In-office opiate treatment "not a panacea": physicians slow to embrace therapeutic option

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General practitioners in America are not exactly rushing forward to prescribe buprenorphine for their heroin-addicted patients. Buprenorphine was created to de-stigmatize heroin addiction and allow heroin users to get treatment at their doctor's office rather than at a methadone clinic. However, doctors must take a training class and register with the Drug Enforcement Agency. Many want more guidance before they will offer this service.

Services information, Services, Drug therapy, Physicians (General practice), General practitioners, Heroin habit, Buprenorphine

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Consensus Panel Recommendations for Treatment of Early Breast Cancer

Article Abstract:

A panel of doctors and laypersons have issued recommendations on the treatment of early-stage breast cancer after listening to two dozen top breast cancer researchers at a three-day conference. The panel's top recommendations include five years of tamoxifen or other hormone therapy for women with estrogen receptor-positive tumors, combination chemotherapy for most women, and radiation therapy for women at high risk of recurrence.

Care and treatment, Breast cancer

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Low health literacy called a major problem

Article Abstract:

Two reports conclude that nearly half the adults in the United States have problems interpreting medical information, thus jeopardizing their health and inflating costs while complicating the work of health professionals.

Management dynamics, Offices & clinics of medical doctors, Physicians & Surgeons, Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists), Analysis, Practice, Physicians, Medicare

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