Some Americans Aren't Getting the Right Medicines, Study Finds

Some Americans aren't getting the right medicines, study finds

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And for osteoporosis drugs, the rates were lower everywhere. The National Committee for Quality Assurance, a non-profit group that advocates for good health care, suggests that anyone with osteoporosis who breaks a bone should get drugs to stop the …
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Our View: Tennessee law aims to limit opioid drug abuse

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According to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation statistics, prescription drug opioids are the No. 1 cause of drug treatment admissions in Tennessee, nearly twice the number of the next leading cause, marijuana related admissions, and about 10 times the …
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TN puts limit on prescription drugs

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Tennessee legislators are working to change those statistics. A new law went … Pills like Loratab, Oxycotin, Percocet, Xanax, Valium and other schedule two through five drugs will no longer be sold in quantities exceeding a 30 day supply. "They're …
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Internet safety: it's time to learn what your children know

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Today's parents have realised that merely to ban a child from using social media raises the barrier of distrust, forcing children into a position of dishonesty, such is the power of their addiction to the drug of technology. Charities, schools and …
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