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Ohio mom who gave pot to 2-year-old gets probation
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio woman who admitted giving her 2-year-old daughter marijuana and using her cell phone to record the child smoking it has avoided prison. A Hamilton County judge on Friday placed 21-year-old Jessica Gamble, of suburban...Tags: Health, Cincinnati (Hamilton, Ohio), Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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FDA panel backs Alzheimer's imaging drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal panel of medical specialists says a first-of-a-kind imaging chemical designed to help screen for Alzheimer's disease could be beneficial, provided doctors receiving training in interpreting the brain scans. The Food and...Tags: Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Brain, Washington, DC, Lilly Eli & Co
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$100K in drugs found on cruise ship docked in Md.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Drug-sniffing dogs found nearly $100,000 worth of cocaine and heroin aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in a federal investigation of an employee smuggling ring. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the search on Saturday...Tags: Health, Heroin, Crime, Law and Justice, Tourism and Leisure, Cruises
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FDA warns of liver damage reports with Sanofi drug
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials are warning doctors and patients that a recently-launched heart drug from Sanofi-Aventis SA has been linked to liver damage in a handful of patients. The Food and Drug Administration said it has...Tags: Health, Liver, Washington, DC, Dronedarone (drug), Cardiac Arrhythmia
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Study: Spacing babies close may raise autism risk
CHICAGO (AP) — Close birth spacing may put a second-born child at higher risk for autism, suggests a preliminary study based on more than a half-million California children. Children born less than two years after their siblings were...Tags: Health, Behavioral Conditions, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Physical Conditions
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Wisconsin woman finds $280K of drugs in vacuum
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Green Bay, Wis., woman opened a Christmas present from her children to find a refurbished vacuum - and a load of drugs. Authorities say the woman found 2 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and 2.2 pounds of cocaine shrink...Tags: Health, Wisconsin, Green Bay (Brown, Wisconsin)
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Journal: Study linking vaccine to autism was fraud
LONDON (AP) — A new report finds that the first study to link a childhood vaccine to autism was based on doctored information about the children involved. The conclusions of the 1998 paper by Andrew Wakefield and colleagues had already been widely...Tags: Corporate Crime, Health, Diseases and Illnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Behavioral Conditions
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Cheaper version of preterm birth drug can be made
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. officials say they won't stop special pharmacies from making a cheaper version of a new expensive drug that prevents preterm labor. The Food and Drug Administration's unusual statement concerns the recently approved Makena...Tags: Health, Food and Drug Administration
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Flu expert: Vaccine sourcing key in pandemic
GENEVA (AP) — An American expert tasked with reviewing the World Health Organization's response to the swine flu outbreak says a more efficient way of sourcing vaccines is needed to prepare for future pandemics. Dr. Harvey Fineberg says rich...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health, Health Organizations, Politics, Diseases and Illnesses
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FDA clears first melanoma drug to extend survival
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators have approved a new cancer drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb that is the first therapy to prolong the lives of patients with melanoma. It's the first new drug the Food and Drug Administration has approved to...Tags: Health, Chemical Industry, Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Immune System
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Crown Point: Meth ring's leader sentenced to 22 years in prison
HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Crown Point man to 22 years in prison for leading a ring that manufactured and distributed methamphetamine from northwest Indiana to Colorado. Thirty-three-year-old Richard "Tricky" Kasper was...Tags: Justice System, Vehicles, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Prisons
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Indiana Medicaid mental health drug list worries some
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A plan to cut Indiana Medicaid costs by limiting access to certain antidepressants and other mental health drugs has advocates worried that some patients could be denied needed the treatments they need. The state budget bill...Tags: Chemical Industry, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Health Insurance, Indiana
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