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Addicted surgeons, non-surgeons equally likely to return to practice
Because of surgeons' presumed bent toward perfectionism, researchers who studied addicted doctors expected them to have better success in returning to practice after treatment than other types of
Practices pledge to stop prescribing addictive painkillers
In the wake of record numbers of deaths related to prescription painkiller abuse and overdose, West Virginia oncologist Dr. Hassan Amjad has pledged to stop prescribing addictive compounds,
'Pain contracts' show promise in reducing opioid risks
The dangerous nature of prescription opioids--overdose of which is now the second leading cause of accidental death in the United States--and recent high-profile prosecutions of doctors for running
