As part of my ever growing need to update myself on the goings on in the field of medicine and science, I thought it would be fun to post some of the medical news and drop the link for those who want to look into these things further. I think there is also some potential rp markers in some of these as well for those of you who have run out of quirky ideas. Feel free to browse some of these Stories and then if you wish implement them into your rp or just some interesting medical reading! Enjoy:

Opana abuse is overtaking OxyContin - The powerful painkiller Opana has replaced OxyContin as the drug of choice for addicts and pharmacy robbers. Why? Because users switched to Opana—the trade name for oxymorphone—after OxyContin's maker reformulated its pills to make them harder to snort.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-07-10/opana-painkiller-addiction/56137086/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20usatoday-NewsTopStories%20%28News%20-%20Top%20Stories%29&utm_content=Google%20Reader

Live without breathing? New particles Invented! - Researchers have created microparticles that can be quickly injected into a patients bloodstream to oxygenate your body even IF you can't breath anymore, giving your doctor 15-20 minutes to bring you back after respiratory failure. No Joke.

http://gizmodo.com/5921868/scientists-invent-particles-that-will-let-you-live-without-breathing

Bath Salts Zombie Apocalypse - A drug known as "bath salts" is on the streets and is making people eat other peoples faces. Combined chemicals, MDPV, mephedrone and pyrovalerone is a drug being sold by dealers to replace cocaine and LSD causing severe agitation, rapid heart rates, hallucinations, delusions, and overheating of the body making users strip off their clothing. Perfect plot for a drug happy Hathianer! But beware - some users have eaten peoples faces...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/bath-salts-health-cannibal-rudy-eugene_n_1555493.html?utm_hp_ref=bath-salts

Can't get it up? Viagra has a new challenger, Testosterone Injection - Comes in shots, gels and patches, this new treatment can get you rigid when YOU want it instead of popping a pill.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/testosterone-chases-viagra-in-libido-race-as-doctors-fret.html

Are Black Hathianers not getting the proper ER Care? - a new study seems to think so, there's a racial gap in the ER! Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to stay longer in the ER and Pain medication is administered less frequently? 39% of black children are less likely to receive painkillers than white children... something to think about, AND rp.

http://www.newser.com/story/145059/black-kids-not-receiving-equal-care-in-er-study.html

Zoloft, the Rapists favorite knew drug defence? - the anti-depressant Zoloft is being used as a defence for holding a woman at gunpoint kidnapping her and raping her. Are the rapists in Hathian on Zoloft?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/05/rape-trial-zoloft-defense.html

Opiate Newborns are a growing medical issue! - the number of women using opiate drugs is on the rise, and babies are being born experiencing withdrawl symtoms. And the number is growing. There is also a growing number of babies being born prematurely, in fact about 1 in 8 births...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/health/research/prescription-drug-abuse-soars-among-pregnant-women.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

http://www.newser.com/story/145252/15m-preemies-born-every-year.html

Tasers can Kill you? - Specifically the Taser X36 ECD. 8 cases of patients hit with this Taser, 7 died. That's a fatal statistic! These guns can cause abnormally fast heart rate and contractions leading to cardiac arrest.. though the manufacturer is dismissing the study. Wow - maybe Hatians officer could do away with their guns and start holstering these bad boys instead..

http://www.newser.com/story/145244/yes-tasers-can-cause-death-study.html

Happy RPing... from your friendly neighbourhood Medical Examiner.

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