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Using Both Meth And Opioids Drives Overdoses In Rural Oregon, Study Finds

A study of rural drug users in 10 states found the combination fuels heightened overdose risk, but many programs are not equipped to treat people who are using both drugs.

Aug 16, 2022
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GOP Medicaid Cuts Hit Rural America Hardest, Report Finds

Jun 7, 2017

As Government-Funded Cancer Research Sags, Scientists Fear U.S. Is ‘Losing Its Edge’

Jun 2, 2017

Terminally Ill Patients Don’t Use Aid-In-Dying Laws To Relieve Pain

Oct 26, 2016

Emergency Room Use Stayed High In Oregon Medicaid Study

Oct 20, 2016

Study Says Concerns About Orphan Drug Spending Are Unjustified

Sep 8, 2016

Hidden Plan Exclusions May Leave Gaps In Women’s Care, Study Finds

Aug 16, 2016

By Sharing Painkillers, Friends And Family Members Can Fuel Opioid Epidemic: Study Ariel West Wed, 06/15/2016 - 11:26

As lawmakers grapple with how best to combat the nation’s prescription painkiller abuse crisis, a recent survey is shedding light on how patients who get these medications — drugs such as OxyContin, methadone or Vicodin — sometimes share or mishandle them.

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Raising Medicare’s Eligibility Age Could Trigger Gov’t Savings, But Tally Higher Total Health Spending

May 6, 2016

Opioid Epidemic Fueling Hospitalizations, Hospital Costs

Every day, headlines detail the casualties of the nation’s surge in heroin and prescription painkiller abuse: the funerals, the broken families and the patients cycling in and out of treatment. Now, a new study sheds light on another repercussion

May 4, 2016

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