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OxyContin Abuse: Can It Be Slowed?

May 18, 2013

Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and it is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not alone. Nearly 1.8 million Americans were addicted to some form of prescription pain reliever in 2011, much more than those addicted to cocaine and heroin combined. Increasing the drug’s potential for addiction...

Docs, Nurses Disagree Over Expanded Nurse Roles

May 17, 2013

As nurse practitioners lobby to expand their authority and scope of practice in many states, a New England Journal of Medicine study released Wednesday documents a deep chasm between how doctors and nurses regard the issue. The study found the two groups overwhelmingly agreed that nurse practitioners should be able to pract...

New Guidelines: Make HIV Testing Routine

May 16, 2013

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently released new recommended screening guidelines for HIV. It gave a grade A recommendation for routine HIV screening for everybody aged 15 to 65, and younger adolescents and older adults at an increased risk for HIV infection. It also gave a grade A recommendation for H...

Angelina Jolie, Genetic Testing and the ACA

May 15, 2013

Dr. Otis Brawley, the chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, is on the record with a quick post on Angelina Jolie’s startling announcement in a New York Times op-ed that she has had a prophylactic double mastectomy to cut her inherited risk of breast cancer. Jolie’s mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, died o...

Fact or Fiction: The Truth About Mammograms

May 14, 2013

Since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force changed the recommendations for mammograms in 2009, there has been much confusion about how effective mammograms are and whether or not women should have them. Here’s what we know about mammograms: According to the National Cancer Institute, more than 60 percent of breast cancer...

  • OxyContin Abuse: Can It Be Slowed?
  • Docs, Nurses Disagree Over Expanded Nurse Roles
  • New Guidelines: Make HIV Testing Routine
  • Angelina Jolie, Genetic Testing and the ACA
  • Fact or Fiction: The Truth About Mammograms

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OxyContin Abuse: Can It Be Slowed?

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Millions of OxyContin prescriptions are written each year and it is an oft-abused medication. But, OxyContin is not alone. Nearly 1.8 milli...

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It’s National Skin Cancer Awareness Month

May 6 no comments

This year nearly 77,000 people in this country will be diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cance...

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Houston, We’ve Bumped Our Head: I’m Running a 5k

May 10 no comments

I was minding my own business when the email popped into my inbox: “Join Us for Another Year of Taking Steps to Save Lives!” I’ve rece...

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Balancing Act: A Guide for Successful Moms

May 1 no comments

With three children, four dogs, four successful dental offices and a happy marriage of 16 years, people often ask, “How do you do it all?"...

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The Wrap, May 12

May 12 no comments

This is what happened at Black Health Matters last week: Black men face a range of serious health issues that generally go ignored in dis...