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20 dark predictions for 2013, the year of oppression and insanity

Tuesday, December 31, 2013 - 7:00AM
2013 will go down in history as the year of global insanity. The Earth isn't going crazy, but many of the people who inhabit it certainly are. Madness is about to be unleashed on many fronts: economic, social, political, financial and more. In the near future, you will...

FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 11:36PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

Certain chronic pain may raise suicide risk

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:28PM
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Back pain, migraine and other types of chronic pain without a known physical cause - and therefore little prospect for relief - were associated with an increased risk of suicide in a new study of U.S...

Veterans' claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:06PM
By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A long-growing backlog of U.S. military veterans' disability claims, which has stoked congressional anger, has dipped in recent weeks, however tentatively. But that is not taking any pressure off Presiden...

Judge orders Philadelphia faith-healing couple held in son's death

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:43PM
By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia couple charged with murder after their baby died without medical care must be held in jail whether or not they make bail, a judge ruled on Friday. The couple, Herbert and Catherine Schaible, b...

Some with defibrillators may safely play sports

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:41PM
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite expert guidelines advising against intense sports activity for people with implanted heart defibrillators, a new study suggests that some can compete without serious consequences. Researchers...

New U.S. fears emerge over tainted compounded steroids

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:26PM
By Toni Clarke (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration said on Friday it has received seven reports of illnesses in patients who took steroid injections compounded by a pharmacy in Tennessee. The FDA said full clinical information about the p...

Bausch & Lomb's Ista pleads guilty over kickbacks

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:25PM
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Ista Pharmaceuticals Inc pleaded guilty on Friday to charges it used kickbacks and improper marketing to boost sales of a drug meant to treat eye pain and agreed to pay $33.5 million to settle criminal and civil lia...

Valeant near deal to acquire Bausch & Lomb: source

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 9:16PM
By Greg Roumeliotis and Jessica Toonkel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Canada's Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is nearing a deal to acquire eye care company Bausch & Lomb Holdings Inc from Warburg Pincus LLC for about $9 billion, a person familia...

DOJ subpoenas documents on Forest Labs' inhalation drug

Friday, May 24, 2013 - 7:15PM
(Reuters) - Drugmaker Forest Laboratories received a subpoena earlier this month from U.S. prosecutors requesting documents relating to its small-selling lung disorder product, the Tudorza Pressair inhaler, the company said in a filing. The New Yo...