Prescribing Patterns Indicate Role of Physician Education in Controlling Opioid Epidemic Researchers have highlighted physician education as a potential solution for the opioid epidemic, based on their findings that attending a top-ranked medical school is associated with writing far fewer opioid prescriptions.

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http://www.ajmc.com/focus-of-the-week/0817/prescribing-patterns-indicate-role-of-physician-education-in-controlling-opioid-epidemic Christina Mattina As the opioid crisis continues across the United States, researchers are highlighting one potential solution:...

How One Man’s Mutant DNA May Help End the Deadly Opioid Crisis Scientists say studying people like Steven Pete, who has a rare disorder that renders him insensitive to pain, may lead to nonaddictive painkillers.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/how-one-man-s-mutant-dna-may-help-end-deadly-ncna788181 Steven Pete, Jessica Pete Research on a rare genetic condition known as chronic insensitivity to pain, or CIP, could soon lead to the development of such drugs. Just a few...