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9 hrs ago | McClatchy DC

Wounded soldier has a long climb to recovery

Army Staff Sgt. Christian Hughes fingers his scar, the first of four. One bullet, he says, went in here.

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Related Topix: US Military, Fort Drum, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, US Army, Medicine, Medication, Fort Drum, NY

14 hrs ago | Prestwichandwhitefieldguide.co.uk

Pharmacist jailed for stealing drugs for sick friend

A PHARMACIST who illegally gave her friend painkillers 100 times stronger than morphine has been jailed for a year.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic)

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Raleigh News & Observer

Overdose killed mental patient

An autopsy confirms that a man found unconscious on a Greyhound bus two hours after being discharged from Cherry Hospital died after ingesting a prescription painkiller given to him by the state psychiatric facility.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication, Chapel Hill, NC, Goldsboro, NC

Mon Nov 23, 2009

PAXALLES

Research: Morphine May Spread Cancer

Morphine "might spread cancer" from BBC News reports that morphine can form new blood vessels to feed tumors and help them grow.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, University of Chicago

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Ask MetaFilter

How Long Will Antique Drugs Still Work?

Ancient drugs...opium, morphine, even absinthe. Can they still be potent after decades? If you were to find your great-grandma's cocaine cough syrup, or her opium-based migraine reliever, would they still have any power left in them? Could someone pour hot water in a 90 year old opium bottle with sludge at the bottom, swirl it around, and ease ...

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Texas Public Radio

The Trial of Captain Michael Fontana Continues

The trial of an Air Force nurse accused of killing patients has begun at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Violent Crime, Medicine, Medication

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Pop Syndicate

The Mentalist (2.08) His Red Right Hand

Red John unleashes his evil upon those investigating him. "His Red Right Hand" The show opens with Rigsby and Grace Van Pelt sleeping together.

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Related Topix: The Mentalist, Entertainment, Television, Medicine, Medication

Thu Nov 19, 2009

ABC12.com

Paramedic charged with stealing drugs

Investigators say a paramedic stole potent pain relievers and replaced them with saline solution.

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Related Topix: Genesee County, MI, Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic), Medication

The Herald-Gazette

Women Target Of First Government Death Panel

She was a friend, a really good friend, who died much too soon. And if dying young wasna TMt tragic enough, she died a slow, agonizing death, in and out of consciousness for weeks, all the while begging for someone to stop the pain.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication

China Daily

The depressed are more apt to get opioids for pain

People who suffer from depression are much more likely to be prescribed powerful opioid painkillers like morphine and codeine and to stay on the drugs long-term, new research shows.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Medication, University of Washington, Chronic Pain

Wed Nov 18, 2009

ABC News

Pain Drug Morphine May Accelerate Cancer Growth

Evidence is mounting that morphine, commonly used to manage pain, may accelerate cancer growth, but a newly-approved drug that blocks its side effects could also keep tumors from spreading, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Health, Pain, Biotech, Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Constipation, Lung Cancer

EurekAlert!

Common pain relief medication may encourage cancer growth

Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate the growth and spread of cancer cells.

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Related Topix: Medication, Health, Pain, Lung Cancer, University of Chicago

MySanAntonio.com

Trial begins for accused Air Force nurse

Lawyers for a military nurse charged with three counts of murder said they'll expose deficiencies at Wilford Hall Medical Center while proving their client is innocent.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Medicine, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic)

Tue Nov 17, 2009

The Daily Star

Voluntary consent is neglected in the euthanasia debate

Of all the arguments against voluntary euthanasia, the most influential is the "slippery slope": Once we allow doctors to kill patients, we will not be able to limit the killing to those who want to die.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Hospital Administration, Healthcare Industry, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Medication, Drugs, Pope Benedict XVI

Medical News

Cancer pain drug market to be $3.7 billion in 2018

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that, driven by the continued dominance of opioids that include immediate-release morphine and novel fast acting opioid reformulations, the cancer pain drug market will increase from $2.3 billion in 2008 to $3.7 billion in 2018 ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Pain, Cancer, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Chronic Pain, Duragesic, Fentanyl (generic)

Mon Nov 16, 2009

KansasCity.com

Ex-Air Force nurse on trial for killing 3 patients

Attorneys for a former Air Force nurse charged with killing three elderly patients by giving them lethal doses of medication say it would be negligent to undertreat pain for the terminally sick in their final days.Capt. Michael Fontana faces three counts of murder when his military court martial begins Monday at Lackland Air Force Base.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Medicine, Medication

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Laboratory Network .com

Millennium Laboratories Announces Five Drug Screening Tests To...

Millennium Laboratories, a leading provider of therapeutic drug monitoring and education to physicians and staff treating chronic pain patients, announced today the company's development and validation of a clinical quantitative assay for the new drug tapentadol by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry .

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Related Topix: Drug Testing, Drugs, Medicine, Health, Pain, Chronic Pain, Medication, Demerol, Meperidine (generic)

Sat Nov 14, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Filipina scientist wins P4.6-M prize for snail toxin work

Dr. Lourdes Cruz with her collection of marine snail shells. MANILA - A local scientist who helped discover a snail toxin a thousand times more powerful than morphine, was chosen as the first Filipino winner of the 2010 L'oral-UNESCO "For Women In Science Awards." Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Chemistry, Science

Thu Nov 12, 2009

The Star Press Muncie News

Convicted drug dealer arrested again

A convicted drug dealer was arrested again Wednesday for allegedly selling his prescribed pain medication.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Medicine, Medication

ESPN

Brian Tunney

I just get the feeling that every time I ask him, he's thinking, "Oh great, here we go again." Yet he always seems to begrudgingly come through.

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