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A Peer Recovery Coach Walks The Frontlines Of The Opioid Epidemic

Photos by Seth Herald | Story by Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media January 11, 2017

Charlie Oen was addicted to heroin as a teenager. At 25, he’s now clean and a peer counselor in Lima, Ohio, where he tries to help people who started using drugs before he was born.

Deadly Opioid Overwhelms First Responders And Crime Labs in Ohio

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media September 29, 2016

Carfentanil, a potent variation on fentanyl, is being blamed for a wave of opioid overdoses. In Cincinnati, the coroner, crime lab and first responders are struggling to keep up.

Unregulated Herpes Experiments Expose ‘Black Hole’ Of Accountability

By Marisa Taylor December 21, 2017

Controversial research methods by university researcher unlikely to prompt federal response or institutional change, experts say.

Would You Like Some Insurance With Your Insurance?

By Bram Sable-Smith, Side Effects Public Media September 22, 2016

Gap insurance plans, used to cover out-of-pocket health expenses like high deductibles, are becoming increasingly popular among consumers and businesses.

Insurance Rules Can Hamper Recovery From Opioid Addiction

By Jake Harper, Side Effects Public Media August 15, 2016

Medicaid and other health insurers require doctors to file time-consuming paperwork before allowing them to prescribe drugs that help people quit opioids. That delay fosters relapse, specialists say.

Doctors Need A New Skill Set For This Opioid Abuse Treatment

By Karen Shakerdge, Side Effects Public Media August 10, 2016

Practicing surgery on a piece of pork — that’s how some doctors are learning to implant a new drug that curbs opioid cravings. It’s not a skill set typically used in addiction medicine.

Repeal Ripples: Five Obamacare Exchange Chiefs Contemplate An Uncertain Future

February 1, 2017

Despite political peril, Obamacare business is brisk in California, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Colorado.

Do Best-Selling Drugs That Calm Stomachs Damage Kidneys? The Answer’s Unclear.

By Sydney Lupkin and Pauline Bartolone May 17, 2017

With flawed systems for tracking the side effects of prescription drugs, a link between proton pump inhibitors and kidney disease suggested by research cannot be proven. Patients who swear by the drugs hope it won’t be.

Widespread Hype Gives False Hope To Many Cancer Patients

By Liz Szabo April 27, 2017

Doctors and drug developers have a stake in making cancer treatments seem better than they really are.

In Search Of A Vaccine To Vanquish The Plague

By Lydia Zuraw January 10, 2017

The scourge of the Middle Ages could still be pretty scary as a bioterrorism weapon, so scientists are trying to find a way to immunize people against it.

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