Overcoming Opioids: The Quest for Less Addictive Drugs, The Associated Press, 4-17-17
US Healthcare Wrestles With the ‘Pre-Existing Condition,’ NPR, 4-15-17
Persistent Opioid Use Common After Minor and Major Surgeries, NEJM Journal Watch, 4-13-17
Black Female Physicians Face Challenges Just Doing Their Jobs, Medical Economics, 4-12-17
As Some Holdout States Revisit Medicaid Expansion, New Data Shows It Pays Off, Kaiser Health News, 4-12-17
Bill Looks to Address Dearth of Underserved Areas With Foreign Doctors, Modern Healthcare, 4-11-17
No ‘Death Spiral’: Insurers May Soon Profit From Obamacare Plans, Analysis Finds, The New York Times, 4-7-17
Another Circle of Hell: Surviving Opioids in the Fentanyl Era, Kaiser Health News, 4-7-17
Fear and Loathing on the MACRA Trail, MedPage Today, 4-4-17
The best data we are aware of says that Narcotics (opioid) ADDICTION occurs in less than 3% of cases of long-term use of narcotics (opioid) use. If that is true, I do not understand the sensationalism regarding this issue.