Massachusetts declares public health emergency over heroin overdoses and …
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick declared a public health emergency in the state concerning the rising numbers of heroin overdoses and opioid addiction – even moving to ban a controversial new painkiller. In an announcement Thursday, Gov. Patrick …
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Drug-Resistant TB: Dying for Better Treatment
Many other areas of the world don't even have access to a diagnostic laboratory test, never mind drugs to treat the disease. Once patients have been diagnosed with DR-TB in South Africa, most of the WHO-recommended treatment options are available to …
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New drug policies applauded
To navigate treatment options, family members of an addict need to become lawyers, insurance agents and eventually activists, said Karen Herrand, of Cotuit, whose son Jordan Maddox, 22, has been battling prescription drug and heroin addiction for years.
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