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10/02/2018 / By Tracey Watson

U.S. hospitals overrun by babies dependent on opioids

Opioids are a class of strong prescription painkillers which are incredibly addictive. Initially prescribed as a pain management tool for cancer sufferers, in the early 1990s drug giant Purdue Pharma started aggressively pitching them to doctors as an effective treatment for chronic pain. In just six years, prescriptions for Purdue’s star product – OxyContin – increased […]

07/10/2018 / By Isabelle Z.

Antibiotic resistance to become world’s number one killer by 2050, claims expert

When you see movies and TV shows set in the past, it’s not unusual to feel a sense of relief that we live in modern times. A minor infection – say, from a cut – could prove to be deadly before antibiotics came along, and as flawed as our current medical system is, no one […]

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