After Walmart announced it will restrict opioid prescriptions to a seven-day supply at its pharmacies across the U.S. May 7, more than 10,000 people signed a petition pushing back against the retail giant's decision, claiming the policy will not alleviate the opioid…
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Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick, Maine, became the first hospital in the state to start prescribing Suboxone, a prescription medicine that contains buprenorphine and naloxone, for opioid addiction in the emergency department, according to the Bangor Daily News.
Following joint and spine surgery, many patients reported unused opioids as well as not knowing safe opioid storage and disposal strategies, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
In the midst of the nation's opioid crisis, scientists are developing an experimental vaccine that aims to treat addicted patients who would be at risk of death if they detoxified and then relapsed, according to The New York Times.
Anne Wojcicki, CEO and co-founder of 23andMe, fired back at critics who argue patients must work with physicians to interpret direct-to-consumer genetic test results.
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Evanston, Ill.-based Northshore University HealthSystem has entered into a development partnership with direct-to-consumer genomics company Helix, the organizations announced at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics meeting in Charlotte, N.C., April 10.
Boca Raton, Fla.-based Cancer Treatment Centers of America and Foundation Medicine are collaborating on an educational campaign to raise awareness regarding the potential of precision medicine.
The Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the umbrella company of 36 BCBS plans nationwide, adopted a directive stating opioids should not be used as the first or second option to treat pain.
Cigna cut members' opioid use by 25 percent through a collaboration with 1.1 million-plus physicians.
More than 900,000 people were absent from the workforce in 2015 due to opioid addiction, according to a study released March 27 by the American Action Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based center-right public policy advocacy group.