Racial disparity in addiction treatment access highlights inequities of opioid epidemic
The CDC says synthetic opioids, particularly fentanyl, contributed to about 75,000 overdose deaths in the United States in 2022. It's a crisis that hits every demographic group, but there are large racial disparities between who is offered the most effective treatment and who isn't. William…#cdc #williambrangham #racematters (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
GOP Presidential Candidates Spar Over Transgender Care and Fentanyl Policy
(MedPage Today) -- Four of the five remaining candidates for the Republican presidential nomination clashed noisily Wednesday night on a variety of healthcare issues during the final Republican debate before the 2024 primary season begins, discussing... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - December 7, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
DeSantis gets sex trafficking wrong at GOP debate
At tonight's GOP debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered up a Trumpesque word salad of border boogeymen, promising to build a wall along the United States' southern border to help stop fentanyl trafficking, human trafficking, and sex trafficking. Once again, we have a politician conflating very…#florida #rondesantis #trumpesque #reason #hollywood #mexican #gopdebate #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
I adopted a 'magical' little boy who has newly identified 'fentanyl exposure syndrome' after being born to drug addict mom - at age 2 he can't talk and needs to fed through a tube
New Jersey native Lindsay Carlisle, 40, never thought she and her husband would adopt a child with complex medical needs until she met baby Sammy who was born in opioid withdrawal. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Treasury ’s Janet Yellen Visits Mexico as Part of Anti-Fentanyl Offensive
MEXICO CITY—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen began a two-day visit to Mexico on Wednesday with a renewed call to strengthen the global fight against fentanyl, one of the synthetic opioids that she said are killing more than 1,500 people a week in the U.S. Yellen plans to meet with Mexican President…#treasury #janetyellen #mexico #mexican (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gen Z Flirts With Socialism
Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss Gen Z and the rising interest in socialism. Next week we’ll ask, “With the Treasury announcing a new fentanyl strike force, how much of a threat is the drug to American youth? Is fentanyl a uniquely damaging drug, or is it just as damaging as…#genz #treasury (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctors spot mysterious 'fentanyl exposure syndrome' in BABIES that causes deformed heads, conjoined toes and 'rocker bottom feet' and fingers
Doctors have described a constellation of birth defects, including conjoined toes and bent feet, as consequences of expectant mothers using fentanyl while pregnant. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Newly Recognized Syndrome Linked To Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure
A recently identified cluster of newborn infants with multiple congenital abnormalities has been linked to maternal exposure to fentanyl during pregnancy. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nina Shapiro, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
New Syndrome In Newborns Linked To Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure
Ten infants, born throughout the U.S., share several similar characteristics but no similar gene sequences to link the issues to an inherited or genetic association. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nina Shapiro, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
New Syndrome In Newborns May Be Linked To Prenatal Fentanyl Exposure, Report Says
Ten infants born in the U.S. share several similar characteristics, but no similar gene sequences to link the issues to an inherited or genetic association. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 5, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Nina Shapiro, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news
Doctors spot mysterious new condition in newborns that causes conjoined toes and 'rocker bottom feet'
Doctors have described a constellation of birth defects, including conjoined toes and bent feet, as consequences of expectant mothers using fentanyl while pregnant. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could a monthly treatment prevent fentanyl overdoses? Scientists are working on it
Scientists say that giving an infusion of monoclonal antibodies has shown promise in blocking the potentially deadly effects of fentanyl for nearly a month, raising hopes for a new tool to combat overdoses. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - December 5, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
New Syndrome May Be Affecting Babies Exposed to Fentanyl
TUESDAY, Dec. 5, 2023 -- Doctors report they are seeing what they think is a new syndrome in babies who are exposed to fentanyl while in the womb.All of the infants have cleft palates and unusually small heads, and all were born to mothers who said... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 5, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
U.S. Moves to Crack Down on Money Behind Fentanyl Trade
The Biden administration said on Monday that it was creating a “counter-fentanyl strike force” within the Treasury Department to combat trafficking of the drug into the United States by more aggressively scrutinizing the finances of suspected narcotics dealers. The Treasury’s office of terrorism…#treasurydepartment #treasury #mexico (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ideal Option Opens Largest Addiction Medicine Center in Yakima
The new, high-capacity clinic will vastly increase the number of individuals in active treatment and recovery from substance use disorder. YAKIMA, Wash., Dec. 4, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ideal Option, a national leader in evidence-based outpatient treatment for addiction to fentanyl,... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - December 4, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT Source Type: news
