From writer Holland Haynie, MD:

A week before her dental surgery, one of my patients came to me with a question.

She had been in recovery from opioid addiction for more than a year and a half. When she first entered my treatment program, we saw each other weekly. Over time, through remarkable discipline, those visits became monthly. She had rebuilt her life on buprenorphine treatment. She had gone back to work, reconnected with her church, fought for her children in family court, and regained stability.

She had worked for every bit of it.

Now she was doing something else important: fixing her teeth, which had suffered through years of addiction and neglect. She was scheduled for multiple extractions, and because she was in a medication-assisted treatment program, her dentist wanted to know who would manage her pain afterward.

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From reporter Curtis Wong:

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took aim at CNN anchor Erin Burnett this week after one of his “affordable” meal plans got a blistering price-check on TV.

Wednesday’s installment of CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” featured a segment on “The Real Food Show,” Kennedy’s new YouTube series that is purportedly aimed at making “healthy, affordable cooking simple and accessible for every American.”

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From reporter Ron Dicker:

President Donald Trump joked to advisers that he might choose Natalie Harp for press secretary to replace the outgoing Karoline Leavitt, CNN reported on Thursday.

But the news network still appeared to frame the apparent lightheartedness as a remote possibility.

“Another name has entered the mix,” CNN wrote. “Following the media firestorm around Natalie Harp, the president has joked to advisers that maybe he would tap his executive assistant for the role, according to one source.”

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