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Walgreens agrees to record-breaking $80M fine to settle Florida oxycodone probe
Walgreens has agreed to pay a record-breaking $80 million penalty to resolve a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into the company's dispensing practices in Florida, including at an Oviedo pharmacy. The DEA in September banned a Walgreens...
Tags: Substance Abuse, Drugs and Medicines, Judges, OxyContin (drug), Percocet (drug)
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Aaron Carroll and Austin Frakt: Eye-opening details about Medicare payments
The United States spends $2.8 trillion a year on health care, about 18 percent of the economy. As recently reported, some of that spending is on Medicare-reimbursed eyelid lifts — a procedure that sometimes serves a medical need but often is for...Tags: Medicare, Breast Augmentation, Cosmetic Procedures, Medical Procedures and Tests, Government Health Care
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Three abortion clinic doctors lose licenses
The state suspended the medical licenses of three doctors at abortion clinics accused by state regulators of putting women's health at risk — including one case in which a woman died. The suspensions include Dr. Mansour G. Panah, the medical...
Tags: Punishment, Advanced Training, Social Issues, Women's Health, Abortion
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FDA panel recommends continued Avandia sales, with restrictions
An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday voted to keep the diabetes drug Avandia on the market with a slate of restrictions on its use, and suggested that although evidence of the drug's safety problems may have been overblown,...
Tags: Duke University, Drugs and Medicines, Medical Research, Placebo, Cleveland Clinic
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READER SUBMITTED: Hospital Of Central Connecticut Sleep Disorders Center Earns National Accreditation
New BritainThe Hospital of Central Connecticut Sleep Disorders Center was recently reaccredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). The center was established in 1988 and has held AASM accreditation since 1998. The most recent accreditation expands...Tags: Physical Conditions, Southington, Diseases and Illnesses, New Britain, Hospitals and Clinics
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Jurors appear deadlocked in murder trial in model's killing
Jurors in the trial of a businesswoman charged with murdering a 21-year-old aspiring model sent the judge a note Monday that the defense says shows they have acquitted the defendant of first-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Kathleen Kennedy said...
Tags: Judges, Trials, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Examining which cancer screenings you may not need
Early detection of cancer is the best chance of cure, right? Maybe not. A growing body of counterintuitive evidence suggests that some cancer-screening tests — including those for breast, prostate, colon, lung and cervical cancer — may be...
Tags: Colonoscopy, Lung Cancer, Medical Research, Chemotherapy, Sigmoidoscopy
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Ft. Hood suspect to represent himself at court-martial
FT. HOOD, TEXAS — A military judge decided Monday to grant a request by accused Ft. Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan to represent himself at his court-martial, finding him competent to waive his right to counsel after a doctor testified that he...
Tags: Punishment, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, FBI
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Faces of Medicaid
I remember when I would have agreed with the May 23 editorial, “A bizarre blame game.” However, today, in my Lawndale community, I see mothers and fathers working two and three jobs, wanting a piece of the American dream for their children,...Tags: Health Insurance, Family, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Little Village
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Do TV ads for medication lead to more prescriptions?
I learned recently about two prescription drugs I'd never heard of before — not from my doctor, but from TV commercials. Axiron is applied like deodorant — under your arm. Well, under the arm of a man who has low testosterone and has been...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Menopause, Medical Research, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Prescription Drugs
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Dr. Lewis Yocum, longtime Angels team physician, dies at 65
This post has been corrected. Please see the note below.Dr. Lewis Yocum, the longtime Angels team physician and a giant in the world of sports orthopedic medicine, died over the weekend after quietly battling liver cancer, the team announced Tuesday. He was 65. Yocum, who was in his 36th season with the...Tags: Major League Baseball, Same-Sex Marriage, Sports, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Liver Cancer
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Pharmacy clinics draw skepticism even as customers flock in
When Akim Reid needed a physical for his job, he couldn't turn to his regular doctor - he doesn't have one. The Loxahatchee, Fla., resident called around for someone to do the exam. Everyone he called could see him . next month. So he went online for a...Tags: Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Health Insurance, Asthma, Dermatologists
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