Kristin Espeland Gourlay
- Username: kespeland
- Health Care Reporter
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
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Killer Drugs: Tackling Opioid Addiction and Overdose
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From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Prescription painkillers like OxyContin have flooded the market. They're incredibly addictive, and once people are hooked, the habit gets expensive. More and more are turning ...
Her Newborn In Withdrawal, A Young Mother Faces Her Own Recovery
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From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
More babies are being born dependent on the opioid drugs their pregnant mothers were taking. Their condition, called neonatal abstinence syndrome, sometimes requires hospital ...
At the Crossroads, Part 1: A Tale of Two Epidemics
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From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Baby boomers make up the majority of the estimated five million people who have hepatitis C. Most caught the disease – from sharing needles, or a blood transfusion - years ...
At The Crossroads, Part 2: Finding Hep C Infections Before It's Too Late
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From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
How do you stop an epidemic? Keep the people who are sick from infecting more people. Isolate them if you have to, treat them, and cure them. Epidemic over. But what if you ...
