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Once-Resistant Rural Court Officials Begin to Embrace Medications to Treat Addiction

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Rachel Solomon and judges hadn’t been on the best of terms. Then Judge O. Duane Slone “dumbfounded” her. Solomon was given...

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Preparing for: Permanent Birth Control or Bilateral Salpingectomy

A bilateral salpingectomy is an outpatient procedure to permanently prevent pregnancy and reduce the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer.

DISEASES

A Virus May Cause Multiple Sclerosis

HARVARD RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE discovered the cause of multiple sclerosis (MS). This progressive disease affects 2.8 million individuals worldwide, and there is no cure. In the...

Your Next Mammogram Could Be a Game Changer: AI Sees What We Miss

A new study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), suggests artificial intelligence (AI) could be the game-changer we’ve been waiting for.

Retreating from the Opportunity of a Century

Why the American healthcare sector should oppose plans for U.S. diplomatic withdrawal from Africa. Imagine it’s the mid-1990s and the U.S. has decided to pursue...

When Your Back Hurts, Sometimes It’s Better Not Knowing Exactly Why

Yet, there is the human desire to KNOW what is going on inside our bodies. There are also costs to knowing that you have a disc protrusion, or osteoarthritis, or degenerative disc disease.

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Kratom, the Undiluted Truth. Is it a Dangerous Drug or a Godsend?

There are two sides to Kratom and two distinct views of it in the public’s mind. Kratom users see the drug as a lifesaver. Some of them consume it for pain, others, as a means to wean themselves off opioids

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GLP‑1 Medications in Later Life: Why the “Miracle Shot” Needs a Senior‑Specific Safety Lens

When GLP-1 medications like semaglutide began to gain attention, many people saw them as a breakthrough. For some people, these drugs help lower blood sugar,...

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America’s Frontline Doctors Face Long Overdue Medical and Legal Censure

AFLDS or America's Front Line Doctors are about to come undone as state licensing authorities tighten restriction on medical misinformation