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Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which is an annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease. While most people are aware of breast cancer, many forget to take the steps to have a plan to detect the disease in its early stages and encourage others to do the same. We have made […]

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Legislators bang the gavel to sue drug companies https://www.longislandadvance.net/2418/Legislators-bang-the-gavel-to-sue-drug-companies Suffolk Legislators voted unanimously 18-0 to commence legal action against pharmaceutical companies who overzealously market prescription opiates, Tuesday night.  The drug companies are not mentioned in the resolution. Legis. Rob Calarco (D-Patchogue), who introduced two bills with Legis. Kara Hahn as co-sponsor that pushed the decision […]

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Research shows marijuana lowers pain with minimal side effects http://www.examiner.com/article/research-shows-marijuana-lowers-pain-with-minimal-side-effects Healthfinder.gov released an article on Oct.7, 2015 titled Medical Marijuana Seems Safe for Chronic Pain Patients, Study Finds. The lead author of the study is Mark Ware MD, director of clinical research for the Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Center, Montreal. Other […]

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My ONE DAY STAYCATION at our local hospital All hospitals have routines, but.. unfortunately.. all pts don’t always safely fit within their routines. I had to go back to the local hospital for a scheduled procedure.   I had the same procedure done > 10 yrs ago with a different prescriber and a different hospital. First […]

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State Change Could Help Patients Get Pain Medications http://wlrn.org/post/state-change-could-help-patients-get-pain-medications Read this article very carefully… the BOP has stated that they have done EVERYTHING WITHIN THEIR AUTHORITY to help chronic pain pts  get their medication… Of course, those registrants of the DEA (wholesaler, prescriber, pharmacy) the BOP has no authority over those entities in the regards […]

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Opioid Prescriber Monitoring May Increase Overdose Deaths http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/836489 AVENTURA, Florida ― Surveillance of opioid prescribers, designed to prevent opioid overdose deaths, may actually be having the opposite effect, new research suggests.   Sonia Mendoza The qualitative study, aimed at assessing doctor-patient interactions after a prescription monitoring program (PMP) known as “I-STOP,” which was mandated by […]

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CVS/pharmacy Continues Commitment to Fight Drug Abuse, Now Sells No Prescription Necessary Opioid Drug Reversal Med in NJ http://mercerme.com/cvspharmacy-continues-commitment-to-fight-drug-abuse-now-sells-no-prescription-necessary-opioid-drug-reversal-med-in-nj/ CVS/pharmacy. (PRNewsFoto/CVS/pharmacy) CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health, is reinforcing its longstanding commitment in the fight against the nationwide epidemic of prescription drug abuse with a number of efforts launching this past month. Most notably, CVS/pharmacy has […]

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California governor signs hard-won right-to-die legislation http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20151005/NEWS/310059996 California will become the fifth state to allow terminally ill patients to legally end their lives using doctor-prescribed drugs after Gov. Jerry Brown announced Monday he signed one of the most emotionally charged bills of the year. Brown, a lifelong Catholic and former Jesuit seminarian, announced he signed […]

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http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/video-shows-judge-berating-sentencing-domestic-vio/nnwwh/ SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Channel 9 has obtained video from a Seminole County courtroom where an emotional domestic violence victim was sentenced to three days in jail for failing to show up for her abuser’s trial.   During her contempt of court hearing in July, the woman told the judge she had been having […]

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