A Washington woman with cancer is protesting the revised Better Care Reconciliation Act by saying she will end her treatment — likely ending her life — if lawmakers pass the bill, according to a local news report from KING 5.
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Just 47 percent of Americans think opioid addiction is treatable, according to preliminary research sponsored by Cigna and conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Jerome Adams, MD, an anesthesiologist and President Donald Trump's pick for U.S. Surgeon General, prioritized efforts to combat the opioid epidemic as Indiana's health commissioner, according to NPR.
David Myles, MD, a pediatrician with the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster, Md., shared his experience treating an 18-year-old opioid overdose patient for an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun.
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of the state against Purdue Pharma, Endo Health Solutions and Janssen Pharmaceuticals for allegedly engaging in fraudulent opioid advertising.
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While more insured Americans under 25 years old are being diagnosed with opioid use disorder than ever before, many may not be receiving the medical treatment they need, according to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
Addiction experts say congressional Republicans' proposal to significantly cut Medicaid funding under the American Health Care Act could exacerbate the nation's worsening opioid crisis.
Americans diagnosed with opioid abuse disorder are 9.1 times more likely to be infected with hepatitis C and 2.6 times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV, according to a report from the health technology company Amino.
Hershel Jick, MD, co-author of a one-paragraph letter to the New England Journal of Medicine in 1980, says he regrets that the inaccurate representation of his words has contributed to the current nationwide opioid epidemic, NPR reports.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week joined a coalition of state attorneys general who are investigating opioid manufacturers' marketing and sales practices to determine whether the companies have broken any laws, according to The Texas Tribune.