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AILSA CHANG, HOST: This week, a presidential commission chaired by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie recommended that the president declare opioids a national emergency. Medical professionals and others who treat drug addiction are praising that ide

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opioid Crisis Looms Over Job Market, Worrying Employers And Economists

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In Muncie, Ind., the unemployment rate is 4.4 percent, which is to say that just about everyone who wants a job has one. Some economists say that low figure may be deceiving, though, because a significant number of people are

美国国家公共电台 NPR Should Hospitals Be Punished For Post-Surgical Patients' Opioid Addiction?

LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: There's an emerging movement to hold hospitals accountable for people addicted to prescription opioids resulting from a hospital stay. From member station WBUR in Boston, Martha Bebinger reports. MARTHA BEBINGER, BYLINE: Katie

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Drug Reverses Alzheimer's in Lab Mice Researchers working with laboratory mice have stopped the progression of a condition found in the brain of Alzheimer's victims. They've even reversed cognitive decline. But whether the discovery can translate to

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: America's opioid crisis continues to devastate families and communities across this country. It is also taking a toll on first responders and the criminal justice system. One city decided to take a new approach. Buffalo, N.Y., ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Alaska To Florida, States Respond To Opioid Crisis With Emergency Declarations

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Public health officials and others concerned about the nation's opioid crisis are pleased with President Trump's intention to declare it a national emergency. Trump's presidential commission on opioids said an emergency declaration

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: President Trump is turning his attention to the nation's opioid crisis. He spoke yesterday laying out plans to step up law enforcement. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Federal drug prosecutions have gone

美国国家公共电台 NPR Is There A Way To Keep Using Opioid Painkillers And Reduce Risk?

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In Your Health on this Monday, we report on the dilemma at the heart of the opioid crisis. Many of the addictive drugs that ruin or end lives are also helpful to people with severe pain, so doctors have to strike a balance. We ha

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Now, across the U.S., states are pouring resources into fighting the opioid epidemic. A handful of them have even declared public health emergencies. And Arizona did just that earlier this year. But some advocates say that until s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Desperate Cities Consider 'Safe Injection' Sites For Opioid Users

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Philadelphia is looking at a new tool to fight opioid addictions - supervised injection sites. That's where people can safely inject heroin or other opioids under medical supervision. It would be the first such site in the U.S.,

美国国家公共电台 NPR States Seek More Federal Funding For Opioid Treatment, Not More Promises

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump is going to try to refocus on opioids today. He's gathering Cabinet members, health experts and advocates for what's being billed as a White House summit on the opioid crisis. President Trump declared opioids a pu

美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Prosecutor Takes On New Case As DOJ Point Person For Opioid Crisis

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: President Trump's administration has named a federal prosecutor to oversee the fight against opioids. NPR's Ryan Lucas spoke with the new so-called opioid coordinator. RYAN LUCAS, BYLINE: Mary Daly cut her teeth as a prosecutor w

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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Heroin and prescription painkillers are fueling a rise in overdoses around the country, and research shows rural areas are particularly at risk. From Colorado, Luke Runyon of member station KUNC has this on the connection between r

美国国家公共电台 NPR Communities Key To Fighting Opioid Crisis, HHS Secretary Says

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Trump administration is making new moves to combat a national health crisis. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of accidental death in our country. And opioid ov

美国国家公共电台 NPR Patients With Chronic Pain Feel Caught In An Opioid Prescribing Debate

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: One more health story. To fight the opioid crisis, states are limiting the number of opioid pills that doctors can prescribe. But that's led to fears of another kind of health crisis with legitimate patients caught in the middle

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Rural Community Decided To Treat Its Opioid Problem Like A Natural Disaster

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Rural Americans say drug abuse and addiction, including opioid addiction, are the most urgent health problems facing their communities. That's according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harva

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Research for new painkiller finds inspiration in chili peppers Naomi Seck | Washington, DC 04 May 2010 Inspired by chili peppers, researchers are working toward a painkiller that could stop the brain from registering the presence of pain. Related Lin

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