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388,000 residents die each year of HAIs with infection control practices lacking, experts warn http://www.mcknights.com/news/388000-residents-die-each-year-of-hais-with-infection-control-practices-lacking-experts-warn/article/668614/ Long-term care providers are falling behind when it comes to training for infection control personnel, leaving gaps that may be to blame for at least some of the 380,000 annual resident deaths linked to healthcare-associated infections, new research shows.  Investigators […]

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After a couple of weeks of doing the pharmacy crawl, we finally found a pharmacy to fill my fiance’s prescriptions. This happened about 4 years ago but this pharmacist said…….yes, he would fill XXX’s prescriptions BUT….he was cutting his methadone by a third. AND he was changing his Oxycodone 60 mg to morphine 30 mg […]

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Opioids Still Needed by Some Pain Patients https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/opioids-still-needed-by-some-pain-patients/?WT.mc_id=SA_FB_POLE_POD The “other victims” of the opioid epidemic are pain patients who need the drugs but cannot now get them because of fears related to their use   Full Transcript “The opioid epidemic is a national crisis that should not be underestimated.” That’s a quote from a June […]

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New DEA, AR National Guard Illegal Marijuana Growth Tipline http://www.fox16.com/news/local-news/new-dea-ar-national-guard-illegal-marijuana-growth-tipline/742762612 NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Law enforcement is cracking down on marijuana. Now, they are asking for your help to do so.    The DEA says it’s using specialized equipment to get the drug out of Arkansas.    Even though medical marijuana will be legal […]

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