Tag: health care
Are Methadone Clinics Really “Evolving” Toward Harm Reduction?
“The Evolving Field of Opioid Treatment” was the theme of the American Association for ...
People With COPD, Like My Husband, Are Being Failed
I was deep in thought at the store, flipping through my binder of coupons ...
Inside One Hospital, a Discreet Project Fights Doctors’ Nicotine Bias
Medical professionals are badly misinformed about nicotine, with severe and tragic consequences for patients’ ...
Look Behind the Headlines About Rising Vape-Related ER Visits
This summer, the Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center published a report showing what ...
In-Hospital Drug-Use Study Shows Lived Experience Key to Better Policies
Patients using nonprescribed drugs in the hospital is a common issue, and raises dilemmas. ...
Stigma From Medical Providers Contributed to My Son’s Overdose
This year’s hit medical TV drama, The Pitt, is a worthy successor to those ...
Trump’s Deadly Drug War Is Also Waged Through Funding Cuts
On September 2, the United States military struck a small boat speeding through the ...
A Doctor’s First Taste of the Methadone Clinic
When I first neared the nondescript two-story building, I wasn’t sure I was in ...
“Mother of Methadone”—Trailblazing and Stigma in Addiction Medicine
With Dr. Melody Glenn’s new book—Mother of Methadone: A Doctor’s Quest, A Forgotten History, ...
People Seeking Methadone or Bupe Face “More Stress Than You Know”
Methadone and buprenorphine are widely prescribed and considered gold-standard medications for opioid use disorder ...
