Tag - Joseph Hernandez

Jul14

Augusta University Health to offer medication-assisted therapy to treat opioid addiction

July 14, 2020

More than 15,000 Georgians die each year from drug overdose, many involving opioids. Augusta University Health is now offering a Comprehensive Addiction Management Program (CAMP) to help patients break the addiction cycle, and part of this program...

Apr16

Campus News News Releases

The forgotten crisis: Are opioids and overdoses being overlooked during the COVID-19 outbreak?

April 16, 2020

Could social distancing cause a spike in drug overdoses? Dr. Joseph Hernandez provides advice.

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