People who overeat during national holidays and national sporting events like the Super Bowl are 10 times more likely to need emergency medical attention for food obstruction than at any other time of the year, according to a study in…
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The MetroHealth System in Cleveland plans to open an Office of Opioid Safety on July 1, 2017.
In the emergency department at University of Kentucky Albert B. Chandler Hospital in Lexington, opioid medications are considered a painkiller of last resort. Since implementing the policy two years ago, the hospital has halved the amount of opioids administered to…
Two Republican state representatives in Connecticut have unilaterally introduced separate legislation designed to increase punitive legal actions against illicit opioid dealers, according to NBC Connecticut.
Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush are showing improved health after being admitted to Houston Methodist earlier this month.
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Amid a nationwide opioid epidemic, hospitals across the U.S. have taken steps to amend protocols and train staff to minimize the prescription of narcotic painkillers, reports STAT.
The city of Huntington, W.V., filed suit in Cabell Circuit Court against a local physician, AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., McKesson Corp., and Cardinal Health for their alleged role in contributing to high levels of opioid abuse in the community, according to The…
The Opioid Safety Initiate instituted by the Veterans Health Administration in 2013 significantly reduced the frequency of high-dose opioid prescriptions among veterans, according to a new study published in the journal Pain.
Washington, D.C.-area hospitals are prepared to handle higher than usual patient volumes that may occur during this weekend's inauguration events, reports the Washington Business Journal.
Chemists at the Drug Enforcement Administration Special Testing and Research Laboratory in Sterling, Va., are charged with the task of testing the deadly drugs brought in by the administration's special agents.