Tag: Opioid Epidemic
How meth became an epidemic in America, and what’s happening now...
William Garriott, Drake University
Rural America has long suffered from an epidemic of methamphetamine use, which accounts for thousands...
Annual numbers of excess deaths in the US relative to other...
Patrick Heuveline, University of California, Los Angeles
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate...
Christina Mair, University of Pittsburgh
This month, millions of Americans are taking part in “Dry January” in an effort...
Taking certain opioids while on commonly prescribed antidepressants may increase the...
Ismaeel Yunusa, University of South Carolina
Taking oxycodone at the same time as certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs),...
Why companies file for bankruptcy – and how it protects both...
Lindsey Simon, University of Georgia
Reports have emerged that Purdue Pharma is in settlement talks to resolve thousands of federal and state lawsuits over its...
Beating breast cancer only to die of opioid use – a...
Rajesh Balkrishnan, University of Virginia
The availability of life-prolonging treatments such as hormonal therapies and other targeted chemotherapy has led to a sharp decline in...
The dangers and potential of ‘natural’ opioid kratom
C. Michael White, University of Connecticut
Given the opioid addiction crisis, it would seem preposterous that an opioid is legal for use in the United...
An ethical dilemma for doctors: When is it OK to prescribe...
Travis N. Rieder, Johns Hopkins University
America’s opioid crisis is getting worse. The role of prescription opioids has both the medical establishment and the government...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
