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...while the risk of opioid addiction in the elderly is low, there are other cautions. A study published in January by Von Korff and colleagues linked high-dose opioid use to a doubling of the risk of broken bones in the elderly. "One-third of these were hip and pelvic fractures," Von Korff says. "These can really be debilitating." The authors speculate that the patients may have been prone to falls caused by dizziness or sedation, side effects of drug treatment that tend to occur early in a new drug regimen or when dosage changes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are Doctors Too Reluctant to Prescribe Opioids? | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...most preeminent university in America, Harvard could take a stand,” said Alexander Chester, a third-year law student. “It would be a good moral stance and financial one as well...

Author: By Elias J. Groll and William N. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Students Share Ideas with Faust | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

Sophomore Magdalena Robak ran the third fastest time, 1:00.53, in the 400-meter dash and finished eighth in the 200-meter. Junior Jamie Olson also earned a top finish, placing second in the 800-meter run with a time...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SPORTS BRIEF: Track and Field Uses Meet as Opportunity To Prepare for Heps | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...taxpayers will be spending one-third more to maintain the U.S. military than their parents and grandparents paid for the nation's Cold War force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Lean Times, Military Spending Still Gets a Pass | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...investigation into the intelligence screwup. But Republicans accused Democrats of going on a politically motivated witch hunt, and Democrats said Republicans were complicit in a cover-up of Administration mishandling of intelligence. It took years to get through the first two phases of the investigation. By the time the third got under way, few were paying attention anymore and the conclusions were watered down by committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Washington Can't Fix Itself | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

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