by Cara McLeod, MA, LPC-S, Enterhealth Outpatient Center of Excellence Clinical Director According to the numbers published by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in 2018, more than 130 people in the United States continue to die every day due to opioid overdose. Misuse and addiction to opioids has risen to the point that in …
By Harold C. Urschel III, Enterhealth Chief Medical Strategist While cigarette smoking has been on a downward trend for more than a decade, the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (also known as electronic cigarettes, e-cigs, vapes, juuling, mods), known as “vaping,” is a trend that continues to rise with no signs of slowing down …
By Harold C. Urschel III, MD, MMA, Enterhealth Chief Medical Strategist The Quiet Rise in Alcohol Addiction While the ongoing opioid crisis continues to garner headlines and high-profile debates regarding marijuana legalization rage across the country, alcohol abuse continues to fly under the radar and out of most people’s sphere of concern. However, in addition …
By Harold C. Urschel III, MD, MMA, Enterhealth Chief Medical Strategist Cigarette smoking has been identified as the single most preventable cause of both morbidity and premature death in the United States, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths every year, or about 1 in 5 deaths.1 In 2016, more than 15 of every 100 U.S. …
