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U.S. Deaths Are Down and Life Expectancy Is Up, but Improvements Are Slowing

Nearly a year added to estimated lifespan of Americans

Dec 19, 2024
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Remembering Marie Manthey, a Creator of the Primary Nursing Model of Care

Manthey also helped others cope with substance use disorder during her own recovery

Dec 18, 2024
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Experts Debate the Best Ways to Use Opioid Settlement Funds

Approaches include evidence-based treatments, drug courts, harm reduction

Dec 18, 2024
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Most U.S. Teens Are Abstaining From Drinking, Smoking, and Marijuana, Survey Says

Pandemic lockdowns may have influenced patterns

Dec 17, 2024
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Providers, You Are the Missing Piece: Your Patients With OUD Need You

Resources and treatment are essential to addressing the overdose crisis

Dec 12, 2024
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More CEOs Targeted in Wanted Posters; Ultraprocessed Food Lawsuit; OD Deaths Fall

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Dec 12, 2024
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RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud?

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Dec 09, 2024
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Hello Buprenorphine, Step Into My Practice

It's time for the medical field to reduce OUD stigma and embrace this essential medication

Dec 03, 2024
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IG Live December 2: The Weight of Wegovy

How GLP-1 drugs are reshaping medicine

Nov 27, 2024
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Many Drinkers Cut Back After Starting Obesity Meds, Study Finds

In WeightWatchers study, 45% decreased their alcohol use after initiating a weight-loss drug

Nov 26, 2024
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Psych Hospitals Investigated; Internet & Well-Being; Trump's Mental Institutions

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

Nov 20, 2024
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Tapered Steroid Dosing Safe, Effective in Severe Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis

Notably, tapering reduced the risk of infection compared with a fixed dose

Nov 20, 2024
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Fecal Therapy Shows Survival Benefit in Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis

Improved markers of disease severity as well in small trial of steroid-ineligible patients

Nov 18, 2024
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CDC's Carrot Warning; New Mpox Strain in the U.S.; DEA Extends Telehealth Rules

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Nov 18, 2024
Morning Break over illustration of a syringe, Covid virus, and DNA helix over a photo of green vegetation.
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