Congress Probes VA Painkiller Prescribing
Congress Probes VA Painkiller Prescribing
VA prescriptions for hydrocodone, oxycodone, methadone, and morphine have risen 270% in the last 12 years. Additionally, as many as 60% of veterans … an emergency room physician and health subcommittee member, said they had a policy at the Eisenhower … Read more on MedPage Today
Meet your neighbor: Dennis Russell
You get used to dealing with it, but you don't get used to seeing it. I don't, anyway. It's hard … We go out on every death that occurs in the county with the exception of hospice cases, because those deaths are expected and the person was under the … Read more on Newsaegis
Man was 'decoy' in Blackburn charity box theft
Edward Kelly was convicted by a jury of the theft of a Blackburn hospice charity box from the Lock Mill Service Station on Bolton Road in the town. He was … “He is on a methadone prescription and hopes to be completely off that by Christmas.” The … Read more on Lancashire Telegraph