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• 1 in 3 High School Seniors Who Misuse Prescription Opioids Turn to Heroin

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• 1 in 7 Cancer Patients Worldwide Missed a Surgery Due to Pandemic

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• 5 Years, No Fatal ODs: Study Finds 'Safe Injection Sites' Can Save Lives

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• A Better, Safer Way to Rid Some Kids of Seizures?

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• A New Hip or Knee Can Do a Marriage Good, Study Finds

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• Acupuncture During a Knee Replacement Could Lessen Post-Surgical Pain

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• Addictive Opioid Painkillers Might Not Be Needed After Knee Surgery

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• Advances in Care, Impact of COVID Highlights of Latest Cardiologists' Meeting

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• A-Fib After Any Surgery Raises Odds for Heart Failure

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• AHA News: Organ Transplants Make A Turnaround From COVID-19 Decline

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• AHA News: Routine Checkup Led to Open-Heart Surgery – at Age 6

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• Animal Sedative Is Driving Rise in Fatal Drug ODs

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• Antibiotics May Be Best First Treatment for Appendicitis

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• Are Opioid Painkillers Needed Weeks After Heart Surgery? Maybe Not

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• Are Opioids Prescribed Too Freely as Patients Are Moved to Nursing Homes?

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• Arthritis? Back Pain? Medical Pot May Help You Avoid Opioid Painkillers

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• As Postponed Surgeries Resume, Can U.S. Hospitals Handle the Strain?

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• 'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought

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• B 8/11 -- U.S. Opioid Prescriptions Are Declining

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• Barnacles Inspire a Better Way to Seal Off Wounds

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• Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

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• Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery

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• Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

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• Black Men Less Likely to Get Best Prostate Cancer Treatments

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• Black Patients Less Happy With Care After Knee, Hip Replacement

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• Black Women Have Triple the Odds for Lymphedema After Breast Cancer Surgery

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• Blood Pressure During Surgery May Be Crucial After Spinal Cord Injury

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• Breast Cancer Over 70: How Much Treatment Is Enough?

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• Breastfeeding OK After Mom Has Anesthesia, Experts Say

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• Can Women With Early Breast Cancer Skip Post-Op Radiation?

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• Can You Keep Your Bladder After Bladder Cancer Strikes?

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• Cataract Surgery Might Lower Your Odds for Dementia

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• Cataracts Tied to Higher Odds of Death From Heart Disease

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• Cataracts: Common, and Easy to Treat

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• CBD Products Gain Following Among Fibromyalgia Patients

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• CDC Reports Record High 12-Month Drug Overdose Death Toll

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• Certain Meds Raise Odds for Delirium After Surgery

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• Clear Danger: Glass-Topped Tables Injure Thousands Each Year

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• Clot-Removing Procedure Can Sometimes Backfire for Stroke Patients

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• Compression Stockings May Not Be Needed After Surgeries, Study Finds

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• Could an Injected Electrode Control Your Pain Without Drugs?

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• Could Opioid Crisis Mean More Strokes for Americans?

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• COVID Vaccine a Key Factor in Decisions Around Surgery

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• COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant

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• COVID-19 Tied to Raised Risk of Post-Op Death: Study

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• COVID-19 Will Delay 28 Million Elective Surgeries Worldwide: Study

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• CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens Played Role in Opioid Crisis: Ohio Jury

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• Dangerous A-Fib Can Follow Many Surgeries

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• Dangerous Prescriptions of Opioids-Plus-Sedatives Plummet in U.S.

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• Delayed Surgery for Early Breast Cancer Won't Harm Survival: Study

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• Did Pandemic Lockdowns Worsen the Epidemic of Opioid Abuse?

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• Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?

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• Do Minority Kids Face More Danger During Surgeries?

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• Do You Live in a U.S. Opioid OD Hotspot?

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• Doctors' Choice of Anesthesia Could Help Curb Climate Change

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• Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries

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• Doctors May Be Overprescribing Opioids After Surgeries

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• Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs

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• Don't Delay Lung Cancer Surgery, Study Suggests

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• Don't Schedule Your Operation on Your Surgeon's Birthday

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• During and After Surgery, Pot Users Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers: Study

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• During Pandemic, Fewer Using Drug That Fights Opioid Overdose

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• ERs Can Boost Efforts to Stamp Out Opioid Addiction

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• Estrogen Taken During Gender-Affirming Surgeries Won't Raise Blood Clot Risk: Study

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• Even Before COVID, Many More People Died Early in U.S. Versus Europe

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• Exercise Helps Ease Arm, Shoulder Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

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• Exercise Soon After Breast Plastic Surgery Is Safe, Healthy

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• Family Behind Oxycontin Denies Any Responsibility for Opioid Crisis

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• Fans Could Help Cancer Patients Breathe Easier: Study

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• Fatal Opioid ODs Keep Rising in Black Americans

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• FDA Approves Imaging Drug That Can Help Surgeons Spot Ovarian Cancers

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• Feminizing Facial Surgery Gives Mental Boost to Transgender People

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• Fetal Surgery Is Changing Lives for Kids With Spina Bifida

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• First Overdose Prevention Centers in the Nation Open in NYC

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• Flat-Footed: What Works Best to Fix 'Fallen Arches'?

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• For Amputees, a New Kind of Surgery May Allow Better Control, Sensation

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• Gallbladder Surgery During Pregnancy May Be Safer Than Waiting

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• Gender-Affirming Mastectomies Give Boost to Patients' Mental Health

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• Gender-Affirming Surgeries Improve Mental Health in Young, Study Says

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• Getting a Pacemaker Can Raise Odds for Opioid Abuse

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• Having a Hip, Knee Replacement? Some Tips to an Optimal Recovery

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• Having Heart Disease Can Make Other Surgeries More Risky

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• Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some

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• Hearts From Drug Abusers Can Be Used for Transplants

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• High-Dose Withdrawal Drug in ER Can Help Battle Opioid Addiction

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• Hip Replacements on the Rise Among the Very Young

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• How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?

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• How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?

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• How Effective (and Safe) Is Shoulder Surgery?

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• How the COVID Pandemic Made the Opioid Epidemic Worse, Even as Telehealth Helped

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• How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care

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• In Many Cases, Hip Replacement Also Eases Back Pain

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• In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak

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• Is a Night in the Hospital Necessary After Hip, Knee Replacement?

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• Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?

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• 'Iso,' a Deadly New Synthetic Opioid, Has Hit American Streets

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• Kids Aren't Scared by Medical Workers' PPE, Study Finds

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• Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids

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• Kids Still Dying From Accidental Exposure to Fentanyl Pain Patches

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• Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues

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• Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later

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• Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study

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• Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think

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• Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients

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• Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal

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• Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis

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• Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer

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• Many Americans Live Too Far From Opioid Addiction Treatment

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• Many Deaths Labeled 'Cardiac Arrest' Could Be Drug ODs: Study

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• Many Dentists Still Giving Patients Addictive Opioid Painkillers

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• Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?

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• Many Using Cannabis for Pain Take Opioids, Too

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• Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes

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• 'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery

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• Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms

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• More Americans Gaining Access to Opioid Addiction Treatment, But Race Matters

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• More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy

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• More Opioids Doesn't Mean Less Chronic Pain: Study

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• Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey

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• Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing

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• Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage

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• Muscle Relaxants for Back Pain Are Soaring: Are They Safe?

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• Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds

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• Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery

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• 'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries

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• Nerve-Cooling Implant Could Ease Pain Without Opioids

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• New CDC Guidelines May Have Made Opioid Prescribing Safer

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• New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers

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• No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life

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• Nurse Practitioners Key to Opioid Treatment in Rural U.S.: Study

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• NYC's Overdose Prevention Centers Already Saving Lives

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• Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds

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• Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand

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• Older Gays, Lesbians at Higher Odds for Drug, Alcohol Abuse: Study

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• Older Patients at Risk When Dentists Prescribe Opioids

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• One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement

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• Opioid Addiction Relapse May Be Different for Men, Women

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• Opioid Addiction Treatment in Jail Could Change Lives

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• Opioid Deaths in Young Americans Often Involve Other Drugs

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• Opioid Overdose Antidote Urged for Schools After Student's Fentanyl Death

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• Opioid Use a Hazard for Young Patients Battling Sarcomas

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• Opioids After Dental Work May Be Dangerous

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• Over 100,000 Americans Died From Drug Overdoses in One Year: Report

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• Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk

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• Oxycontin Maker Purdue Dissolved, Family to Pay $4.5 Billion in Bankruptcy Settlement

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• Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals

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• Pandemic Brought Surge in Fatal Drug Overdoses in U.S. Teens

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• Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals

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• Pandemic Has Blocked Access to Treatment for Many Americans Hooked on Opioids

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• Pandemic Is Driving U.S. Surge in Cardiac Arrests Tied to Overdose

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• Pandemic Tied to Rising Number of Fatal Opioid ODs

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• People Are Buying Illegal Opioids on the Dark Web

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• People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

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• People Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors

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• Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study

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• Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery

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• Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable

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• Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say

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• Prescription Opioids, Antibiotics in Pregnancy Won't Raise Birth Defect Risk: Studies

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• Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes

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• Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks

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• Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%

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• Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage

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• Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks

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• Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?

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• 'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes

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• Rising Number of U.S. Cardiac Arrests Tied to Opioid Abuse

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• Rising U.S. Deaths After Users Mix Coke, Meth With an Opioid

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• Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk

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• Scientists Are Developing Patch That Warns of Oncoming Drug Overdose

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• Setting Time Limits on Opioid Prescriptions Might Reduce Misuse

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• Severe Opioid Overdoses Rose by Nearly a Third During Pandemic

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• Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery

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• Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients

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• Signs America's Opioid Epidemic Might Finally Be Waning

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• Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes

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• Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients

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• Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery

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• Smoking, Drinking Gateway to Pot, Study Finds

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• 'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well

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• Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed

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• Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation

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• States Claim Sackler Family Members Are Abusing Bankruptcy Process

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• Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help

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• Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease

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• Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer

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• Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study

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• Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative

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• Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib

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• Telehealth, Phone Visits a Lifesaver for Veterans Addicted to Opioids

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• Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery

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• Too Few People Treated for Opioid Use Get Anti-Overdose Med

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• Too Few People With Opioid Disorder Receive Best Treatments

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• Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays

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• U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Reach Record Highs

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• U.S. Fatal Drug ODs Rose Again in 2021, But Increase Is Slowing

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• U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries

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• U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine

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• U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns

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• Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients

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• Wearable Device Spots, Reverses Opioid Overdoses

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• Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows

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• Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens

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• What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?

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• What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know

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• What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer

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• What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold

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• What's the Best 'Uterine-Sparing' Treatment for Fibroids?

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• When COVID-19 Strikes in Pregnancy, C-Section Tied to Worse Outcomes

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• When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?

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• When Pot Use Starts in Teens, Drug Addiction More Likely: Study

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• When Removing a Big Kidney Stone, Get the Little Ones, Too

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• Which Surgery Works Best for Lower Back Pain?

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• White Men's Grip on U.S. Health Care May Be Slipping

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• Who Is Using Herbal Kratom?

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• Woman With Severe COVID-19 Gets Life Saving Double-Lung Transplant

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• Women More Likely to Survive Lung Cancer After Surgery: Study

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• You've Had Foot Surgery: How Long Until You're Active Again?