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Hooked on Opiates: More legal use leads to more addiction, crimes, deaths

“Last year, enough of the two leading painkillers -- oxycodone and hydrocodone -- was distributed in the state to provide 18 pills for every man, woman and child. That's up […]
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Doctors face quandary of relieving pain, without feeding addiction

A growing number of health care groups in the Twin Cities are investing in strategies to make sure doctors don't serve as unwitting spigots of medications for addicts. But there's […]
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Prognosis: Profits, The rising fortunes of Charlotte hospitals haven't always helped patients

"In the latest installment of their ongoing investigation into nonprofit hospitals, the Charlotte Observer and News & Observer of Raleigh reported Sunday that N.C. patients are likely to pay more for routine health […]
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Gun sales booming in Nevada

"State officials said 2,383 firearms transactions were recorded statewide last weekend, Friday through Sunday. It's unknown how many of those were assault weapons, like the kind used in the Connecticut […]
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Gaps in gun laws a boon for felons in Florida, experts say

"Permissive in some respects, Florida firearms laws unequivocally aim to prevent gun ownership by convicted felons. But that prohibition is faltering."
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Evaluation of UC Davis Medical Center's handling of neurosurgeons is scathing

“Investigators found hospital staff repeatedly failed to intervene or raise questions about three highly unusual surgeries on brain cancer patients, according to a Bee analysis of the findings, released earlier […]
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VA support coming too late to veterans

"The VA’s inability to pay benefits to veterans before they die is increasingly common, according to data obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting." "The data reveals, for the first […]
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Treatment guidelines heavily influenced by Dr.'s with interest in drug companies

"Doctors with financial ties to drug companies have heavily influenced treatment guidelines recommending the most lucrative drugs in American medicine, an analysis by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today […]
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Taxpayers may foot the bill for lead cleanup

"In the latest installment in USA TODAY's "Ghost Factories" series, reporter Alison Young examines who is responsible for cleaning up lead contamination around old lead smelter sites."
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Examining school security

"In the aftermath of Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many are asking what could have been done to prevent the terrible attack that left 20 children and six […]
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