Asthma sufferers in the US will continue to suffer

I have had asthma for over 10 years. At the onset of this horrible disease, I was spending every weekend in the hospital ER receiving steroids via a needle in my butt. This went on for several months. The doctors didn't actively try to find a preventative medication for me...

Doctor Gives Drugs in Exchange for Sex

" Dr. Mark Davis said very little as he stood in Judge Andrew Logan's Trumbull County Common Pleas Courtroom Tuesday to face two counts of trafficking in drugs.  His guilty plea was about all the long time...

British Columbia CrackGate Payola Scam: Methadone Kickbacks Investigated for ...

Opinion Barry Artiste And this surprises WHO? Certainly another case for the Barry Artiste, "No Shit Sherlock Files". It has been reported at least one Pharmacist, who like medical professionals have a code of...

Help Make a Positive Change in the Downtown Eastside

Architect and professor Inge Roecker is leading a group of architecture students from UBC's School of Architecture in designing and building a Centre for Women's Health and Wellness in Vancouver's Downtown...

Veterans Affairs Launch Mobile Pharmacies

"VA Launches Mobile Pharmacies The Department of Veterans Affairs deployed mobile pharmacies that will provide vital medicine when patients are unable to fill their prescriptions. Each VA mobile pharmacy is housed in a 40-foot long steel trailer that includes a satellite...

Senators Seek Public Listing of Payments to Doctors

"Makers of drugs and medical devices would be required to report publicly nearly all payments and gifts to doctors under legislation introduced Thursday in the Senate. ...The bill results from growing concerns that free meals and consulting payments — which in some cases...

Is Wal-Mart Too Cheap for Its Own Good?

 The societal trend toward luxury goods, or at least items perceived to be of luxury status, is pushing even the greatest bargain thumper of all time to question its identity. Wal-Mart’s attempt to up...

Feds may ease limit on painkillers (AP)

" WASHINGTON - People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions. Unless a patient makes another...

AMA fights refusals to fill prescriptions

The American Medical Association on Monday agreed to use its clout to try to ensure that pharmacists' moral objections don't ...

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