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News & Articles By Cassie B.
05/04/2018
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By Cassie B.
The FDA has approved the first digital pill
It’s every thinking person’s worst nightmare: A digital pill. The prospect of ingesting risky pharmaceuticals combined with tracking microchips that transmit biological data from your body might sound like something we won’t need to worry about for a long time, but the truth is that this technology is already here, and the FDA has even […]
03/22/2018
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By Cassie B.
Beating food addiction with the Spice Diet: Chef shares his story of success with healthy food alternatives
Do you need to lose some weight? According to the World Health Organization, the number of obese adults around the world exceeds 300 million, and 115 million of these people are suffering from problems related to their obesity. Perhaps you don’t quite fit the definition of obese, but you’ve noticed your waistline getting a little […]
12/22/2017
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By Cassie B.
The opioid crisis has some legislators supporting natural remedies, authorizing use of acupuncture to help addicts as an alternative pain treatment
If you haven’t been affected by the opioid crisis, you’re in the minority. As drug overdoses killed more people than guns or car accidents last year, the need for action has never been greater. Some steps have been taken in recent months to try to combat this serious issue, but as long as doctors and […]
12/20/2017
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By Cassie B.
No good reason for the opioid epidemic: Clinical trial showed no “significant difference” in pain relief for treating arm or leg pain using opioids vs non-opioids
There is a lot of finger-pointing going on when it comes to the cause of the opioid epidemic. The pharmaceutical companies making these drugs often get the bulk of the blame, with the doctors who prescribe them following closely behind in the culpability leaderboard. To be fair, some opioid addictions start out fairly innocently, with […]
11/10/2017
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By Cassie B.
Peer pressure turnaround: New research shows a reduction in youth tobacco use when friends stage an intervention
Despite an abundance of smoking cessation aids available, many people struggle to kick this dangerous habit. It’s not surprising that some adults who have been smoking for decades cannot imagine living without their cigarettes, but are the chances any better of getting young people to abandon the habit? A study that was recently published in […]
11/06/2017
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By Cassie B.
The opioid epidemic in context: Expert reviews the history, facts
Opioid use and drug overdose deaths have both risen astronomically in the U.S. recently, and it’s hard to avoid headlines about what has become the top cause of accidental death in the nation. It’s common knowledge by now that the country has a serious opioid problem, but how did we find ourselves in this dire […]
10/12/2017
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By Cassie B.
New Jersey lawsuit accuses Big Pharma of “nothing short of EVIL”
A new lawsuit that accuses a pharmaceutical company of conduct that is “nothing short of evil” echoes the sentiment of many people who have suffered or lost loved ones due to the unsavory practices of Big Pharma. Big Pharma’s list of wrongdoings is rather lengthy, but the offense that is at the heart of the […]
10/11/2017
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By Cassie B.
Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock kept a doctor “on retainer” to keep feeding him mind-altering psychotropic drugs
The man behind the recent Las Vegas massacre has something in common with the perpetrators of many other mass shootings in recent years: Psychiatric drug use. A court deposition in a civil lawsuit filed by Paddock over a slip-and-fall incident against the Cosmopolitan Hotel that was obtained by CNN provides insight into his state of […]
10/09/2017
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By Cassie B.
Thanks to addictive opioids, senior citizens are the new drug dealers
Most people have a certain image that comes to mind when they imagine drug dealers. More often than not, it’s an unkempt younger man lurking in the shadows of a side street looking the worse for wear. Few people would expect to find an 85-year-old woman being charged with drug dealing, but this is exactly […]
09/28/2017
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By Cassie B.
Opioid addiction is bankrupting America, county by county, city by city… will America collapse into a narco-pharma state?
We’ve heard a lot about the crime and deaths caused by the opioid crisis, but what about the financial impact of it? Many small towns are struggling to cover the costs associated with the epidemic, whether it’s emergency calls, coroner bills, courtrooms, or overcrowded prisons. Reuters recently examined the case of Ross County, Ohio, which […]
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