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Pain Patients Get Relief from War on Opioids https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pain-patients-get-relief-from-war-on-opioids/ U.S. agencies warn doctors not to abruptly cut off the medications for long-time users Ever since U.S. health authorities began cracking down on opioid prescriptions about five years ago, one vulnerable group has suffered serious collateral damage: the approximately 18 million Americans who have been taking […]

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Washington state lawmaker riles nurses by saying that some spend ‘considerable’ time playing cards https://www.foxnews.com/politics/washington-state-lawmaker-riles-nurses-by-saying-that-some-spend-considerable-time-playing-cards A Washington state lawmaker has provoked the ire of nursing professionals after saying that some nurses “play cards” for a “considerable” portion of their shifts. State Sen. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, was debating a bill on Tuesday that would require […]

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Commentary: Suicide Signals a Broken Health Care System www.nationalpainreport.com/commentary-suicide-signals-a-broken-health-care-system-8839600.html I read this article recently about a veteran killing himself in a VA waiting room and it brought me back to a recent conversation that we’ve been having on the National Pain Report about suicide. And so, I spent some looking at the comments sections on […]

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US Attorney expects more opioid take downs of medical providers in the future https://whnt.com/2019/04/19/us-attorney-expects-more-opioid-take-downs-of-medical-providers-in-the-future/ MADISON COUNTY, Ala. – We’re learning more about the largest opioid takedown of medical providers in the nation. It resulted in charges against 60 individuals from seven states including Alabama. Three of the four arrests in Alabama are doctors from Madison […]

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