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According to the Times, the study found that “in two-thirds, it was the direct cause of death, mostly in combination with other drugs.” It was a misreading of the study. Its author, Tor Seldén of Sweden’s National Board of Forensic Medicine, told The Huffington Post in an email that the Times’ claim “is not supported by our findings.”
One way to explain the stubbornness of the epidemic is to look at the availability of the maintenance medication buprenorphine, sold most commonly under the brand name Suboxone. Taking the medication (or methadone), along with counseling, is an opioid addict’s best chance for recovery, public health experts say.
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 ...
They haunt post-9/11 military bases and hollow the promise of Silicon Valley high schools. Just about everywhere, psychiatric units and crisis hotlines are maxed out. According to the most recent figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are now more than twice as many suicides in the U.S. (45,000) as homicides; they ...
A Huffington Post investigation into the business of dying. 06/14 World Cup 2014. Match summaries and player statistics, updated in real-time during the World Cup.
Kailyn Lowry has shared an update on her recovery following a tummy tuck revision. “We’re 5 days post-op,” Lowry, 32, said in a video shared via TikTok on Saturday, February 2, adding, “I ...
An analysis by the Washington Post last December of California hospice data found that the proportion of patients who were discharged alive from the health service rose by about 50 percent between 2002 and 2012. Profit per patient quintupled to $1,975 in California, the newspaper reported.
State inspectors, working from Medicare guidelines, carry out most hospice reviews. They report their findings to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the federal regulator that oversees hospice agencies. That is the information, which spans more than 15,000 inspections, that The Huffington Post analyzed for this story.