MDs Should Think Twice Before Giving ADD Drugs to Healthy Patients: Journal

MDs should think twice before giving ADD drugs to healthy patients: journal

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Cynthia Forlini is shown in a handout photo. An article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, co-authored by Forlini, says doctors should consider refusing requests by healthy patients for cognitive-enhancement drugs like those used to treat …
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The forgotten: Reaching out during the holiday season — and throughout the …

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Lots of her peers will be forgotten this Christmas, Selynah Slusser told the Deseret News. Some have been forgotten for a very long time. … There's a tendency to write off drug addicts and, unlike Slusser, "a lot of our women have very little healthy …
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Doctors, patients caught in middle of narcotics 'epidemic'

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A joint News Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press analysis found that the amount of opiates being prescribed and abused in the state is higher than it's ever been, leading to a record amount of people being admitted for treatment for opiate addiction …
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Suspect arrested in string of NKY robberies

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Hoskins also told police he is addicted to heroin and used the money to buy drugs, Reis said. “It's all gone,” Reis said. “He didn't have any money.” The robberies included the Dec. 13 hold up at the Overton Market at 402 Overton St., said Newport …
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