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Mayo Clinic Minute: Heroin Overdose Drug

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One of the most devastating news stories of 2015 has been the growing heroin epidemic in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says heroin use has more than doubled among young adults ages 18–25, and the rate of overdose deaths from opioids has gone up 200 percent. Mayo Clinic addiction specialist Dr. Jon Ebbert says supporting treatment and prevention efforts are important, as is making the prescription drug naloxone available to help reverse heroin overdoses. Vivien Williams has more.
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Mayo Clinic Transform 2018 – IQ2 Health Care Debate

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Moderated by John Donovan of Intelligence Squared U.S., this year’s debate is: Retail Alliances – Not Washington – Will Save the U.S. Health Care System.
For the motion:
Dr. Rajaie Batniji, Co-Founder & Chief Health Officer, Collective Health
W. Gregg Slager, Senior Partner and Global Health Leader, EY

Against the motion:
Dr. Lisa Bielamowicz, Co-Founder & President, Gist Healthcare
Rosemarie Day, Founder & CEO, Day Health Strategies

Learn more about Transform: https://transformconference.mayo.edu/

Learn more about Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation: http://centerforinnovation.mayo.edu/
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