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  2. Prescription drug overuse - Wikipedia

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    Opioids, such as fentanyl, morphine, and oxycodone, are used to treat post-surgery pain and chronic pain. [6] Opioids work by affecting the brain cells and reducing the perception of pain. [ 7 ] Other side effects include euphoria , mood changes, and the clouding or complete loss of consciousness. [ 8 ]

  3. List of polio survivors - Wikipedia

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    McNulty suffered from polio as a child and retired in part because he suffered from post-polio syndrome. [137] Grace Padaca: born 1963: Grace Padaca is the current governor of the northern Philippines province of Isabela. A bout of polio at age three left her using crutches; Padaca often declares: "My weakness is my strength". [138] Norma ...

  4. Medical exclusion of immigrants - Wikipedia

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    All immigrants are required to have this examination conducted by a panel physician overseas before they come to America. [3] Foreign nationals pay for their own exam but the cost is covered by the US government for refugees. [4] I-693, the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, is used to report the medical examination to officials.

  5. Why We Need to Remember the Physical Effects of Polio

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    For roughly 80 years, she has coped with the aftermath of a polio infection, including the late effects of polio, called post-polio syndrome. She now needs a wheelchair or mobility scooter to get ...

  6. Polio is a deadly disease with a vaccine that RFK Jr.’s ...

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    Even people with mild infections can experience post-polio syndrome (PPS) decades later. Symptoms of this non-contagious disease include joint pain, muscle weakness, and mental and physical fatigue.

  7. How worried should parents be about polio? Here’s what ...

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    However, unlike polio itself, post-polio syndrome is not contagious. Why is polio more common in children than adults? Most cases of polio occur in children under 5 years old. “Historically ...

  8. Post-polio syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Post-polio syndrome (PPS, poliomyelitis sequelae) is a group of latent symptoms of poliomyelitis (polio), occurring in more than 80% of polio infections. The symptoms are caused by the damaging effects of the viral infection on the nervous system and typically occur 15 to 30 years after an initial acute paralytic attack.

  9. 350 Miles Away - The Huffington Post

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    Toby Fischer lives in South Dakota, where just 27 doctors are certified to prescribe buprenorphine -- a medication that blunts the symptoms of withdrawal from heroin and opioid painkillers. A Huffington Post analysis of government data found nearly half of all counties in America don't have such a certified physician. So every month, Fischer and his mother drive to Colorado to pick up their ...