Study reveals how artificial intelligence can help treat opioid addiction – ET HealthWorld

rockville: About 80,000 Americans die of overdoses each year, and nearly three million Americans battle opioid use disorder. Opioid medications that bind to opioid receptors include heroin, fentanyl, oxycodone, and morphine. Activation of the mu opioid receptor causes euphoria and pain relief, as well as physical dependence and sluggish breathing, the latter of which can … Read more

Mental health center employee sentenced to 40 years for abusing patients

Article ROCKVILLE, Md. – an employee who sexually abused two patients at the Rockville mental health facility where he worked, he will spend the next 40 years behind bars. A Montgomery County judge sentenced Macdoff Okah Friday in circuit court. Okah pleaded guilty to one count and a jury convicted him of five others for … Read more