DEA: Clean out your medicine cabinet for 'Take Back' day
The national prescription drug "Take-Back" campaign will offer more than 4,000 sites around the nation where the public can drop off expired, ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
J&J, FDA leaders take heat for 'phantom' recall
By MATTHEW PERRONE 2010-09-30T21:58:26ZWASHINGTON (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson executives and the Food and Drug Administration both shouldered the blame Thursday for a secret recall in which hired contractors quietly bought up defective painkillers to clear them from store shelves.... hosted.ap.org |
Data firm sees 2011 drug sales rising 5-7 percent
By LINDA A. JOHNSON 2010-10-07T04:09:58ZTRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Revenue from global prescription drug sales should increase 5 percent to 7 percent next year, reaching at least $880 billion, fueled by new drugs and rising sales in developing countries, according to drug data firm IMS Health.... hosted.ap.org |
Cholera outbreak creeps closer to Haiti's capital
By JACOB KUSHNER 2010-10-24T09:50:35ZPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A spreading cholera outbreak in rural Haiti threatened to outpace aid groups as they stepped up efforts Saturday hoping to keep the disease from reaching the squalid camps of earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince.... hosted.ap.org |
Stuttering: A constant struggle to get the words out
But like King George VI, those who stutter can find help. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |