Here comes a break in drug prices

Pusher discounts “You don’t need Lipitor, you can just take a baby aspirin.” Have you heard that one? Lipitor is expensive, and statins are supposed to be effective, however not all of the clinical work is...

Upcoming heroes Varun and Abhishek in drug racket

Telugu film industry is once again in the news when police bust a drug racket. The police have arrested a Nigerian Fredrick James and doctor Siddhartha, working in the most reputed Narayana...

Ending the War on Drugs

As the value of the War on Drugs is being re-evaluated, it makes sense to finally tell the truth on this matter. And the truth on this matter is: Most problems associated with drugs are not due to drugs, but rather to drugs being illegal. With the substances being made...

Poor Man's Price, Rich Man's Price: Differential Pricing

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In April 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, and the US-based Global Health Council held a 3-days workshop about "Pricing and...

Drugs running short in USA and patients are threatened

Drugs running short in USA Patients are threatened. What is going on here? Can it be the confusion in health care and pharmaceutical management created by uncertainty in the US health system and policy has caught...

Gene clue to how cancer spreads

For all the following people in my circle of friends and family who have died from cancer since 2000, I hope they find a cure: MomDadAunt BettyAunt DeanFranOdieLindaBillCarlaRonJanice Those who have survived, so far: Courtney, my two yr old cousin, has leukemia, now four and...

Addict or Bipolar? Examining the 'Passion' of Charlie Sheen

"Charlie Sheen's public meltdown–media blitz continues, with riveting interviews aired on morning shows on NBC and ABC; a volatile, rambling conversation streamed on TMZ.com; and a more restrained appearance on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight. Also on Monday, Feb. 28: Sheen...

Killer Heroin Hits Vancouver: 2 Dead After Taking Deadly Heroin

Killer Heroin In Vancouver: Police Warn Drug Users About Deadly Heroin, After 2 Die The Vancouver Police department is warning Vancouver drug users about an apparent deadly strain of heroin in circulation, after two Vancouver drug users died. A Vancouver police media...

Drug Tunnel Found: 20 Tons of Marijuana Confiscated

Drug tunnel found in Tijuana that reaches San Diego, California filled with tons of marijuana. The entire passageway is longer than 7 football fields and it runs from a Tijuana kitchen directly into two warehouses...

Suggestions for improving the inner city

Having given much thought to the situation in inner city, based on both what is known in the media and much of what I gathered from the experience of good friends who have lived there, I would like to make some suggestions. While I do not see this as panacea, I believe it...

Trust in Doctors and Pharmacists tested by drug deaths

  In many instances, taking a cocktail of drugs is becoming the norm just to stay alive. Often, medicines are prescribed addressing such things as hypertension. Hypertension that is recognized by high blood...

Pakistan and Drugs - Saga of Haji Ayub Afridi

The saga of Haji Ayub Afridi is an illuminating illustration of the troubling links between traffickers and politicians in Pakistan, as well as the shady deals made by the United States with both sides. Pakistan's biggest drug trafficker, Haji Ayub Afridi, returned to...

Avandia Diabetes Drug: New FDA Restrictions, Type 2 Diabetes

GlaxoSmithKline Avandia Diabetes Drug, FDA Imposes New Restrictions To Patients With Type 2 Diabetes The Food And Drug Administration says Avandia can stay on the market in the USA but it outlined new restrictions. ...

Oklahoma School Bans I-Dosing: "Sounds" That Simulate Drug Trips

"An Oklahoma City school is trying ban teens from "I-dosing," listening to sounds that supposedly "simulate" the feeling of getting high on illegal drugs. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics is warning parents about I-dosing, some are suggesting these sounds should be...

US ATTORNEY: Ready to 'bring Coke to justice'

FEDERAL COURT BUREAU- HIS NICKNAME might mean king but today he was dethroned. Christopher "Dudus" Coke, 41 was stopped at a roadblock with a Christian minister in his car. He reportedly told the arresting officers...

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