Dr. Henry Paul

http://henrypaulmd.com//04/26/alarming-jump-in-suicide-ra/

Sad story as teens post bathroom fight to social media that leaves a young girl dead.

When it comes to the explosion of opioid abuse in the U.S., large employers are footing a big chunk of the bill. Nearly one-third of painkiller prescriptions funded by employer plans are being abused, according to a new report from benefits firm Castlight.

Very interesting comparison: "Across the Internet and media, punchlines have largely been replaced by dignified tributes, and crude caricatures by staid, objective reporting. Why? Because Rob Ford, alive as an alcoholic, was apparently less deserving of compassion and understanding than Rob Ford, now dead from cancer."

Is addiction a disease?

From CBS News: The story of how Harvard came to be the first men's Division I athletic team in the nation to include an openly transgender young man is also the story of a bigger transformation -- in attitudes, acceptance, and the larger conversation about what it means to be transgender.

Here's why you should get Narcan training.

Support groups really do help in so many ways.

"Her mother took methadone to wean herself from heroin when she got pregnant, just as doctors advised. But now the hospital team has to wean newborn Lexi from the methadone." This story is first in a four-part series Treating the Tiniest Opioid Patients, a collaboration produced by NPR's National & Science Desks, local member stations and Kaiser Health News.

http://henrypaulmd.com/2016/03/18/you-want-to-bully-me/