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Psychotropic drugs given to nursing home patients without cause
Tribune reporterFrail and vulnerable residents of nursing homes throughout Illinois are being dosed with powerful psychotropic drugs, leading to tremors, dangerous lethargy and a higher risk of harmful falls or even death, a Tribune investigation has found. Thousands of...Tags: Risperdal (drug), Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at Work, Earthquakes, Seroquel (drug)
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FDA: Avandia Should Stay With Restrictions
Los Angeles TimesFaced with conflicting and less-than-conclusive scientific evidence, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended Wednesday that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia remain on the market — but with tighter supervision and increased...Tags: Heart and Circulatory System, Los Angeles Times, Insulin, Health and Medical Professionals, New York
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School goes from backdrop to center stage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt was an unexpected burst of glory, and the 1,600 students at Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood were basking in it Friday. None of the youngsters knew for certain why a 50-foot-wide image of the front of their school was projected Thursday...Tags: YouTube, Los Angeles Times, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Hospitals and Clinics, North Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Hauppauge Reports Latest Meningitis Case
An after-school child-care worker at a Hauppauge elementary school has been diagnosed with viral meningitis, according to the district. If confirmed, it would be the sixth case of the disease reported in connection with a Long Island school since last...Tags: Long Island, Viral Diseases and Infections, Employees, Meningitis, Diseases and Illnesses
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Brevard's elderly, others head for shelters
Sentinel Staff WriterScores of elderly residents from this sprawling manufactured-home community in Brevard County came across the sunbaked parking lot all day Thursday in search of buses to shelters. Some limped slightly. Others used canes, walkers or wheelchairs. Yet,...Tags: Natural Disasters, Texas, Hurricanes, Disasters, Brevard County
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FDA Called 'Defenseless' Against Unsafe Drugs
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — Merck & Co. and the Food and Drug Administration knew before the agency approved the company's Vioxx painkiller in 1999 that the drug could have serious adverse effects on the heart, witnesses told a powerful Senate panel today. But...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Iowa, Pain, Companies and Corporations
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