Who Wants to Save a Junkie?

Who Wants to Save a Junkie?

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Across the country, recovery agencies and treatment centers have been making Narcan (also known by its generic name, naloxone) available to drug users' friends, families, counselors and even addicts themselves—giving them a chance to deliver a life …
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Patient Dilemma: Treat Hepatitis C Now or Hold Out?

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Sarah Hoskins for The Wall Street Journal. Janie Munesue, who works at a dance studio in Illinois, is holding out for new hepatitis C drugs, in part, because current treatments would hurt her active lifestyle. … "With certain types of patients who …
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Born This Way?

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Dr. Rob Garofalo, left, a physician specializing in adolescent medicine at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, listens in on a conversation at the Broadway Youth Center in Chicago. Garofalo helped create the …. Gender identity disorder in …
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