, Rand Paul of Kentucky and Mike Lee of Utah may vote against any bill to overhaul health care coming out of Senate because it is seen a too moderate.
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LA Releases Draft Marijuana Business Regulations
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 09, 2017 06:30 PM EDTAs Los Angeles braces itself for commercial legalization of marijuana in 2018, rules for pot growers and sellers emerge.
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A Man Needs a Pill: The Race to Find a Male Contraceptive
By Charlie Gaeta | Jun 09, 2017 06:35 PM EDTTo develop an effective contraceptive pill for men, scientists are having to go back to the original question asked in Sperm Science; What is sperm?
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Overdose of Mysterious Pill in Georgia Gives High Rise To Mass Fear of Death
By Trickos Patrick | Jun 09, 2017 08:21 AM EDTAn unidentified drug has created massive fear among the people of Georgia; 4 died and more than 18 people hospitalized after consuming it; know more here
