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Nevada Secures $285M Opioid Settlement With Walgreens, Bringing State Total to Over $1 billion
The state of Nevada has reached a $285 million settlement with Walgreens regarding the pharmacy chain’s role in the opioid epidemic, the state’s top lawyer announced Wednesday.
The last in a series of multiyear settlements with pharmaceutical companies, retailers and others, it pushes Nevada’s total anticipated payments stemming from opioid claims to $1.1 billion, state Attorney General Aaron Ford’s office said in a news release. Nevada is among numerous states that have reached settlements now totaling more than $50 billion nationwide.
“When I first took office as attorney general, I made it ...
Source: TIME: Health - July 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Addiction wire Source Type: news
Extra chromosomes —long a mystery in tumors—may help them grow
Cancer cells are sloppy with their DNA, often gaining entire chromosomes as they proliferate. Now, researchers have found that this extra DNA can rev up the cells' growth and stymie one of the body's main anticancer defenses. This chromosomal hoarding may leave some tumors susceptible to certain drugs, however, opening the possibility of tailored treatments.
The study, in which researchers used gene editing to compare cells with and without extra chromosomes, "is important, it's novel, and it was carried out in a very elegant way," says cell biologist Uri Ben-David of Tel Aviv University, who wasn't connected to the r...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 6, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
‘He’s a Crack Guy’: Five Co-Host Mocks Hunter Biden’s Drug Addiction Amid Cocaine Discovery at White House
Fox News guest co-host Joey Jones mocked Hunter Biden‘s addiction to drugs during a discussion on Wednesday about the recent discovery of cocaine at the White House over the July 4th weekend. The Secret Service discovered a powdered substance in the West Wing on Sunday that was later confirmed by…#joeyjones #hunterbidens #secretservice #karinejeanpierre #greggutfeld #jeaninepirro #mediaite
Source: Reuters: Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Crypto developer commits $2M rug pull fraud to fuel gambling addiction
According to a Reddit post, a developer has posted an unusual farewell note, apologizing and blaming his online gambling woes after leaving a project in shambles, turning a $2 million valuation into $20,000 within minutes. Several investors in the Encryption AI (0xEncrypt) project have reported…#reddit #encryptionai #coingecko #tradercryptodaddi #twitter #jimmysu
Source: Reuters: Health - July 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Addiction to short-termism’ put NHS future at risk, warn think tanks
Source: The King's Fund - Press - July 5, 2023 Category: UK Health Authors: Anonymous Source Type: news
Mothers in recovery are reuniting with their children, thanks to housing designed to help
A unique approach to supportive housing is helping mothers recovering from addiction in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside reunite with their children. The concept, which is mostly funded by private donations: keep families together, create supports to help them heal, and break the generational cycle of addiction.
Source: CBC | Health - July 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
NHS is rapidly expanding the opening of gambling addiction centres across the country this summer
The seven new gambling addiction centres will be in Milton Keynes, Thurrock in Essex, Bristol, Derby, Liverpool, Blackpool and Sheffield.
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Bear Porn
Source: Reuters: Health - July 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dark personality traits and online behaviors: Portuguese versions of cyberstalking, online harassment, flaming and trolling scales - Leite, Cardoso S, Monteiro AP.
The main objective of this study is to assess moderation effects of online behaviors between personality traits and addiction to Internet. To this end, four instruments were validated for Portuguese version through confirmatory factor analysis and explorat...
Source: SafetyLit - July 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
I thought it was gain porn
Source: Reuters: Health - July 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tribeca Film About Ibogaine: A Revolutionary Treatment For Addiction And PTSD?
Activists Howard and Norma Lotsof devote their lives to the study of ibogaine to help people with addiction and mental illness. Director Lucy Walker humanizes suffering.
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - June 30, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Lipi Roy, MD, MPH, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation business pharma & standard Source Type: news
‘Is Anyone Else’s Pornhub Not Working?’ Virginia Democrat Riled Up After Anti-Porn Law Gets Entire State Blocked by Site
The President Pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia, State Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth), called out Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin after an age-verification law lead to Pornhub blocking access for everyone in the state. The law requires pornography websites operating in the state…#virginia #llouiselucas #glennyoungkin #democrat #lucas #generalassembly #twitter #virginians #utah #mediaite
Source: Reuters: Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A New Genetic Test Could Determine Which Weight Loss Drug Will Actually Work For You
As popular as the latest drugs being touted for weight loss, including Ozempic, Mounjaro, and Wegovy, are on social media, like any medications, they don’t work in the same way for everyone. Not all are even approved to treat obesity, but are being used off label as a relatively easy way to shed pounds. While some users lose up to 20% or more of their body weight on these drugs, others struggle to shed single digit percentages.
That shouldn’t come as a surprise, since obesity isn’t a monolith and the factors that contribute to extra pounds are different for different people. In the same way that cancer do...
Source: TIME: Health - June 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Weight loss Source Type: news
Relationships between depression, fear of missing out and social media addiction: the mediating role of self-esteem - Sommantico M, Ramaglia F, Lacatena M.
The present study examines the relationships between depression, self-esteem, fear of missing out, online fear of missing out, and social media addiction in a sample of 311 Italian young adults (66.2% women and 33.8% men), ages 18-35 yrs. (M = 23.5; SD = 3...
Source: SafetyLit - June 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
The internment of patients undergoing treatment for alcohol addiction as a result of a specific interpretation of legal provisions by some judicial authorities - Koca ńda K, Głuszek S, Łoś R, Matulińska B, Zwierzchowski D, Zwierzchowska-Łucka A.
In the Polish legal system, each medical procedure requires patient's consent. Exemptions from the obligation to obtain such a consent are limited by the legislator to exceptional situations, i.e., when the delay caused by the procedure for obtaining conse...
Source: SafetyLit - June 30, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
