Post mortem drug tests 'flawed'
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Experts raise concerns that flawed analysis of drug levels in corpses could affect the outcomes of court cases and inquests.
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Old Dirty Bastard&#39;s death outside a New York studio was ruled an accidental overdose by a medical examiner. The New York City medical examiner&#39;s office said ODB died fromt he effects of combining cocaine wiht Tramadol, a prescription painkiller.
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A series of errors and  misunderstandings led to the botched drug test that resulted in  American cyclist Tyler Hamilton retaining his gold medal from  the Athens Olympics, said a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)  report Thursday.
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Pain is difficult to measure, and those who treat pain sufferers have to make highly subjective decisions about dosage levels of drugs that can be abused or even resold. When a doctor gets it wrong, is that bad medicine â or a drug felony?
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Critics say the F.D.A.'s efforts to monitor the ill effects of drugs that are on the market are a shadow of what they should be.
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New evidence is raising questions about the tests used to prescribe the breast cancer drug Herceptin, which was initially seen as a model for tailored medicine.
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A widespread belief that dying people are able to postpone death until after important dates is simply not true, according to a US study of cancer patients.
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Some chemicals should be re-assessed after new evidence shows they accumulate in the food chain, scientists say.
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The State Patrol's toxicology lab has had so many ethical lapses and made so many scientific mistakes in recent years that alcohol breath test results should not be admitted at trial, a court ruled Wednesday.
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NEW YORK -- The federal government has abandoned an effort to create standard autopsy guidelines that could document a link between toxic air at Ground Zero and deaths of rescue workers, citing concerns that the data could be misinterpreted.
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Animal drug tests are often of poor quality and conflict with human trials, researchers warn.
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The prosecution said it had found contamination in DNA &quot;control&quot; samples intended to guarantee that testing was accurate.
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The number of cannabis farms being uncovered by police in England and Wales has trebled in the last two years, according to a report by drugs information charity DrugScope published Tuesday.
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Pathologist's initial report into Pakistan cricket coach's death was incorrect, police admit.
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A panel studying illnesses among the veterans has concluded that many suffer from neurological damage caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, rejecting past findings.
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Description: With new information coming out about the downsides of four popular pain relievers, consumers are facing the shortcomings of drug testing.
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Tests on a $20 bill found at the Lower Manhattan apartment where actor Heath Ledger died yielded no drug residue, police said. The bill was tested to see whether it had been used to snort illegal drugs because of the way it was folded, New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.