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Drug-related deaths plunge in first half of 2012
The number of oxycodone-related deaths in Orange and Osceola counties — where hundreds of people accidentally overdosed on prescription drugs in recent years — plunged during the first half of 2012 compared with the same period in 2011,...
Tags: OxyContin (drug), Seminole County, Heroin, Laws, Methadone (drug)
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Complementing end-of-life care
Of the countless painful decisions surrounding a loved one's end-of-life care, among the trickiest is how to provide physical comfort in a way that also provides a dignified ending. "For end of life, the opioids are very important for pain management,...
Tags: Massage Therapy, Vomiting, Personal Service, Herbal Medicines, Homeopathy Medicine
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'Poison': Bridget Zinn's bittersweet debut
No life should be reduced to a narrative. It's too tempting to tie up the loose ends. To miss the minutiae that make each of us human. To find reason where there is none. So the abrupt, far too early end of author Bridget Zinn's life doesn't need to...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Chicago Tribune, Chemotherapy, Social Media, Literature
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Drug overdose deaths rise for the 11th year in a row—what does that say about our country's mental health?
HealthFederal officials announced Tuesday that the number of deaths by overdose in the United States rose for the 11th consecutive year. Prescription drugs caused more than half of the fatalities. Perhaps it's time to make some changes? You don't need to be... -
Caton heir was a great patriot as well as a painter
In a review of the Walters Art Museum show of paintings by 19th-century American artist Richard Caton Woodville, reporter Mary McCauley writes that "the real mystery ... is why so little about the painter is known today — even in his hometown" ("...
Tags: Politics, Arts, Walters Art Museum, Parties and Movements, Arts and Culture
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Want to Be a Better Person? Meditate on It.
HealthYou’re at a crowded doctor’s office. The doctor is running far behind schedule, and it’s standing room only. A patient hobbles in. He’s on crutches. You look around. Everyone else in the waiting room is checking their phones,... -
Walters explores work of Caton heir who lived fast, died young
The handsome young man sitting in the pink parlor chair radiates restlessness, a disdain for social conventions and undeniable self-satisfaction. The impatience in Richard Caton Woodville's "Self-Portrait with Flowered Wallpaper" can be detected in...
Tags: Catonsville, Genres, Walters Art Museum, Germany, Artists
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Jimmy Patsos does it his way, and Loyola keeps winning
Jimmy Patsos got what he wanted after all. "Three games in March," he said Sunday after Loyola beat Manhattan, 63-61, at Reitz Arena. Three games to win the upcoming Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championships and get the automatic bid to the...
Tags: Demerol (drug), Martin Luther King Jr., Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Sidney Poitier, Argo (movie)
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Report: Deputies found drugs in prosthetic leg, bra; needle hidden in woman's butt during traffic stop
FloriDUHIs there no safe stash for drugs these days? The tan Hyundai was reportedly pulled over for not having working brake lights. When the deputy then asked the driver, Alexis Ann Clancey, 20, along her three passengers, if there were any weapons, drugs or...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Hydromorphone (drug), Hyundai
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Addicted to Heroin, Part 2: APD Calls Overdose Deaths An 'Epidemic'
Channel 2 NewsHeroin overdoses have reached an "epidemic" level, according to the Anchorage Police Department. APD Sgt. Kathy Lacey says heroin use is back in force and heroin-related overdoses are claiming more young lives than traffic fatalities. "Heroin has come...Tags: OxyContin (drug), Epidemics and Plagues, Heroin, Methadone (drug), Drug Trafficking
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Ty Burr, author of 'Gods Like Us,' discusses the evolution of stardom
Hollywood makes movies, of course, but just as important — or maybe more so — it makes stars. But as Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr argues in “Gods Like Us: On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame,” the manufacture and maintenance of...
Tags: Rudolph Valentino, James Stewart, Lindsay Lohan, Periodicals, The Graduate (movie)
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Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: Devices for relief from chronic nerve pain may be considered if conservative options fail
Premium Health News ServiceDEAR MAYO CLINIC: Eighteen months ago, I had surgery on my back to relieve the nerve pain that radiates down my leg. It didn't help as much as I'd hoped, and my doctor says additional surgery isn't likely to help. I have tried pain meds, steroid...Tags: Back Surgery, Physical Therapy, Health and Medical Professionals, Chiropractors, Back Pain
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