The increasing number of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts show the state is one of the hardest hit in the nation by the growth of the highly-potent opioid fentanyl. The number of deaths related to opioids in Massachusetts has risen exponentially in recent years reaching an estimated 1,979 deaths this year, a sharp rise from 918 deaths in 2013, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health .
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‘Amnesia cluster’ baffles doctors
… memories. Researchers at the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) say they are baffled by an “amnesia cluster” of 14 people. The patients, aged between 19 and 52, were treated for …
A Massachusetts medical mystery
… The article appeared in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a journal with wide circulation among public health officials. Many of the cases emerged after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health sent an alert to neurologists, …
Baker files $40.5B budget, 4.3 percent higher than this year
… sharp rise in people who have full-time jobs but choose to go on Medicaid either because their employers don’t offer health insurance or the coverage that is offered is less generous than MassHealth. “It was never intended under the original …
Elizabeth Warren: The GOP’s strategy for Obamacare? Repeal and run.
Republicans in Congress have complained about health care in America, heaping most of the blame on President Obama. Meanwhile, they’ve hung out on the sidelines making doomsday predictions and cheering every stumble, but refusing to lift a finger to actually improve our health care system.
Mass. groups mobilize against threat to Obamacare
As the Republican-led Congress moves to repeal the federal Affordable Care Act, a new Massachusetts-based coalition is preparing to fight back. More than 20 groups representing hospitals, doctors, insurers, employers, health policy experts, and consumer advocates are banding together to try to preserve the state’s near-universal access to health care.
City Issues the Do’s and Don’ts of New Marijuana Laws Now in Effect
… affect medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is a separate program overseen by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Residents and visitors cannot smoke in public parks in Boston. This includes marijuana and tobacco. “No smoking” means …