Dr. Marthinus Zeeman, of UT Addiction Medicine, breaks down the Opioid crisis, and offers insight on fighting the addiction.
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Extending Medicaid after childbirth could reduce maternal deaths
The opioid crisis is a contributing factor. Opioid addiction among pregnant women has quadrupled in the past 20 years, the CDC said. In Tennessee, where the maternal death rate is higher ... The music ...
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Massachusetts Is Trying a Radical But Shockingly Simple New Response to the Opioid Crisis
Among them is Watertown, where opioid-related deaths jumped 600 percent in a single year ... The concept of better equipping police to intervene in crisis situations traces back to 1987, when officers ...
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The overdose next door: How Shelby County is fighting the opioid crisis
It provides health professionals and law enforcement invaluable data to fight the opioid epidemic in real time ... 1960 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 (901) 726-0555 ...
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Drug companies head off opioid trial with $260m settlement
Drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals and three distributors of opioid ... crisis. The Center for Disease Control has said 2m Americans are suffering from opioid use disorder. Four state attorneys-general ...
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Those on the front lines gather at TN opioid summit
(WKRN) – Once again Tennessee’s opioid crisis took center stage today in Nashville ... said Dr. Daniel Sumrok, who has taught addiction at the University of Memphis in addition to running clinics in ...
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Saint Francis joins group of 26 Tenn. hospitals in lawsuit against opioid cos.
A group of 26 Tennessee hospitals ... $215.7 billion related to the opioid crisis from 2001 to 2017, according to the release. Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp.'s two local hospitals, Saint Francis ...
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Trump administration announces $1.8 billion in funding to combat opioid crisis
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced more than $1.8 billion in funding to states to continue the Trump administration’s efforts to combat the opioid crisis ... D.C., and ...
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UofM receives $2M in grants to fight opioid crisis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) -The University of Memphis has announced it has received nearly $2 million in grant money to fight the opioid crisis. The university has ... 1960 Union Avenue Memphis, TN 38104 ...
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UT summit highlights opioid crisis, rallies Tennesseans to find solutions
Hundreds of people attended a two-day summit at the University of Tennessee ... the opioid crisis. "So many people want help. They don't know where to go or where to turn," she said. UT Interim ...
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New public awareness campaign features Tennesseans across state impacted by opioid crisis
(WTVF) — Tennessee Department ... is to demonstrate the opioid epidemic is having an impact on people in every community and county in our state - our neighbors, friends, coworkers - and that together ...
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Hooked: Tennessee's Opioid Crisis
NewsChannel 5 explores the ongoing opioid crisis in Tennessee and tell ... a boost of support from people who have overcome the same dark addiction in the past. As of this month, a program under the ...
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As Tennessee-Led Opioid Investigation Advances, City Could Sue Over Crisis
Tennessee District Attorney Herbert Slatery III announced Tuesday that the bipartisan coalition of Attorneys General nationwide participating in a multistate investigation into the national opioid ...