Performer’s death highlights pain problem (Barrie Examiner)

Saturday 4 July 2009 @ 7:20 am
Michael Jackson's untimely death should highlight the need to address Canada's problem of the under treatment of chronic pain, experts say.[...]



The last day of rehab (Toronto Star)

Saturday 4 July 2009 @ 4:48 am
We follow five women who completed an intensive drug-addiction program. Their odds of success are not great.



Doctors back weaker pain pills (The News & Observer)

Saturday 4 July 2009 @ 2:04 am
Local doctors and researchers who have seen the affects of so-called Tylenol poisoning on the liver said they support the Food and Drug Administration's proposed new restrictions on acetaminophen.



CIO Profiles: Chad A. Eckes, CIO Of Cancer Treatment Centers Of America (InformationWeek)

Saturday 4 July 2009 @ 12:05 am
This CIO realized his direction for the rest of his career, digitizing hospital records, after his mother was severely burned.



Hospital Tech May Have Exposed Thousands To Hep C (CBS 13 Sacramento)

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 11:47 pm
A scrub tech at Rose Medical Center is accused of switching narcotic-filled syringes in operating rooms with dirty saline-filled syringes. Thousands of patients may be at risk for exposure to Hepatitis C.



The man who gave death the slip four times (The West Australian)

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 11:25 pm
Barry Clohessy has cheated death four times in the past 18 years and while all have left their indelible mark, the last escape was the first to unnerve him after being clinically dead for nearly five



Police ‘find methadone’ in Jackson’s home (The Arizona Republic)

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 9:10 pm
Police reportedly found 20 types of drugs in Michael Jackson's Los Angeles mansion, including the heroin substitute methadone.



Four WNY deaths blamed on Fentanyl (WIVB Buffalo)

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 7:39 pm
Four western New York deaths in the last two months are being blamed on the drug Fentanyl. Police say it's just a symptom of a much bigger problem.



Four WNY deaths blamed on Fentanyl (WIVB Buffalo)

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 7:39 pm
Four western New York deaths in the last two months are being blamed on the drug Fentanyl. Police say it's just a symptom of a much bigger problem.



Narconon Graduate Successfully Recovers From Prescription Drug Abuse (redOrbit)

Friday 3 July 2009 @ 6:07 pm
DETROIT, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Ramsy Darwish knows what it's like being addicted to prescription pain medication.



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