Prescription study flags overuse of antibiotics in U S
Government analysis shows doctors issued about 258 million antibiotic courses in 2010 for a population near 309 million. West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee led with roughly 1 200 prescriptions per 1 000 people while Alaska Oregon and California were near or below 600.
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Keith Rodvold
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Brain scans show pain and measure its intensity in study
Researchers used fMRI to identify brain patterns associated with physical pain and to quantify its severity. In four experiments with 114 volunteers, signatures predicted pain levels and reflected relief from a morphone like drug, suggesting a future for objective pain assessment and new treatments.
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Tor Wager
University of Colorado, Boulder
New England Journal of Medicine
David Shurtleff
National Institute On Drug Abuse
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Wager
Costantino Iadecola
Brain and Mind Research Institute
Weill Cornell Medical College
Allan Ropper
Brigham and Women’s
Harvard University
Ropper
Shurtleff
Federal Drug Abuse Agency
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