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Michelle Gielan reports on clues to fighting
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Pilot Involved in 2007 San Francisco Oil Spill Pleads Guilty
The pilot behind the massive oil spill in the San Francisco Bay in a November 2007 incident pleaded...
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National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Bristol Palin’s Future Mother-in-Law Arrested, Gets Out on Bail
Alaskan authorities have arrested Sherry L. Johnston, the mother of 18-year-old Levi Johnston ...
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FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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FDA Panel To Decide On The Safety Of Asthma Drugs
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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It’s Time You Chose Your Part D Plan
Until December 31, Medicare Part D is offering an “open-enrollment” period, meaning that seniors...
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Medicare Part D Enrollment Kicked Off
Beginning Monday,
November 17, American citizens aged 65 or older have six weeks to enroll for...
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Sarah Palin’s Medical History Released
Monday night, a letter from Sarah Palin’s doctor was made public, reading that the...
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Sarah Palin’s Health "Excellent", Shows Letter From Physician
Just hours before the long awaited Election Day, the McCain campaign made public a summary of...
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Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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Obama Ad Takes Aim at McCain’s Health Care Plan
The
Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Barack Obama is preparing to launch, as
part of his...
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17-Year-Olds Now Have Access to Emergency Contraception
Seventeen-year-olds will have access to emergency contraception without a prescription, the US Food...
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FDA Ordered To Reconsider Restrictions on the Morning-After Pill
No matter she’s over 18 or not, every girl in the US should have access to the morning-after...
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Anna Nicole Smith’s Boyfriend, Doctors Charged with Conspiracy
Ana Nicole Smith’s longtime boyfriend and two doctors were charged on Thursday for giving the...
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Bayer Agrees to Pay $20 Million to Correct Misleading Information about Its Contraceptive
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals has announced the decision to introduce a new advertising...
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FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Banning Painkiller Darvon
FDA advisers have recommended that Darvon, a commonly prescribed painkiller, should be...
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Efficacy of Bristol, Sanofi’s Plavix Questioned
The Food and Drug Administration said it has ordered the makers of the widely used blood thinner...
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The Growth Rate in Health Care Spending in US Lower
The increase in health care spending in the US was the smallest since 1998 due to the growing use...
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Allergan’s Drug For Eyelash Growth Approved
Allergan Inc. announced on Friday that it received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval...
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Hazardous Drug Combos Put The Elderly At Risk
Four out of five U.S. seniors regularly take at least one prescription drug and more than 50...
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FDA Wants ‘Black Box’ Warning for Bowel Cleansing Drugs
Drugs used before colonoscopies may cause kidney damage, the Food and Drug Administration warned on...
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Teen Smoking Rate at Its Lowest
A survey released
Thursday revealed that fewer and fewer teenagers were in the habit of
smoking...
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U.S. Teens Prefer Painkillers, Alcohol and Marijuana to Stimulants and Smoking
Abuse of painkillers continues to be a
problem among teenagers, although fewer of them are smoking...
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Are Popular Asthma Drugs Safe? FDA Panel to Decide on Their Safety
A Food and Drug Administration panel of medical
experts is weighing whether to allow certain...
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Paula Abdul Talks About About Suicide Of Her Stalker
It has been a tough month for Paula Abdul. The Grammy Award-winning pop singer had trouble sleeping...
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Brain-Stimulating Drugs: Should Healthy People Be Allowed to Take Them?
Should healthy people take prescription
drugs to boost their brain strength? A panel of medical...
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FDA Advisory Panel Supports Approval Of Eyelash Fertilizer
An FDA advisory panel supported approval of
Latisse, a drug traditionally used to treat glaucoma,...
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Waiting for That Posthumous Academy Award Nom for Heath Ledger
There has long been not quite light sounding whispering
regarding a posthumous Academy Award...
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McCready: I’m Not Proud of Relationship with Clemens
Country singer Mindy McCready said she broke off with Roger Clemens because the New York Yankees...
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It’s Time to Pick a Medicare Drug Plan that Meets Your Needs!
Sign up period for Medicare Part D
started Saturday. This is the time for you to decide and to...
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Crestor Can Detect Risks Of Heart Attack
A cholesterol-lowering statin drug administered to people who have normal cholesterol can cut their...
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Update: Top Court Hears Arguments in Wyeth & Levine Case
Patients and drug companies are still waiting
for a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Levine’s...
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Anti-Obesity Drug Acomplia Gets Suspended in Europe
The European Medicines Agency wants Sanofi-Aventis SA’s anti-obesity drug Acomplia out of the...
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FDA to Write More Severe Rules for Children’s Cough Medicine
The FDA was petitioned by pediatric experts and consumer groups on Thursday to pull off the market,...
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Mindy McCready Behind Bars!
The American country music artist, Mindy McCready, begins her sixty day sentence on Tuesday. She...
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2-Year-Old Matilda to Inherit Heath Ledger’s Estate
Money can’t make up for the loss of a father and that’s a
fact. However, Heath Ledger’s...
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Learn to Avoid Energy Drinks! It’s for Your Own Good
Scientists at the Johns
Hopkins Hospitals
University are requiring
warning labels for popular...
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Energy Drinks? You’d Better Avoid Them, Study Says
Have you wondered how many people consume energy drinks on a daily basis, or even more often? Or...
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Medicare Prescription Drugs Premiums to Increase
Analysis of
government data has revealed that in 2009, Medicare prescription drug-plan...
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U.S. Teen Suicide Rates Shooting Up
After a 15 year decline, suicide rates among United States
teenagers have currently began to...
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Marion “Suge” Knight Posts $19,000 Bail Following Las Vegas Arrest
Rap mogul Marion
“Suge” Knight was arrested on Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he
was...
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FDA Calls for New Warnings for OTC Painkillers
Over-the counter painkiller will get new labels warning consumers of the potential risks of liver...
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FDA Extends Review of AstraZeneca, Bristol Diabetes Drug Onglyza
The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it needs additional time to complete the...
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FDA Makes Plan B Available for 17-Year-Olds without Prescription
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it will allow 17-year-olds to get the...
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Unapproved Morphine Remains on the Market, FDA Rules
The Food and Drug Administration on March 30 requested manufacturers of 14 medications based on...
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Google Health Expands Partnership with CVS Caremark
Rhode Island Company CVS Caremark Corp. said it has expanded its partnership with Google Health by...
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FDA Warns 9 Companies for Making Unapproved Narcotics
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine manufacturers for illegally making powerful...
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Judge Orders FDA to Make Plan B Accessible to Teenagers Younger than 17
A federal judge has asked the Food and Drug Administration to reconsider its decision to restrict...
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FDA Includes More Weight-Loss Products on Its Risk List
The Food and Drug Administration expanded its list of tainted weight loss products that consumers...
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US Prescription Drug Sales Continue to Be Slow in 2008
According to market research firm IMS Health Inc., sales of prescription drugs...
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Most Prison Inmates Delay HIV Treatment after Release
New research reveals that a vast majority of HIV-infected prison inmates, after release, do not...
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Humana On Medicare Rate Calculations
Humana Inc is "closely analyzing" all aspects of the planned fiscal 2010 payment rates...
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Commonly Used Pain Drug May Treat Symptoms of Opioid Withdrawal
People addicted to heroin and prescription drugs such as codeine and morphine may be able to...
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FDA Starts Battle Against 24 Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that it will change some rules in an...
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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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Addictive Painkiller Finally Withdrawn by the FDA
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted 14 to 12 to recommend the withdrawal of...
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MRSA Infections on the Rise in US Children
Children in the US are developing more serious head and neck staph infections that are harder to...
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FDA Warns about Skin Numbing Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released a statement warning consumers about the...
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WellPoint Suspends Enrollment Of New Members In Medicare Health Plans
WellPoint, parent company to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin, and one of the largest...
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FDA: Vytorin Still Good for Lowering Bad Cholesterol Levels
The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has completed its review of data from the...
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Sex, Drugs, Violence – the Favourite Topic of Conversation for Half of Teens
According to a new study, 54% of teens talk about behaviours such as sex, alcohol use, and...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Giant Food Offers For Free Generic Antibiotics
Giant Food LLC said this week that its pharmacies will fill antibiotic prescriptions for free in...
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A new Release From The Botox-Making Company
The release of a new chemical for eyelashes created by Allergan could represent the end for mascara...
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Allergan to Launch Eyelash-Lengthening Drug Latisse, FDA Approved It
Allergan came up with a drug that produces eyelashes. The new drug called Latisse has recently...
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Allergan’s Eyelash-Thickening Drug Latisse Gets FDA Clearance
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Allergan Inc.’s Latisse, a beauty...
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FDA Approves Medicine for Eyelash Growth
Allergan Inc., the global specialty pharmaceutical company that produces Botox, announced on Friday...
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New Drug For the Enhancement of Eyelashes Was Approved
Allergan Inc.’s Lumigan glaucoma drug for cosmetic use has been approved by the Food and Drug...
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Seniors Must Be Careful With Their Medication
A newly released survey shows that about 4 percent of older adults in the United States combine...
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Older Americans Use Dangerous Drug Combos, Survey Finds
A nationwide survey revealed that nearly one in 15 older Americans or 2.2 million people are...
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NovaDel’s Oral Spray Sleep Drug Zolpimist Gets FDA Clearance
The Food and Drug Administration has approved NovaDel Pharma Inc.’s Zolpimist for the...
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Heath Ledger’s Life Insurance Case Wraps Up
The lawsuit involving Heath Ledger’s $10 million life insurance policy is close to an end...
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Heath Ledger Earns Posthumous Oscar Nomination
Thursday, Heath Ledger earned a posthumous Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor for...
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Sopranos Actor Brancato Jailed
Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having taken part in a...
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Meltdown Followed by Arrest. What a Day for Heather Locklear!
Heather Locklear chose the wrong place and the wrong time
for an emotional breakdown.
We all go...
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Heather Locklear Was Arrested In California
The Actress who became famous all around the world for her roles in Dynasty and Melrose Place was...
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Suge Knight Posts Bail, Expected in Court Sept. 26
Hip hop entrepreneur Marion “Suge”
Knight posted $19,000 bail Wednesday after being arrested on...
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Rapper Suge In Jail For Drug Charges And Domestic Violence
Rapper Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested Wednesday on
charges of assault and domestic violence,...
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Ledger’s Daughter, Matilda, to Receive Paychecks from Celebrities
Trying to make things a little better for little Matilda
Ledger, Heath Ledger’s daughter, Johnny...
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Mary-Kate Olsen Subpoenaed By DEA To Testify In Front Of Grand Jury
Actress Mary-Kate Olsen, who asked for immunity before cooperating with the police in the...
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Mary Kate Olsen’s Lawyer Says She Doesn’t Know Provenience of Heath's Drugs
After it was reported that Mary Kate Olsen asked immunity
from prosecution before she will...
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CSI Star Arrested On Drug Possession
Two days ago, popular CSI star Gary Dourdan was arrested for
possession of narcotics....
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Report: “CSI” Gary Dourdan Arrested for Drug Possession
“CSI” star Gary Dourdan was put under arrest for drugs possession, according to Access...
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Daniel Smith's Final Cause Of Death: Accidental Overdose
After deliberating for less than two hours, a Bahamas jury determined that the son of late Playboy...
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Legendary Patients Rights Advocate Barbara Seaman Died
Female patients’ rights advocate Barbara Seaman, 72, has died of complications related to lung...
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Controversial Anna Nicole Smith Remembered
On February 8, 2007, a year ago, Vickie Lynn Marshall aka Anna Nicole Smith died.A Texas native,...
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DEA Suspicious over Ledger's Abundance of Prescription Pills
Autopsy results for Heath Ledger released Wednesday confirm that the actor died from an accidental...
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Heath Ledger Died of Six-Drug Accidental Overdose
Heath Ledger, 28, died of accidental intoxication brought on by his abuse of a cocktail of...
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Christian Brando's Autopsy Not Edifying
An autopsy on the body of Christian Brando performed at the request of his estranged mother has...
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Anna Nicole’s Son Killed By Eight-Drug Cocktail
A year and three months after his mysterious death, the son of late Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole...
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Montel Williams To Publicly Aplogize For Threatening High School Student
Following Friday’s angry confrontation with a newspaper intern, "The Montel Williams...
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Did Britney Fail Her Drug Test or Not?
Surprisingly or not, Britney Spears may or may not have failed one of her court-ordered random...
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Californian Authorities Raid Six Locations In Anna Nicole Smith Probe
California Attorney General Jerry Brown announced that the Californian
raided six locations Friday...
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Britney Must Report For Random Alcohol and Drug Testing
In order for Britney Spears to keep her children, the troubled singer must stay clean and thus...
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Singer Mindy McCready Sentenced To Jail
Country music singer Mindy McCready was sentenced to a year behind bars on Friday after she broke...
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Al Gore III Pleads Guilty And He Is Sentenced To Drug Rehab
Albert Arnold Gore III, the son of the former US Vice
President Al Gore, pleaded guilty Monday to...
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Anna Nicole's Death Accidental
Officials have set the record straight: there was no foul play in the death of the (in)famous Anna...
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Death By Accident: Anna Nicole’s Sad Demise
There was no foul play in the death of the (in)famous Anna Nicole Smith, model, actress and mother...
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Robbie In Rehab On His Birthday
Perhaps it’s the start of a fresh, healthy year for singer Robbie Williams as he checks into...
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