Women Hit Hard in Rising Toll From Painkiller Overdoses

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Prescription painkiller addiction, long seen as mainly a man’s problem, is rising at a far faster rate among women, a federal analysis of data found.http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/642562/s/2e1ca70c/mf.gifhttp://res3.feedsportal.com/social/twitter.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/twitter/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2 Fhealth%2Frate-of-painkiller-overdose-deaths-rises-among-women.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=Women+Hit+Hard+in+Rising+Toll+From+Painkiller+Ov erdoses) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/facebook.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/facebook/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2 Fhealth%2Frate-of-painkiller-overdose-deaths-rises-among-women.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=Women+Hit+Hard+in+Rising+Toll+From+Painkiller+Ov erdoses) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/linkedin.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/linkedin/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2 Fhealth%2Frate-of-painkiller-overdose-deaths-rises-among-women.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=Women+Hit+Hard+in+Rising+Toll+From+Painkiller+Ov erdoses) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/googleplus.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/gplus/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2 Fhealth%2Frate-of-painkiller-overdose-deaths-rises-among-women.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=Women+Hit+Hard+in+Rising+Toll+From+Painkiller+Ov erdoses) http://res3.feedsportal.com/social/email.png (http://share.feedsportal.com/share/email/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2013%2F07%2F03%2 Fhealth%2Frate-of-painkiller-overdose-deaths-rises-among-women.html%3Fpartner%3Drss%26emc%3Drss&t=Women+Hit+Hard+in+Rising+Toll+From+Painkiller+Ov erdoses)


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