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  • The Opioid Epidemic’s Controversial Solutions

    A recent study Annals of Internal Medicine reported that nearly 12% of the almost 592,000 patients diagnosed with an ankle sprain in the US received a prescription for an opioid, mainly from their primary and emergency care physicians. This number is especially startling because there have been no evidence-backed claims to support the usage of…

  • Wash U and its Community

    BY MADELEINE SHER I was coming up the stairs from doing laundry in the basement when I hear a loud, raucous yelling from a large group of people.  I went into the kitchen and looked out the window and saw them all in the street, just in front of the old Delmar Transit station.  This…