Opioids as a First Response to Pain? Hospitals Are Rethinking That Policy / PBS NewsHour February 14, 2017 Chris Aguirre via PBS.org With heroin deaths now surpassing gun homicides, hospitals have been rewriting protocols and retraining staff to minimize prescriptions of narcotic painkillers. Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/opioid...
How Hospitals Are Fighting Back Against Opioid Addiction / The Week January 28, 2017 Chris Aguirre The UK has stepped up training to help emergency physicians, who are often focused on the immediate need to save a life, to think more for the long term. Source: http://theweek.com/articles/676148/how-hos...
A New Kind of Painkiller / The Washington Post January 24, 2017 Chris Aguirre via The Washington Post The search for a painkiller that works without danger of addiction. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/he...