Arianna Huffington: You Want a Moral Issue? How about Drugs that ...
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As Democrats continue to search heaven and earth for a moral values issue they can call their own, I have just the prescription: Why not start with the immoral behavior of giant drug companies such as Merck that continue to sacrifice the health of the
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By David Schoen  THERE IS NOTHING like a good debate. Coke or Pepsi? Alyssa Milano or Christina Applegate?   And thanks, at least in part to David Stern, we have our next great debate.
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NEW YORK -- If you can't beat it, tax it. That seems to be the axiom in New York these days, where Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D), struggling to close a $4.4 billion budget gap, has proposed making drug dealers pay tax on their stashes of illegal drugs. The new tax would apply to cocaine, heroin and...
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Michael Levy. Q: How common is it for someone to both have a drinking problem and a drug problem? My son basically uses everything and anything he can get his hands on.
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Authorities and pet owners are beginning to raise serious questions about the safety and effectiveness of animal medicines, mirroring worries over human drugs like the painkiller Vioxx.
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Hollywood party girls don't have a monopoly on trouble in California. A disproportionate number of the state's congressional Republicans are facing ethics questions that threaten to sink their careers and their party's political fortunes too.
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Comment is free: Libby Brooks: To cut offences like Chris Langham's, we should treat sexual abuse as a public health issue and discuss it without taboo
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An Oregon man stopped taking the painkiller Vioxx when it was pulled from the market, switching to Bextra. Then questions were raised about Bextra &#151; and four other drugs &#151; and he returned to his doctor with a new set of worries. Similar conversations are happening between doctors and patients all around the country.
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FRIDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Vioxx. Medicare. Obesity.
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It is always slightly amusing when journalists compose self-righteous articles on the evils of cocaine abuse. To put it no higher, the media do not exactly comprise a drug-free zone.
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Those on Vioxx were 2.7 times likelier to have a problem, but an expert questions the safety of the entire class of painkillers. By Amanda Gardner.
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More than a decade ago, a howl went up about the way new drugs were tested. Virtually all trials were limited to white males, even though some medical differences based on race are widely acknowledged.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 17 -- Why worry about antiwar views, anarcho-syndicalist politics and &quot;Dump Bush Now!&quot; placards when something serious is at stake -- like money? ...
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Merck&#39;s recall of its arthritis pain drug, Vioxx, because of elevated risks of heart attack and stroke has obscured another important issue that Congress, in investigating the matter, must face squarely and deal with: What happens when pharmaceutical
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Lance Knobel: "I'd install FlickrFan in every middle school and high school social studies class. I guarantee it would provoke endless discussion and ensure engagement in the issues of the day." I totally agree. It would be great to see it at checkout lines in supermarkets and on kiosks in BART stations too.
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Pfizer is the latest drug maker to warn that a product already on the market may pose serious health risks. It took outrage from activists in September to get the Food and Drug Administration to require warning
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As drug advertising aimed directly at consumers becomes more widespread and controversial, the issue will likely have political implications.