Trial opens in growth hormone deaths
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Seven doctors and pharmacists went on trial Wednesday for the deaths of more than 100 young people who contracted a brain-destroying disease after being treated with tainted human growth hormones.
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Rick Ankiel knew it was wrong. More than that, he knew it was illegal. Forget about baseball and its own regulations. When you obtain human growth hormone by virtue of a fraudulent prescription, you know you are breaking the law.
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A murder trial highlights evolving legal debate over whether antidepressants limit personal accountability.
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Waiting for subjects to die is a somber part of the oncology clinical trial process.
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Jurors began deliberating Monday in the murder trial of a 15-year-old boy who claims the antidepressant Zoloft drove him to kill his grandparents three years ago.
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NEW YORK  - Older men with low levels of the hormone testosterone may die sooner than other men their age with normal testosterone levels, a study suggests.
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A small experiment has concluded that twice daily injections of the hormone leptin, best known to regulate appetite and weight, can jump-start an idling reproductive system.
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Jury selection began Tuesday for the trial of the man accused of killing a 10-year-old girl whose mutilated body was found stuffed into a plastic tub.
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Andy Pettitte met with the news media for the first time to discuss his use of human growth hormone.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Just-released data from a trial that was stopped early in 2004 for safety reasons is re-igniting debate on the safety of two popular painkillers.
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The first trial stemming from the nation's deadliest human smuggling attempt was set to begin Monday in federal court, more than 1 1/2 years after 19 illegal immigrants died in a packed, sweltering trailer on a Texas highway.
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A woman suggested binding her developmentally disabled 3-year-old foster son inside a closet, making her responsible for his death even if she did not intend it, prosecutors said Thursday as her murder trial opened.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes who take growth hormone in an effort to enhance their performance risk developing diabetes, two doctors from the UK warn in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Scientists launched a trial on Monday to test whether a new drug works as an initial treatment against the most common form of lung cancer.
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An independent investigation into deaths of patients linked to hospital bug clostridium difficile, is announced.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 30 (HealthDay News) -- A compound designed to block growth hormone, coupled with a standard chemotherapy drug, successfully treated human breast cancer in mice.
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A molecule that promotes the growth of the young heart shows promise as a treatment for heart attack in animal studies and is being readied for human trials, researchers report.