HeyJaredRebecca Smith
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Meth may look different, but remains a problem in Missouri (opens the original)
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Mike Alford, or “Alf,” as he’s better known, has been on the Southeast Missouri Drug Task Force since the late 1990s. He said he began to focus more on narcotics in 1997, which coincided with the sudden rise of methamphetamine labs in the region. “Unfortunately, we got really good at taking apart meth labs,” Alford said. “Somebody asked me one time how many meth labs I either dismantled or was a part of, and it would be thousands because, unfortunately around that time – ‘95 to 2000 and even a l
Show-Me ECHO: Keeping at-risk moms and babies together using interdisciplinary collaboration (opens the original)
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Dr. Kimberly Spence is a neonatologist with St. Louis University and SSM Health-St. Louis. She’s also a member of the Show-Me Echo that focuses on mothers, infants, and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). This is a regular, virtual convening of medical professionals from across the state that works to share best practices of how to care for these at-risk infants and their mothers. Dr. Kimberly Spence: I think that in the very beginning, a lot of smaller delivery hospitals did not have the expert
Socially Transmitted: Is mouth taping a trend that will stick around? (opens the original)
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On this month’s Socially Transmitted, KBIA's Rebecca Smith and Najifa Farhat look at what we do and do not know about the practice of mouth taping. Smith spoke with Dr. Mohammad Jarbou. He practices pulmonary, internal, critical care and sleep medicine at SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City. Najifa Farhat: So, at first, what is it? Is it a duct tape that I can put on my mouth? Rebecca Smith: So, mouth taping is kind of just what it sounds like — using some sort of skin-safe adhesive
"Our goal is really to just improve outcomes — not just for mom, but for baby, for families, for communities." (opens the original)
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Dr. Jeannie Kelly and Dr. Bridget Galati both work at CARE — the Clinic for Acceptance, Recovery, and Empowerment. It's a part of WashU Medicine in St. Louis, and offers prenatal and postpartum care, as well as substance use disorder treatment for pregnant people facing addiction. They spoke about how substance use disorder treatment during pregnancy can help parents — and babies thrive. Dr. Jeannie Kelly: I think most people are so scared by fetal harm that comes from any treatment that the fir
Changing 7-OH guidance has left some Missourians confused, concerned (opens the original)
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Dr. Doug Burgess has been treating substance use disorders for more than 20 years. He’s the medical director of addiction services at University Health in Kansas City. He said he’s pretty much seen and treated it all — stimulant use disorder, alcohol use disorder, opioid use disorder. But then about 18 months ago, he started to see patients trickle in that has developed use disorders with 7-OH, which is short for 7-hydroxymitragynine. “So, 7-OH is related to kratom, but is definitely different,”
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