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...Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, takes a more sober view of the findings, pointing out that 18 of the 26 studies in Noble's review failed to mention addiction. The review authors say they assumed the omissions meant that those studies did not find any cases of addiction, but Volkow says it could mean that they simply didn't look for it. (See pictures from an X-ray studio...
...saying opioids are innocuous. They are dangerous drugs," says Dr. Bruce Ferrell, who chaired the panel that authored the guidelines. "We are saying that there is a substantial proportion of the population for which opioids might be a better choice than NSAIDs...
Since the most severely injured troops were the most likely to receive morphine - and since this same group would be at a higher risk for developing PTSD - the finding is particularly striking. "It's incredibly exciting," says Dr. Glenn Saxe, associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who has conducted similar research in pediatric burn victims. "You could potentially be able to [reduce] the likelihood of getting a bad disorder like PTSD...
...researchers have made strides in understanding the treatment of certain kinds of pain. Relieving acute pain from trauma or surgery, for instance, reduces immediate suffering, but also speeds healing and reduces complications; the short-term use of opioids in the hospital is known to be safe and effective. (See Dr. Mehmet Oz's prescription for living long and living well...
...Scorsese regular Leonardo DiCaprio as the righteous but troubled federal marshal Teddy Daniels, the film is set in a hospital for the criminally insane off the coast of Massachusetts. A patient has recently escaped—“evaporated straight through the walls,” according to Dr. John Cawley, played by Ben Kingsley—and Daniels and a partner are sent to investigate. Of course, the story proves to be far more complicated and includes a number of subplots such as a revenge mission on behalf of DiCaprio’s murdered wife, and the ever...