As employers are increasingly drawn into the opioid crisis, they need to draft clear workplace drug policies, educate their workers on the dangers of addiction and work closely with insurers and pharmacy benefit plans to spot and prevent potential problems, experts said Tuesday.

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In a novel case that could have national implications, the Washington state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union sued a county sheriff's office to force it to provide opiate-withdrawal medication to prisoners, rather than requiring them to go cold turkey.

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President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday aimed at helping people with deadly diseases try experimental treatments, calling it a "fundamental freedom" that will offer hope and save lives.

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CAMDEN, N.J. — It’s a truth addicts and health providers know well: Naloxone can reverse heroin overdoses, but it can’t cure the addictions that cause them. In a small but growing number of places, people who land in hospitals after ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A methadone clinic in Maryland has been instructed to stop accepting new clients until it complies with a mandated staff-to-client ratio. The Herald-Mail reports Hagerstown Treatment Center was notified by the Behavioral Health Administration to cease and desists ...

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After almost 20 years dealing with convicts, Major Craig Rowe could see the trend. “The majority of our crimes in Washington County are either directly related to or a byproduct of addiction, [whether] crime directly related to the heroin or ...

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The Greater Baltimore Medical Center will soon unveil a $1.2 million research and treatment center focused on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), a rare disorder affecting the tissues that connect skin, bones and ligaments.

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WASHINGTON — It’s final: Health insurance companies now must cover mental illness and substance abuse just as they cover physical diseases. The Obama administration issued new regulations Friday that spell out how a 5-year-old mental health parity law will be ...

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Cancer: The word itself generates anxiety. A diagnosis can be devastating and treatment even scarier. And for many patients, the ordeal gets worse.

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The Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital announced that its Department of Radiation Oncology has acquired a sophisticated cancer treatment system manufactured by a Swedish company.

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