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Will money flowing into addiction technology curb overdose deaths?
Tech startups are offering help for those struggling with addiction but it may not be enough
03/27/2022 12:29 UTC
Recovery from addiction is a journey. There’s no one-and-done solution
Addiction is a chronic illness requiring constant vigilance and relapses are part of the journey to recovery
06/12/2023 11:27 UTC
Patients suffering with hard-to-treat depression may get relief from magnetic brain stimulation
When medication fails, new noninvasive treatments provide hope for those suffering from depression
12/06/2022 14:45 UTC
Addiction treatment proponents urge rural clinicians to pitch in by prescribing medication
Health care workers are being encouraged to prescribe buprenorphine for patients overcoming opioid addiction
12/02/2022 12:15 UTC
Will Oregon be the first state to decriminalize all drugs?
The groundwork is being laid for Oregon to once again take a pioneering role in drug policy
09/29/2019 18:00 UTC
Some addiction treatment centers turn big profits by scaling back care
Charging high fees without guaranteeing access to evidence-based care is common in the addiction treatment industry
02/01/2023 14:15 UTC
Should we look to our phones to solve the opioid crisis?
At its worst rural areas, people are four times more likely to die from an overdose in 2015 compared to 1999
11/19/2017 22:29 UTC
A brain implant that zaps away negative thoughts raises thorny ethical questions
Salon spoke to philosophers about "deep brain stimulation," a novel technology to treat depression
10/14/2021 19:00 UTC
Rural Americans have difficulty accessing a promising cancer treatment
One type of T-cell therapy is offered only at major transplant hospitals — meaning long drives for rural patients
08/26/2022 12:15 UTC
The stunning differences between Trump’s public COVID recommendations and the treatment he received
"When his life was on the line, hydroxychloroquine was apparently not part of the picture."
12/17/2021 20:34 UTC
With hospitalization losing favor, judges order outpatient mental health treatment
Since its inception, the court-ordered intervention has generated controversy.
11/21/2018 12:30 UTC
These governors push experimental antibody therapy — but shun vaccine and mask mandates
Since mid-July, delivery of Regeneron's antibody cocktail has soared from 25,000 doses to 125,000 doses per week
08/26/2021 22:42 UTC
“We’re still gonna say no”: UnitedHealthcare’s effort to deny coverage to chronically ill patient
A college student's fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims
02/02/2023 19:30 UTC
Gender transition treatment minimum age lowered to 14-years-old
Emotional and cognitive maturity will factor in, as well as parental consent
06/16/2022 23:44 UTC
An unexpected source of methane? Your local sewage plant
A new study says the plants emit twice as much methane as previously thought
03/12/2023 18:59 UTC