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Montana’s ‘Pain Refugees’ Leave State For Treatment http://mtpr.org/post/montanas-pain-refugees-leave-state-treatment#stream/0 Travel with a group of Montanans who have to leave the state every 90 days because they can’t find relief for their chronic pain here. Over the past two decades, the rate of overdose deaths from prescription painkillers known as opioids has quadrupled in the United States. […]

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Maine’s Gov. LePage vetoes lifesaving overdose drug bill—why ‘perpetuate’ addiction? he says Maine’s Gov. LePage vetoes lifesaving overdose drug bill—why ‘perpetuate’ addiction? he says Sometimes it’s hard to fathom just how pathetic a human being can be, but Maine’s Gov. Paul LePage offered yet another reminder Wednesday when he vetoed a bill designed to help […]

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In the last Presidential election 126 million votes were cast… FIVE MILLION separated the winner from the loser… 106 MILLION of eligible voters – DID NOT VOTE ! Strangely, that is the same number of estimated CHRONIC PAIN PTS. Today on the TV.. I heard Bernie Sanders state “POOR PEOPLE DON’T VOTE “.. a recent […]

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Diabetes: Delaware’s Billion-dollar crisis http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2016/04/23/diabetes-delaware-costs-healthcare-insurance-sussex-maryland-prmc-beebe/83430538/ Delaware has a $1 billion time bomb strapped to its back. It’s called Type 2 diabetes. Today, one in three Delawareans has higher-than-normal blood sugar levels because they can’t efficiently produce and use insulin. Left unchecked, prediabetes and full-blown Type 2 diabetes can disrupt every organ system in the body, leading to blindness, amputated limbs, heart […]

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In search of fair drug prices http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20160422-column.html When CVS Health in February began taking over pharmacy operations at more than 1,600 Target stores, CVS Pharmacy President Helena Foulkes called the changeover “an important milestone.” “Our heart is in every prescription we fill, and providing accessible, supportive and personalized healthcare is part of our DNA,” she […]

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http://thunderoverlouisville.org/ http://www.wdrb.com/ Starting about noon on 04/23/2016 is the start of what we know locally as the KY Derby Festival. Everyone knows that the KY Derby is the first Saturday in May. Normally about two weeks before the Derby.. the TWO WEEKS prior the “kick off” for the derby is call THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE… Which […]

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It has taken less than 24 hr for the various news channels to race each other as to who was going to be first to speculate on Prince’s death.. racing to reach the conclusion that his death was somehow related to a “drug overdose”. Reportedly that he had “hip problems” .. so could he have […]

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