• Dartmouth to study opioid treatment for pregnant women
  

  A research team at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine is getting $5.3 million to study medication-assisted treatment for pregnant women with opioid use disorders --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-24
• Retailers experiment with blue lights to deter drug use
  

  Retailers install blue lights in bathrooms to discourage drug injection by hiding veins --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-24
• Houston heart transplant hospital could lose Medicaid funds
  

  A Houston hospital that suspended its renowned heart transplant program for two weeks amid scrutiny following the deaths of two patients could lose federal Medicaid --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-23
• Oklahoma medical pot question hinges on conservative support
  

  Here's a twist: Evangelical Christians in Oklahoma could be the reason medical marijuana is approved on Tuesday --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-23
• Ship with reported norovirus outbreak stops in Alaska
  

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report an outbreak of norovirus on a cruise ship in Alaska --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-22
• Nearly 400 people used California assisted death law in 2017
  

  California health officials say 374 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives last year in the first full year after a 2016 law --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-22
• Nevada pot regulators given more funds to deal with demand
  

  Nevada's marijuana regulators are trying to keep up with demands at recreational dispensaries, where sales continue to outpace projections --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-22
• House approves bill to expand treatment for opioid abuse
  

  The House has overwhelmingly approved legislation designed to give health care providers more tools to stem an opioid crisis that kills more than 115 people --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-22
• Will people with Down syndrome unlock the mystery of Alzheimer’s disease?
  

  Michael Clayburgh, 29, is a person with Down syndrome participating in a clinical trial. --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-22
• Federal study: Chemicals toxic at levels EPA thought safe
  

  A previously blocked federal study says the chemicals used by a West Virginia factory to make non-stick products are dangerous at levels the U.S. Environmental --- Read More
  Source: ABC – HealthPublished on 2018-06-22

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