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Health

Most Prison Inmates Delay HIV Treatment after Release

Most Prison Inmates Delay HIV Treatment after Release

New research reveals that a vast majority of HIV-infected prison inmates, after release, do not...
» read full story February 25th, 2009 - 15:00
Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence

Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence

A drug commonly prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms appears to increase the risk of breast...
» read full story February 19th, 2009 - 14:00
FDA Starts Battle Against 24 Prescription Drugs

FDA Starts Battle Against 24 Prescription Drugs

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that it will change some rules in an...
» read full story February 11th, 2009 - 16:00
FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics

FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics

Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
» read full story February 10th, 2009 - 13:41

FDA Panel Votes to Ban Darvon Painkiller

Government advisers suggested a ban on the Darvon painkiller which has been in...
» read full story January 31st, 2009 - 14:38
Wegmans To Offer Free Antibiotics

Wegmans To Offer Free Antibiotics

Starting Tuesday, Wegmans Food Markets offers its customer antibiotics at no charge for a period...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 21:24
National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate

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...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 11:20

Giant Food Offers For Free Generic Antibiotics

Giant Food LLC said this week that its pharmacies will fill antibiotic prescriptions for free in...
» read full story January 02nd, 2009 - 16:56
FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning

FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 12:36

Overdose Deaths on the Rise in West Virginia, Report

Deaths from overdose of prescription drugs seem to be increasing in the United States, especially...
» read full story December 10th, 2008 - 14:51
FDA Issues Warnings on Four Asthma Drugs

FDA Issues Warnings on Four Asthma Drugs

On Friday, two Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials released a statement on the agency’s...
» read full story December 06th, 2008 - 13:34
Generic Heart Drugs As Effective As Brand-Name Counterparts

Generic Heart Drugs As Effective As Brand-Name Counterparts

Brand-name drugs used to treat heart disease aren’t better than generics, a new analysis shows....
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 14:00
More Study Is Needed for Off-Label Use of Drugs, Study Says

More Study Is Needed for Off-Label Use of Drugs, Study Says

American researchers have identified 14 widely prescribed drugs that are used for other conditions...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 15:44
U.S. Government Paying for Unapproved Drugs

U.S. Government Paying for Unapproved Drugs

Analysis of federal data conducted by the Associated Press has revealed that the United States...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 22:10
Enrollment for Next Year’s Medicare Started

Enrollment for Next Year’s Medicare Started

Enrollment for Medicare 2009 started Saturday. People 65 years of age or older who did not sign up...
» read full story November 16th, 2008 - 16:33
Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates

Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates

More and more children in the United States are prescribed medication for chronic diseases,...
» read full story November 03rd, 2008 - 14:10
Consumer Group Urges FDA to Ban Glaxo’s Avandia over Liver Failure

Consumer Group Urges FDA to Ban Glaxo’s Avandia over Liver Failure

Consumer group Public Citizen on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban...
» read full story October 31st, 2008 - 14:37
Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years

Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years

Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their spending on drugs and expensive treatments for...
» read full story October 28th, 2008 - 11:17
US Youths More Likely to Be Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs

US Youths More Likely to Be Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs

A study published online today in the journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 14:00
Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court

Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court

The largest US drug-store chain by sales, Walgreen Co., is seeking an emergency injunction to...
» read full story September 10th, 2008 - 14:45
Questions About The Link Between Vytorin And Cancer Remain Unanswered

Questions About The Link Between Vytorin And Cancer Remain Unanswered

According to The New York Times, the benefits and risks a cholesterol-lowering drug poses are still...
» read full story September 05th, 2008 - 14:54
Update: Debate Over Link Between Vytorin And Cancer

Update: Debate Over Link Between Vytorin And Cancer

When the FDA approved Vytorin, a medicine that lowers bad cholesterol in the blood and raises the...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 11:50
Suicide Rate In U.S. Youngsters On The Rise: Study

Suicide Rate In U.S. Youngsters On The Rise: Study

According to the findings of a current study, the suicide rate among American teens was lower in...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 19:21
Suicide Rates among Teens Still High Compared to Previous Years

Suicide Rates among Teens Still High Compared to Previous Years

Though the youth suicide rate dropped in 2005 after a sharp rise in 2004, the number of suicides...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 14:00
Controversy over Pfizer’s Lipitor’s Ad Campaign Ends, New Ad Available

Controversy over Pfizer’s Lipitor’s Ad Campaign Ends, New Ad Available

In the new television ad for Pfizer’s Lipitor, the world’s top selling drug, the endorser is an...
» read full story September 03rd, 2008 - 13:12
Experts at Odds over Vytorin's Alleged Cancer Risk

Experts at Odds over Vytorin's Alleged Cancer Risk

Vytorin prescriptions drop as studies link the cholesterol drug with higher numbers of cancer...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 20:54
Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ad Campaigns May Be a Waste of Time, Money

Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ad Campaigns May Be a Waste of Time, Money

The strategy of advertising directly to the final consumer of the product may not be the best way...
» read full story September 02nd, 2008 - 17:46
Vytorin's Alleged Cancer Risk Questioned by FDA, Experts

Vytorin's Alleged Cancer Risk Questioned by FDA, Experts

Earlier this year, it was revealed that the U.S. spent $1.5 billion in 2006 on Vytorin, a...
» read full story August 22nd, 2008 - 16:41
Rx Drugs, Street Drugs & Alcohol Misuse Leads To More Deaths Than Ever

Rx Drugs, Street Drugs & Alcohol Misuse Leads To More Deaths Than Ever

Over the past two decades the number of Americans who died at home after combining street drugs...
» read full story July 29th, 2008 - 12:46
FDA’s Slow Handling of Problematic Drug Use

FDA’s Slow Handling of Problematic Drug Use

According to a draft report put together by congressional investigators, it turns out that federal...
» read full story July 27th, 2008 - 14:44
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Science

National Health Spending Continues To Rise

National Health Spending Continues To Rise

According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 07:54
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U.S.

National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising

National Health Spending Is Slowly Rising

According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
» read full story January 06th, 2009 - 14:02
FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings

FDA Says Epilepsy Drugs Should Carry Suicide Warnings

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 17th, 2008 - 20:10
U.S. Government Paying For Unapproved Drugs

U.S. Government Paying For Unapproved Drugs

Analysis of federal data conducted by the Associated Press has revealed that the United States...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 13:08
Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates

Drug Prescriptions For Children Rising At Alarming Rates

More and more children in the United States are prescribed medication for chronic diseases,...
» read full story November 04th, 2008 - 12:26
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Technology

Internet Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs – A Thriving Business

Internet Trafficking Of Prescription Drugs – A Thriving Business

Illegal Internet sales of prescription-free drugs is a thriving business, despite efforts by...
» read full story July 09th, 2008 - 16:29
Doctors Are Not Ready For Electronic Medical Records

Doctors Are Not Ready For Electronic Medical Records

According to a national survey conducted by the U.S. government, doctors have a hard time switching...
» read full story June 20th, 2008 - 00:12
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Sports

Chris Benoit’s Doctor Faces New Charges

Chris Benoit’s Doctor Faces New Charges

Dr. Phil Astin, the doctor of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed himself, his wife and his son...
» read full story June 01st, 2008 - 17:40
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World

DEA Drops Heath Ledger’s Case, MK Olsen Breaths A Sigh Of Relief

DEA Drops Heath Ledger’s Case, MK Olsen Breaths A Sigh Of Relief

Investigators announced their decision to drop the case of how Heath Ledger got the two powerful...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 16:17
Two Expensive Cholesterol Drugs May Be Ineffective

Two Expensive Cholesterol Drugs May Be Ineffective

U.S. spent $1.5 billion in 2006 on Vytorin, a cholesterol drug that actually does not work better...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 15:03
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Specials

Wegmans to Offer Free Antibiotics

Wegmans to Offer Free Antibiotics

Starting Tuesday, Wegmans Food Markets offers its customer antibiotics at no charge for a period...
» read full story January 07th, 2009 - 15:07
Hazardous Drug Combos Put The Elderly At Risk

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...
» read full story December 25th, 2008 - 14:32
Court Releases Documents In Hatfill Anthrax Case

Court Releases Documents In Hatfill Anthrax Case

A federal court released yesterday almost 100 documents that it used to mistakenly connect...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 14:38
Methadone Use as Painkiller Raises, Methadone-Related Deaths As Well

Methadone Use as Painkiller Raises, Methadone-Related Deaths As Well

The number of narcotic-related deaths has increased lately forcing the US Food and Drug...
» read full story August 18th, 2008 - 17:35
Medicare Drug Premiums to Rise about 12 Percent a Month in 2009

Medicare Drug Premiums to Rise about 12 Percent a Month in 2009

Medicare’s beneficiaries will see about a $3 increase in their monthly premiums for prescription...
» read full story August 17th, 2008 - 17:51
Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums Will Rise in 2009

Medicare Prescription Drug Premiums Will Rise in 2009

Medicare’s beneficiaries will see a premium increase in their current plan. The typical medical...
» read full story August 15th, 2008 - 13:50
Mary-Kate Olsen's Lawyer Says She Has Nothing To Hide

Mary-Kate Olsen's Lawyer Says She Has Nothing To Hide

While actress Mary-Kate Olsen asked for immunity from prosecution before cooperating with the...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 16:29
FDA: Patients Should Switch to HFA Inhalers

FDA: Patients Should Switch to HFA Inhalers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory Friday saying patients should give up...
» read full story June 02nd, 2008 - 15:38
Daughter and Ex Fiancée – ‘Absolute Priority’ for Ledger’s Family

Daughter and Ex Fiancée – ‘Absolute Priority’ for Ledger’s Family

Two months after Heath Ledger’s death, the New York Daily News reveals that he drafted a will in...
» read full story March 09th, 2008 - 22:22
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Movies

Heath Ledger’s Case is Dropped

Heath Ledger’s Case is Dropped

Federal prosecutors have decided to drop the criminal case about how Heath Ledger obtained the...
» read full story August 08th, 2008 - 08:07
Federal Investigators To Drop Inquiry Into Heath Ledger’s Death

Federal Investigators To Drop Inquiry Into Heath Ledger’s Death

An official quoted by The Associated Press said that the official investigators intend to drop the...
» read full story August 07th, 2008 - 14:16
Mary-Kate Olsen's Lawyer Insists She Has Nothing To Hide

Mary-Kate Olsen's Lawyer Insists She Has Nothing To Hide

While actress Mary-Kate Olsen asked for immunity from prosecution before cooperating with the...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 00:53
Doctors Investigated In Connection With Heath Ledger's Death

Doctors Investigated In Connection With Heath Ledger's Death

Federal drug authorities are investigating two doctors, one in California and one in Texas, in...
» read full story February 28th, 2008 - 21:27
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People

Mary-Kate Olsen Subpoenaed By DEA To Testify In Front Of Grand Jury

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...
» read full story August 06th, 2008 - 19:54
Mary-Kate Olsen Refuses To Talk Without Immunity

Mary-Kate Olsen Refuses To Talk Without Immunity

FBI investigators want to question Mary-Kate Olsen about Heath Ledger’s death but she won’t talk...
» read full story August 05th, 2008 - 18:50
Mary-Kate Olsen Won’t Talk About Ledger Without Immunity

Mary-Kate Olsen Won’t Talk About Ledger Without Immunity

Mary-Kate Olsen has refused to speak to federal investigators about Heath Ledger’s death unless...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 21:33
Did Britney Fail Her Drug Test or Not?

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...
» read full story November 13th, 2007 - 01:05
Chris Benoit Was Overprescribed Steroids

Chris Benoit Was Overprescribed Steroids

Professional wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and son and then committed suicide earlier...
» read full story October 09th, 2007 - 11:27
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Business

Wegmans Will Start Selling Free Antibiotics

Wegmans Will Start Selling Free Antibiotics

Starting Tuesday, Wegmans Food Markets offers its customer antibiotics at no charge for a period...
» read full story January 09th, 2009 - 12:55
Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning

Epilepsy Drugs To Carry Suicide Warning

The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
» read full story December 18th, 2008 - 08:46

Vytorin Sales Drop for Schering and Merck, Due to Ineffectiveness

Shares of Merck and Schering-Plough dropped greatly on Monday, after a research revealed that the...
» read full story March 31st, 2008 - 17:11
Wal-Mart Expands $4 per Month Generic Drug Program

Wal-Mart Expands $4 per Month Generic Drug Program

World’s largest retailer and the largest employer in the United States, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.,...
» read full story September 27th, 2007 - 18:24
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