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Category: Journal Club

“Recovery is Hard. Regret is Harder.”
Opioid use disorder (OUD) in pregnant women increased by over 300% in the last 20 years, corresponding with the 5-fold increase in neonatal abstinence syndrome during the same period. Medicaid, the largest payer of both behavioral health and pregnancy related Continue Reading …

“We Need Some Bullet Control”
Large-capacity magazine ban cut incidence and number of people killed in shootings Continue Reading …

Should We Promote E-Cigs for Harm Reduction
E-cigs might be better for quitting based on this study but effects on youth and VALI suggest caution before promoting e-cigs as a harm reduction strategy. Continue Reading …

The Best Medicine Isn’t Medicine at All
It is clear from this study that frequent ED users are a population with many interdisciplinary needs and integrated data systems can help identify needs that might be otherwise obscured when focusing on a single, siloed department. Continue Reading …

The Missing Person in Personalized Medicine
Health professionals should be careful not to exclude the patient from the process Continue Reading …