Children's Hospital physician heads study on blood transfusions in children

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Dr. Philip Spinella served 12 years in the United States military, including a year treating traumatic injuries in the 31st Combat Support Hospital in Baghdad. During his deployment, he was also part of a small group of physicians evaluating …
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“RxISK” Database Reports Side Effects, Including Violence, Undisclosed by …

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My previous post considered whether an antidepressant might have served as a catalyst for a gunman's massacre of 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard last week. Some readers objected … The RxISK website calls it “the first free, independent website …
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Son's heroin death prompts dad to seek HIPAA rule change

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Heroin use and arrests in Camden have steadily increased over the past five years, a trend Thomson – like many in law enforcement – contends is "precipitated by the pandemic of opioid prescription drug abuse of the most popular pills OxyContin, Vicodin …
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A Critique of Eric Holder's New Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Initiative

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But it is safe to say that prohibition reduces drug use substantially (no illegal drug is used as often or as widely as are alcohol or tobacco) but far from completely (after all, tens of millions of people do use illegal drugs). Prohibition works best …
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