Lou Ortenzio was a trusted West Virginia doctor who got his patients—and himself—hooked on opioids. Now he’s trying to rescue his community from an epidemic he helped start.
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When a treatment costs $450,000 or more, it had better work
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The data all guilt-ridden parents need: What science tells us about breast-feeding, sleep training and all the agonizing decisions of parenthood
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Dentistry is much less scientific—and more prone to gratuitous procedures—than you may think
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Laziness does not exist
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The irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Why lifting weights can be so potent for aging well
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The fertility doctor’s secret children - Donald Cline used his own sperm to inseminate over fifty of his patients without their knowledge
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Apple and Stanford’s Apple Watch study identified irregular heartbeats in over 2,000 patients
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Vaping is Big Tobacco’s bait and switch
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HIV is reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic
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The latest diet trend is not dieting
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Dollars on the margins - $15/hr minimum wage as a US public health measure
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Donald Trump Administration blocks US funds for Planned Parenthood and others over abortion referrals
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When the cure is worse than the disease
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Why do South Asians have such high rates of heart disease?
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Nearly 1,000 Madagascar children dead of measles since October
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Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents — and trying to get shots on their own
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The weight I carry - What it’s like to be too big in America
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The other side of paradise: How I left a Buddhist retreat in handcuffs
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Thailand approves medical marijuana in New Year's 'gift'
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Americans are dangerously sleep deprived
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Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its baby powder
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A startup company says it will give people free genome reports if they’re willing to answer detailed questions about their health, drinking habits, and more
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DeepMind’s move to transfer health unit to Google stirs data fears
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Chronic fatigue syndrome - The 'missing people' enigma
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The problem with being perfect
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Losing Laura - Laura Levis died from an asthma attack just outside a Boston-area ER, after calling 911 from outside its locked doors. Her husband has been piecing together how it happened.
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Seventeen million Australians to be automatically enrolled in My Health record
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‘I’m Dr. Cohen’: The powerful humanity of the Jewish hospital staff that treated Robert Bowers
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76% of participants receiving MDMA-assisted psychotherapy did not meet PTSD diagnostic criteria at the twelve-month follow-up, results published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology
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Is chronic anxiety a learning disorder?
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The comforting fictions of dementia care
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The US was once a leader for healthcare and education — now it ranks 27th in the world
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'This substance will cause death’: New euthanasia rules announced
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GPs treat mental health issues more than any other condition, reveals the latest Health of a Nation report released by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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How useful is the Apple Watch's heart-monitoring feature?
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US Food and Drug Administration cracks down on Juul and e-cigarette retailers
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My Review of 5/3/1's Pervertor Template
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Pharma chief defends 400% drug price rise as a ‘moral requirement’
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The secret drug pricing system middlemen use to rake in millions
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The future abortionists of America
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Does a generic EpiPen mean lower prices? Don’t hold your breath.
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US DEA wants more marijuana grown and fewer opioids produced in 2019. Really.
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US Food and Drug Administration approves first generic version of EpiPen
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The burnout crisis in American medicine
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DIYers hack insulin pump - create artificial pancreas
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Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world's first Roundup cancer trial
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Hand-sanitizer resistant bacteria strains are developing
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The federal government's My Health Record system is capable of storing genomic information, which could turbocharge medical research but has intensified privacy and security fears
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