Health Headlines for Monday, September 19
President Obama Proclaims Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week
NBC Philadelphia
As the deadly grip of the heroin and opioid addiction epidemic continues to hold in the Philadelphia region and across the nation, President Barack Obama last week declared this week, beginning Sunday, as Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week.
Defending Your Children’s Teeth (and Dentists): The Value of Sealants
New York Times
Your dentist has probably offered dental sealants for your child. Mine has. Without knowing whether they work, I’ve always accepted them. Turns out, this was a good move.
Big pharma is spending millions to fight limits on opioids like OxyContin, Vicodin and fentanyl
Vice News
The pharmaceutical industry has spent more than $880 million over the past decade to fight laws that would limit the availability of powerful opiods such as OxyContin, Vicodin and fentanyl in the United States, according to an investigation by the Associated Press and the Center for Public Integrity published Sunday.
Drug resistance in people and animals may push millions into poverty: World Bank
Reuters
If drug-resistant infections in people and animals are allowed to spread unchecked, some 28 million people will fall into poverty by 2050, and a century of progress in health will be reversed, the World Bank said on Monday.