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In the first year after the removal of a requirement that prescribers get a special waiver to treat patients with opioid addiction using buprenorphine, the number of prescribers went up, but the number of patients receiving treatment did not.

In the first year after the sudden removal of a requirement that prescribers get special permission to prescribe medication for opioid addiction, a study finds

In the first year after the sudden removal of a requirement that prescribers get special permission to prescribe medication for opioid addiction, a study finds

More than half of all new doctors face some form of sexual harassment in their first year on the job, including nearly three-quarters of all new female

More than half of all new doctors face some form of sexual harassment in their first year on the job, including nearly three-quarters of all new female doctors and a third of males, a new study finds.

Gaining an hour of sleep has its benefits, but many aren’t fans of the early sunset.

Gaining an hour of sleep has its benefits, but many aren’t fans of the early sunset.

Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction?

Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction?

The pendulum of opioid prescribing for pain has swung sharply in the last decade, as the epidemic of opioid overuse, addiction and overdose led policymakers and health care providers to ratchet back on the prescriptions patients receive.