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Expect OxyContin health crisis, warns First Nations leader
Health Canada says when the pill is chewed or crushed, then injected or inhaled, it produces a "heroin-like euphoria." The company that produces OxyContin will stop manufacturing the drug in Canada at the end of the month. Purdue Pharma Canada will …
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Sebelius uses KC platform to tout health care technology and jobs
By DIANE STAFFORD Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (center) toured the Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley Health Science Institute with Liz Santander of the nursing faculty on Friday. Health and Human Services Secretary …
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10 counties expand medical coverage for low-income residents
By Anna Gorman, Los Angeles Times Nearly two years before the federal health reform law kicks in, 10 California counties have expanded medical coverage to more than 250000 people who were previously uninsured, according to new state data.
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