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...control for confounding variables," he says, "and should not be used for individual clinical decisionmaking." But Norton acknowledges that the ideal study - in which women would be randomly assigned to either have a double mastectomy or not - could never be done, since it would not be ethical to prevent women from having a procedure known to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence...
...average patient does not enjoy the feeling of being on the drug; even among recreational users, most who try it don't get hooked. Patients who are prone to addiction are typically those who have histories of emotional trauma, mental illness or prior substance misuse. (See how to prevent illness...
Paradoxically, the findings suggest that the use of opioids could even help prevent addiction by reducing the risk of a psychological condition that is known to lead to substance misuse. "PTSD is so devastating, and it increases the likelihood of addiction," says Volkow. "I think it's definitely worth investigating...
...want to hand an elected official the same lifetime power of potential tyranny you just stripped from Caesar or King Louis XVI. When American democracy was being formed, many of its founders, including Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, supported congressional term limits, "to prevent every danger which might arise to American freedom by continuing too long in office the members of the Continental Congress," as Jefferson wrote. (See why Washington is tied up in knots...