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McKinsey advised drug companies on how to 'turbocharge' opioid sales. Now it's under criminal investigation.
Prosecutors are probing McKinsey's role in advising opioid drugmakers. The opioid crisis has killed…
Meghan Morris
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Ukraine should give its soldiers weed instead of opioids so it can avoid a US-style drugs crisis, doctor says
A Ukrainian doctor said soldiers should be prescribed cannabis instead of opioids as the country fa…
Thibault Spirlet
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More young people are having strokes. A doctor shares 3 ways to help prevent them.
Keeping stroke risk factors, such as high blood pressure and being overweight, under control can lo…
Kim Schewitz
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I conquered a reliance on opioids by using orgasms to control chronic pain
The author shares how she was taking up to 15 opioid pills to manage her pain. She now uses orgasms…
Hannah Shewan Stevens
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I got addicted to painkillers after a difficult childbirth. Years later, I'm finally sober.
A mom of three got addicted to painkillers and spent $1,400 a week on pills. She finally got sober …
Jane Ridley
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When my mom's house burned down, I expected the man I was dating to leave me. Instead, the tragedy fast-tracked our relationship.
A house fire destroyed my mom's life three months into dating my then-boyfriend. Our teamwork throu…
Rebecca Strong
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A man bought seeds online to brew tea for his chronic pain. It led to an opioid addiction.
The 65-year-old patient used poppy seed tea for chronic pain and struggled to stop drinking it on h…
Andrea Michelson
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Walmart says it's been sued for giving out too many opioids, but also for not giving out enough opioids
Walmart said on Tuesday that lawsuits brought against it over the opioid crisis are "misguided and …
Grace Dean
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Yes, you really are high on cheese
Cheese is irresistible due to a highly-concentrated protein called casein that turns into a feel-go…
Hilary Brueck
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I kicked my son out during the peak of his drug addiction. He recovered, and I'm grateful for the years I didn't think I'd get with him.
A mom says her son battled a decade-long drug addiction, and she worried he wasn't going to recover…
Jennifer Cannon
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Matthew Perry's death means hard questions for the ketamine movement
Ketamine contributed to Matthew Perry's death. Experts are grappling with how to talk about the dru…
Anna Silman
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1 toddler is dead and 3 others hospitalized after suspected opioid exposure at a day care, police say
Police say they administered Narcan to three toddlers inside a New York City daycare after possible…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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The controversial Sackler family is the focus of Netflix's opioid-crisis drama 'Painkiller.' Here's where the family is now.
Many believe that the Sackler-owned company Purdue Pharma is responsible for igniting the opioid ep…
Libby Torres
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I started using opioids when I was 8 and heroin by age 13. Becoming a mom helped me overcome my drug addiction.
By 13, Erin Khar was using heroin and was able to hide it until she was 23. She urges parents to ta…
Ronny Maye
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'Painkiller' fact vs. fiction: What the Netflix show got right about the opioid crisis, OxyContin, and the Sackler family
Broderick plays Richard Sackler, a member of the controversial Sackler family that owns Purdue, and…
Libby Torres
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America's deadly synthetic opioid epidemic is being driven by free market capitalism
"We live in a time when certain corporations behave like drug traffickers, and drug traffickers beh…
Paul Constant
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New York City opens the country's first official center for drug users to shoot up safely to prevent overdose deaths
On the first day of operations, staff at the East Harlem and Washington Heights centers saw more th…
Andrea Michelson
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Inside Spring Health's burnout culture
These are Insider's biggest healthcare stories for November 24.
Leah Rosenbaum
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After having kids, I did a ton of chores. A herniated disc changed that and my marriage is more balanced now.
Even when I had kids, I did the majority of work and chores around the house. A herniated disc chan…
Kristina Crandall
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Family of woman who died from ingesting kratom, a legal opioid-like herbal extract, awarded $11 million in damages
A mother of four died in 2021 after ingesting kratom, a legal herbal extract. Its seller has been o…