Opioid Abuse
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Congress Agrees On Legislation To Address Opioid Epidemic
Last week, the United State House passed H.R. 6, the “SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act,” by a vote of 393 to 8, and the Senate followed suit, passing H.R. […]
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In the News
Putting Oversize Health Care Costs Upfront — On T-Shirts, Kaiser Health News, 9-26-18 Inside An Emergency Medical Hurricane Shelter, North Carolina Health News, 9-21-18 Do Physicians’ White Coats Matter to […]
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In the News
How Scientists Want to Use Sewers To Track the Spread of Opioids, STAT, 6-26-18 How Atul Gawande Landed the Most Extraordinary (Or Impossible) Job in Health Care, STAT, 6-26-18 Rx: […]
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NC Public Health Division Addresses Synthetic Opioids and Ebola Outbreak in Congo
The state’s Division of Public Health recently issued clinician memoranda regarding life threatening coagulopathy problems associated with the use of synthetic cannabinoids and the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease […]
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In the News
Sexual Harassment Is Rampant in Science, Landmark Report Finds, STAT, 6-12-18 AMA Endorses Assault Weapons Ban, The Hill, 6-12-18 How Hunger Pangs Can Make Nice People ‘Hangry,‘ NPR, 6-11-18 CMS […]
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Bedside Manners: Medication Assisted Treatment As An Answer to the Opioid Epidemic featuring Blake Fagan, MD
Dr. Blake Fagan makes the case for Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) as the way physicians may help those with opioid use disorder regain control of their lives and health. Find […]
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In the News
Women’s Health Policy in the United States: An American College of Physicians Position Paper, Annals of Internal Medicine, 5-29-18 Do DIY Medical Tests Promise More Than They Can Deliver?, NPR, […]
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NCMS Foundation Launches Project OBOT
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of Project OBOT or Office-Based Opioid Treatment. The goal of this new partnership is to establish research-based […]
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Results of Latest NCMS Snapshot Survey On Opioid Prescribing
Thank you to everyone who responded to this month’s North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS) Snapshot survey on opioid prescribing. The results of our Snapshot surveys offer NCMS leadership further insight […]
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In the News
Seema Verma Hints At the End of Upside Only ACOs, Becker’s Hospital Review, 5-15-18 In the Diabetes Belt, A Small Town Grapples With Growth of the World’s Largest Insulin Maker, […]
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