New York City to Restrict Prescription Painkillers in Public Hospitals …
New York City to Restrict Prescription Painkillers in Public Hospitals …
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City officials said the policy was aimed at reducing the growing dependency on painkillers and preventing excess amounts of drugs from being taken out of medicine chests and sold on the street or abused by teenagers and others who want to get high …
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Beaver County woman escapes from Pittsburgh corrections center
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The facilities house inmates in pre-release status and inmates granted parole by the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. The department also contracts with private vendors to provide specialized treatment and supervision service, many in the …
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Pennsylvania Hospital at center of dispute over baby born with morphine in system
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Nelson said that when she objected to the morphine treatment, doctors refused to provide results of her son's laboratory drug tests and would not let her take him to another hospital for a second opinion. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that …
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Flu vaccine rated 62 percent effective
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided an update Friday on how well the flu vaccine was protecting people from getting the flu virus widespread in many areas of the country, including Western Pennsylvania. Based on data … If …
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