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After Years Of Use, Dangers Of Opioid Drugs Discovered

Staff Writer | Statesman.com | September 29, 2012

Two-thirds of the Texas Iraq and Afghanistan veterans the American-Statesman identified as dying of overdoses had powerful prescription painkillers in their systems, according to autopsies and medical examiner reports. Read More »

Could Mobile Health Become Addictive?

Joseph C. Kvedar | Healthcare IT News | August 21, 2013

The hype over mobile health is deafening on most days and downright annoying on some.  So it is with some reluctance that I admit that mobile has the potential to be a game-changer in health.  I’ve professed enthusiasm before, but that was largely around the use of wireless sensors to measure physiologic signals and SMS text as a way to deliver messages to patients and consumers... Read More »

Drowned In A Stream Of Prescriptions

Alan Schwarz | New York Times | February 2, 2013

“We have a significant travesty being done in this country with how the diagnosis is being made and the meds are being administered,” said Dr. Parker, a psychiatrist in Virginia Beach. “I think it’s an abnegation of trust. The public needs to say this is totally unacceptable and walk out.”

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New Wave Of Heroin Claims Hoffman And Others

Staff Writer | Washington Post | February 4, 2014

Heroin was supposed to be an obsolete evil, a blurry memory of a dangerous drug that dwelled in some dark recess of American culture.But smack never really disappeared. It comes in waves, and one such swell is cresting across the nation, sparking widespread worry among government officials and driving up overdose deaths — including, it appears, that of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman. Read More »

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death Points To Broader Opioid Drug Epidemic

Joel Achenbach | Washington Post | February 7, 2014

The death last Sunday of ­Oscar-winning actor Philip ­Seymour Hoffman at age 46 ­focused media attention on the nationwide surge in heroin use and overdoses. But the very real heroin epidemic is framed by an even more dramatic increase since the beginning of the century in overdoses from pharmaceutical drugs known as opioids. Read More »

SCU Invites The Public To Experience The Proven Benefits Of Acupuncture And Oriental Medicine With Complimentary Treatments On World AOM Day

Press Release | The Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCUHS) | October 22, 2013

Southern California University Of Health Sciences Celebrates World AOM Day On October 24th With Free On-Campus Treatments For Stress Relief, Insomnia, Pain Relief, Smoking Cessation And More Read More »

Sugar: Killing Us Sweetly. Staggering Health Consequences Of Sugar On Health of Americans

Gary Null | Global Research | February 3, 2014

In September 2013, a bombshell report from Credit Suisse’s Research Institute brought into sharp focus the staggering health consequences of sugar on the health of Americans. The group revealed that approximately “30%–40% of healthcare expenditures in the USA go to help address issues that are closely tied to the excess consumption of sugar.” [...] Read More »

Where HIMSS Can Take Health 2.0

Andy Oram | EMR and HIPAA | March 16, 2017

I was quite privileged to talk to the leaders of Health 2.0, Dr. Indu Subaiya and Matthew Holt, in the busy days after their announced merger with HIMSS. I was revving to talk to them because the Health 2.0 events I have attended have always been stimulating and challenging. I wanted to make sure that after their incorporation into the HIMSS empire they would continue to push clinicians as well as technologists to re-evaluate their workflows, goals, and philosophies...

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