Latest News
Conference Coverage
Think local when assessing adolescent heroin use
SAN DIEGO – Between 1999 and 2015, heroin use among high school students in some cities increased along with local trends in injection drug use....
Conference Coverage
Many veterans with comorbid pain and OUD not receiving MAT
Preliminary findings show a lot more needs to be understood about treating patients with comorbid pain and opioid use disorders.
Conference Coverage
Cocaine use declining among young adults
SAN DIEGO – A new report finds that about 5% of 18- to 22-year-olds have used cocaine in the past 12 months.
Conference Coverage
Severe OA sparks depression, surgery “ameliorates” depression in RA
From the Journals
Buprenorphine endangers lives and health of children
FDA/CDC
Obesity didn’t just happen overnight
Data seem to suggest that exercise makes Americans gain weight.
Feature
Trump administration proposes changes to HHS, FDA
The action is part of a sweeping reform proposal, issued June 21, aimed at bringing more operational efficiency to the federal government as a...
From the Journals
Trump support high in counties with chronic opioid use
Policy to abate the opioid crisis must go beyond the medical model to incorporate socioenvironmental disadvantage factors and health behaviors.
Commentary
U.S. immigration policy: What harms will persist?
The strong neurologic and psychological impact on the immigrant children will likely have lifelong effects on their physical and mental health.
Feature
HHS’s Azar teases changes to APMs
“We genuinely want to revolutionize how health care is paid for ... in an outcome-based, health-based, non-procedure-, non-sickness-based way.”
Feature
Administration eases way for small businesses to buy insurance in bulk
The result could be higher premiums for plans obtained through the Affordable Care Act online marketplaces.