LocalHealthGuide - Part 196

February 8, 2019 Addiction / Opioids

What ‘Dope Sick’ Really Feels Like

Detoxing off heroin or opioids without medication is sheer hell. I should know.

February 7, 2019 Health News / HIV/AIDS

Trump Pledges To End HIV Transmission By 2030. Doable, But Daunting.

Even with the gains made in drug therapies and understanding of the HIV/AIDS over nearly 40 years, it is not an easy undertaking.

Measles virus. Photo: CynthiaGoldsmith/CDC

February 6, 2019 Measles / Vaccines

Measles Vaccine Demand Surges in Northwest

Measles outbreak in the Pacific Northwest triggers surge in demand for the vaccine — including among those who had previously shunned the shots.

February 5, 2019 Health Costs / Health Insurance

Bipartisan interest to curb surprise medical bills

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle expressing optimism about attacking a problem that has affected 57 percent of American adults,

February 5, 2019 Opioids

Making opioid pill harder to abuse may have led to more injection drug use

Reformulation of the OxyContin to make it more difficult to abuse directly led to a large rise in hepatitis C infections as drug abusers to injectable heroin

February 4, 2019 Measles / Vaccines

More than 60 measles cases confirmed or suspected in NW

52 confirmed cases and nine suspect cases of measles have now been linked to the outbreak in the Pacific Northwest.

Picture of a U.S. penny next to milligrams of fentanyl, which is a fatal dose for most drug users. DEA

February 4, 2019 Addiction / Opioids

America’s overdose epidemic projected to get worse

The annual number of opioid overdose deaths will increase to 81,700 in 2025, the study projects.

February 4, 2019 Addiction / Opioids

How one family allegedly made fortune on opioids

The first 9 months of 2013, Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive opioid pain drug OxyContin, paid the Sackler family $400 million from its profits

February 4, 2019 Cancer

Obesity-Related Cancers up in Young Adults

Rates up for six of the 12 obesity-related cancers: colorectal, endometrial, gallbladder, kidney, multiple myeloma, and pancreas.

February 3, 2019 Influenza/Flu / Measles / Rabies / Vaccines

Where the anti-vaccine movement thrives

Anti-vaccine activities are predominantly a western phenomenon, especially in the Pacific Northwest and the American Southwest.

February 2, 2019 Tobacco

For quitting smoking, e-cigarettes top other nicotine replacements

The group using e-cigarettes experienced fewer of these symptoms and found them more helpful and more satisfying.

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February 1, 2019 Measles / Vaccines

Washington state measles outbreak update

Clark Count has identified 41 confirmed measles cases and 15 suspect cases; King County has seen one case linked to the outbreak.

February 1, 2019 Child Health / Disabilities

Green card on the line, family forgoes child’s autism care

As U.S. immigration enforcement becomes stricter, more immigrant families are cutting ties with health care services and other critical government programs.

February 1, 2019 Drugs / Health Costs

States May Have to Face Off Against Feds to Control Drug Prices

The federal government has zealously guarded its authority over drug pricing.

January 31, 2019 Ethics / Opioids

OxyContin Maker Explored Expansion Into “Attractive” Anti-Addiction Market

Purdue Pharma considered capitalizing on the addiction treatment boom — while going to extreme lengths to boost sales of its controversial opioid.