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Meyer retiring from Erie and for good David E. Meyer is retiring again from a police force, but this time for good.  Meyer, 67, retired Tuesday as police chief for Erie Township, a post he’s held since last fall while also serving as a school resource officer for Mason Consolidated Schools.  The former Michigan State Police trooper for 32 years and liaison officer for Dundee Community Schools has been heading the township police force since last September when he was named to lead the depar...

Ice covers most of Lake Erie, but it’s not safe More than 80 percent of Lake Erie is covered in ice, but officials in both Michigan and Ohio are cautioning fishermen and others to stay off. “Just because it’s covered in ice doesn’t make it safe,” said Wendy Stevens, chief of the Frenchtown Township Fire Department. “The ice is not safe. Stay off.” While the formation and depth of Lake Erie ice depends on weather conditions, the days of ice breaking often result in anglers and othe...

CHICAGO—A recently released study shows that a multimodal pain regimen (MMPR) designed to minimize opioid exposure and relieve acute pain associated with traumatic injury kept patient self-reported pain scores low while also reducing the daily and total amount of opioid drugs given to trauma patients. Results from the first study of its kind to evaluate an MMPR in a rigorous, randomized controlled trial were published online as an “article in press” by the  Journal of the American Colleg...

 E-Mail IMAGE: John Harvin, MD, led a team of physician-researchers to identify an opioid-minimizing pain management strategy for patients with acute trauma. view more  Credit: Cody Duty/UTHealth A pain management regimen comprised mostly of over-the-counter medication reduced opioid exposure in trauma patients while achieving equal levels of pain control, according to a new study by physician-researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth.) Results...