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New Pill to Treat Multiple Sclerosis May Be Available Soon, Says Drugmaker Merck
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, drugs, medicine, prevention, science, treatment, ms, multiple sclerosis, health, research, drug )

Lynne
- 1578 days ago - newsday.com
LONDON (AP) -- German drugmaker Merck Serono is one step closer to releasing the first pill to treat multiple sclerosis, the company said Friday.
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If You're Taking These Heart/Blood-Pressure Pills, See Your Doctor SOON [!]
Health & Wellness  (tags: Heart medications, drugs, risks, healthcare )

Janet
- 1580 days ago - thechronicleherald.ca
A commonly prescribed combination of blood pressure drugs should not be taken together, the Heart and Stroke Foundation warned in updated blood pressure management guidelines.
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Pfizer Said to Be Closing In on Deal for Wyeth
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, drugs, disease, healthcare, health, medicine, ethics, government, investigation, news, research, society, warning )

Sue
- 1581 days ago - nytimes.com
Is the long-awaited drug industry consolidation under way? That was the question Friday as word spread that Pfizer was near a deal to buy Wyeth for more than $60 billion in cash and stock.
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Eli Lilly Settles Zyprexa Lawsuit for $1.42 Billion
Health & Wellness  (tags: healthcare, health, drugs, medicine, treatment )

Cal
- 1582 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Drugmaker pleads guilty to illegally marketing drug for unapproved use
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Whistle-Blower's Perspective on Lilly Case
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, death, disease, drugs, ethics, government, healthcare, health, illness, investigation, safety, risks, protection, research, study, science, warning, humans, treatment, medicine )

Sue
- 1584 days ago - philly.com
Robert Rudolph knew he was about to end his lucrative career at Eli Lilly & Co., but he had to say something. Why, he asked management, was the Indianapolis pharmaceutical company marketing its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa to elderly people when the drug
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Chrysalis Nutritionist Stephen Heuer Arrested By Federal Marshalls in FDA Raid
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, drugs, ethics, government, health, healthcare, humans, investigation, medicine, protection, prevention, risks, warning )

Sue
- 1584 days ago - naturalnews.com
(NaturalNews) Both the FTC and FDA are turning up the heat on nutrition-oriented companies and websites, resorting to arrests at gunpoint to enforce "nutritional illiteracy" across America
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Study Finds Drug Risks With Newer Antipsychotics
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, disease, ethics, health, healthcare, humans, interesting, illness, government, drugs, medicine, risks, safety, study, prevention, research, science, treatment, warning, death )

Sue
- 1589 days ago - nytimes.com
The popular drugs known as atypical antipsychotics, prescribed for an array of conditions, including schizophrenia, autism and dementia, double patients' risk of dying from sudden heart failure, a study has found.
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Study Confirms Antipsychotics Pose Heart Risk Latest Generation of Drugs Provides No Safety Advantage; Warning on Children, Elde
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, death, drugs, health, government, illness, investigation, medicine, research, safety, risks, protection, prevention, warning, treatment, study, healthcare, humans, ethics )

Sue
- 1589 days ago - online.wsj.com
Patients taking the latest generation of antipsychotic drugs are twice as likely to suffer sudden cardiac failure and death as nonusers, according to a new study that found such medicines are no safer than the older ones Thoug
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More Americans Getting Multiple Chronic Illnesses
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, AlternativeMed, Body-Mind-Spirit, babies, cancer, children, death, diet, disease, drugs, environment, ethics, exercise, family, food, government, health, healthcare, humans, illness, interesting, investigation, medicine, news, nutrition, prevention )

Kathleen
- 1591 days ago - truthout.org
"More Americans are burdened by chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure, often having more than three at a time, and this has helped fuel a big rise in out-of-pocket medical expenses..."
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Bills Seek Disclosure of Pharmaceutical Companies' Payments to Doctors
Health & Wellness  (tags: disease, ethics, drugs, health, healthcare, investigation, treatment, safety, risks, warning, illness, medicine )

Sue
- 1592 days ago - dallasnews.com
AUSTIN - Texas lawmakers may be ready to force pharmaceutical companies to disclose payments to doctors, which some fear have led to excess prescribing of high-cost, high-risk drugs.
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FDA Scientists Complain to Obama of 'Corruption'
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, disease, drugs, healthcare, health, illness, investigation, research, risks, ethics, study, protection, warning, safety, treatment, humans )

Sue
- 1592 days ago - google.com
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an unusually blunt letter, a group of federal scientists is complaining to the Obama transition team of widespread managerial misconduct in a division of the Food and Drug Administration.
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JACOB AZERRAD: How Many More Rebecca Rileys?
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, children, diet, drugs, ethics, humans, risks, warning, medicine )

Sue
- 1592 days ago - patriotledger.com
UINCY -- In a 2007 "60 Minutes" episode, Katie Couric focused on the short life of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley of Hull. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 3, she was dead one year later from an overdose of a psychotropic
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F.D.A. Is Lax on Oversight During Trials, Inquiry Finds
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, children, drugs, disease, health, ethics, illness, healthcare, government, food, research, safety, women, study, treatment, warning, protection, society, prevention, interesting, medicine, humans )

Sue
- 1593 days ago - nytimes.com
The Food and Drug Administration does almost nothing to police the financial conflicts of doctors who conduct clinical trials of drugs and medical devices in human subjects, government investigators are reporting.
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Jim Humble: The Story Behind Miracle Mineral Supplement : Project Camelot Interview   video
Health & Wellness  (tags: MMS, Jim Humble, Project Camelot, malaria, cancer, herpes, Body-Mind-Spirit, cancer, AlternativeMed, AlternativeMed, disease, drugs, humans, investigation, medicine, protection, DMSO )

Gregory
- 1593 days ago - video.google.com
Aerospace engineer Jim Humble's third career started accidentally while on a gold prospecting trip in the jungle of Venezuela. There, using stabilized oxygen, he improvised an effective remedy for his colleagues who were stricken with malaria.1:14:28
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