Heroin GP was 'slumped over desk'
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A County Antrim GP is convicted of illegal possession of heroin, otherwise known as diamorphine, a court hears.
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The leader of England's family doctors has warned patients will suffer if the government pushes ahead with plans to force GPs to work antisocial hours
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A pensioner left in a casualty department  by his family, who said they were unable to cope with him, is placed in care.
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Q: I recently started a new job. While I like the work, I'm faced with one particular situation that's detracting from my enjoyment of the job. I sit in a cube adjacent to a gentleman who makes a painful snorting noise every few minutes, wherein he loudly sucks phlegm to the back of his throat and quickly coughs it out. ...
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A obstetrician's receptionist has been charged with injecting abortion-inducing drugs into three patients, apparently without her employer's knowledge, authorities said Tuesday.
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Patients of a physician who is charged with running a "pill mill" linked to 56 overdose deaths plan to sue the government, claiming it has put patients in mortal danger and created a public health disaster by prosecuting the doctor.
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Seven doctors from a drug addiction clinic failed in their duty to their patients, a disciplinary hearing was told.
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Patients needing emergency NHS treatment after becoming drunk or incapacitated by drugs would be charged under proposals yesterday from Norman Lamb, the Liberal Democrat health spokesman.
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John Prescott, the deputy prime minister, has been moved to a high dependency unit in hospital.
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Supplies of a powerful painkiller used to treat cancer patients are near critical lows, the Department of Health says. It said a supply problem with the opiate-based drug diamorphine meant
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Olâ Dirty Bastardâs autopsy report has revealed that his death was an accident and that he died as a result of taking cocaine and Tramadol, a prescription painkiller.
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Police have issued a public warning after four men collapsed after apparently taking recreational drugs
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A doctor who first sounded an alarm about heart problems and the prescription pain killer Vioxx now is calling on the government to rein in aggressive prescription-drug advertising, a factor
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Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott was admitted to hospital with a suspected chest infection on Saturday, his office said.
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Woman unlawfully killed when drug was mistakenly fed into her arm via intravenous drip, inquest finds
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Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard, who died in  a recording studio last month at the age of 35, had taken  cocaine and a prescription pain relief drug before his  collapse, the Medical Examiner's office said on Wednesday.
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Two people are charged after an incident in which a baby was believed to be suffering from the effects of heroin.