Legal Newsfeeds
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:58:44 -0800Seven people die every day in Florida from prescription drug overdoses, by one estimate. Many of those deaths have been linked to pill mills — medical facilities that illegally prescribe or dispense strong narcotics. Local authorities are taking steps to combat the crisis.
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:30:00 -0800Merck , known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an updated label for VYTORIN® that includes results from the Study of Heart and Renal Protection .
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:15:07 -0800To the extent that there is any problem at all with painkiller abuse and overdoses, it's due more to a decade of aggressive policing, obstinate federal law enforcement agencies, and the encroachment of law enforcement into the practice of medicine than lax government oversight.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:00:00 -0800A former security guard for celebrities was sentenced Friday to serve nine years in prison for distributing drugs in the Washington and Northern Virginia areas, including in Prince William County.
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:08:45 -0800Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an updated label for VYTORIN® (ezetimibe/simvastatin) that includes results from the S tudy of H eart a nd R enal P rotection (SHARP). In SHARP, VYTORIN 10/20 mg lowered LDL cholesterol in patients with moderate to severe chronic kidney disease (CKD ...
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:37:00 -0800The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his Hall of Fame NFL career.
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:16:36 -0800BAR HARBOR — A Bar Harbor man was arrested Monday on charges of leaving the scene of a car accident that happened downtown after he allegedly gave the other driver $60 and asked her not to call the authorities. Jon Holder, 70, was driving his 2002 Subaru through the intersection of Cottage and Eden streets when the car collided with a 2002 Mercury driven by Amy Stewart, 30, of Bar Harbor, Sgt ...
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:20:53 -0800Steroids have become a “short cut to an attractive physique” for increasing numbers of young men in the East Riding, according to a new report.
Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:31:02 -0800Last week a new case of scientific misconduct came to light. University of Connecticut resveratrol researcher Dipak Das was accused of serious scientific misconduct. (You can read my brief post about the case or, for all the gory details, you can follow??the story on Retraction Watch.) In this post I?d like to make two fairly ...
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