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Adolescent mental health shows signs of improvement but remains a crisis, CDC reports
(CNN) — During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health-related visits to emergency departments rose sharply among children and adolescents. A new report published Thursday by the US CenteMay 11, 2023
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Americans prepare for inability to get prescription meds via telehealth
(CNN) — For three years now, the expansion of telehealth has made care more accessible for many people, especially those in rural areas. Patients could receive prescriptions from providers withoMay 9, 2023
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Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker’s settlement
More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that was accepted nearly universally by the groups suing the company — includinApril 29, 2023
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3 overdose deaths spark police investigation
LAWRENCE, Ind. (WISH) — Flowers line the sidewalk outside of a bar on North Post Road and balloons blow in the wind next to a sign that reads, “Pray For The Page.” This sign sits outApril 24, 2023
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Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown
At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to end her life using New Jersey’s law that allows medically assisted suicide RApril 23, 2023
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What fmr. US surgeon general and WISH med. expert says about commotio cordis
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — What is commotio cordis? That was the question posed on News 8 at 5 p.m. Tuesday to Dr. Jerome Adams, the WISH-TV medical expert and a former U.S. surgeon general. BuffaloApril 18, 2023
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Indiana chief justice: State should act to avoid ‘justice by geography’
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indiana needs to take act to avoid creating a “justice by geography” criminal court system, the chief justice of the Indiana Supreme Court tells I-Team 8 in anApril 17, 2023
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Indianapolis parents hears son’s heartbeat through organ recipient
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indiana couple who lost their son saved another through organ donation. It’s a story of second chances but also shines a light on the opioid crisis and the need foApril 14, 2023
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El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US with fentanyl trafficking
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against 28 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, including sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” GuzmaApril 14, 2023