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FDA ties birth control drugs to blood clot risk
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators say several new birth control drugs, including the Bayer pill Yaz, appear to increase the risk of dangerous blood clots more than older medications. A new study released by the Food and Drug...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Food and Drug Administration, Health Treatments, Washington, DC, Birth Control
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Addiction docs restate anti-marijuana stance
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A medical society for addiction doctors has reiterated its opposition to marijuana legalization as its California chapter considers voicing its support for allowing and regulating adult use of the drug as a way to prevent its...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Addiction
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CONSUMER REPORTS: Online RX drug caution
There are plenty of monthly bills that worry people these days. But a survey from Consumer Reports says that not being able to pay for medical care, including prescription drugs, is at the top of the list. If you’re considering shopping online for...Tags: Consumers, CVS Corp., Food and Drug Administration, Prescription Drugs, Pharmaceuticals
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Marcellus man arrested on meth charges
MARCELLUS—The Cass County Drug Enforcement Team arrested a 48-year-old Marcellus man on Monday morning on suspicion of using and manufacturing methamphetamine. Police arrested the man about 10:10 a.m. in the 300 block of Monroe Street. The man was...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug)
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New Ind. mayor wants stores to pull cold medicines
WARSAW, Ind. (AP) — A northern Indiana city's mayor-elect says he will ask stores there to stop selling the cold medications that can be used to make the illegal drug Republican Joe Thallemer says he wants Warsaw's pharmacies to take that step to...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Health, Warsaw (Poland)
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Deadly dog disease poses concern for local vets and shelters
SOUTH BEND — It's a disease that can kill your dog, and vets and animal shelters in our area are seeing more cases of it. It's the parvovirus and it's extremely contagious.
Veterinarian Martin Langhofer of Western Veterinarian Clinic says something...Tags: Animal Attacks, Diseases and Illnesses, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Vaccines
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Arbitrator: Man with shy bladder wrongly fired
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An arbitrator has ordered a state of Michigan employee back on the job, months after he was dismissed for failing to provide urine for a drug test. Ron Koonter of Grand Ledge says he has a condition known as "shy bladder...Tags: Unions, Career and Workplace, Human Body, Michigan, Health
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J&J cuts maximum Tylenol dose to prevent overdoses
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson is reducing the maximum daily dose of its Extra Strength Tylenol pain reliever to lower risk of accidental overdose. The company's McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division says the change affects Extra...Tags: Acetaminophen (drug), Health, Pain, Tylenol (drug), Percocet (drug)
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Experts say marijuana prohibition has failed
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Experts tell Indiana lawmakers that the prohibition against marijuana use in the United States has failed.
The legislature's Criminal Law and Sentencing Policy Study Committee heard testimony Thursday as it began studying...Tags: Marijuana Use, Crime, Law and Justice, Indiana, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crimes
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MSU med student ordered tried in more dog deaths
MASON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan State University medical student accused of killing at least 12 greyhound puppies has been ordered to stand trial in more of the deaths. At a Thursday court hearing in Mason, Robert Albers testified that his friend...Tags: Education, Lawyers, Health and Safety at School, Health, Colleges and Universities
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Man dies after Elkhart County meth fire
We're learning more about a deadly car fire in Elkhart County that WSBT first told you about Friday. Police confirm a mobile meth lab caused the fire. This happened in the 23000 block of County Road 142. Jeremy Graber, 33, died over the weekend from...Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Health
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'Amazing' therapy destroys leukemia in 3 patients
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists are reporting the first clear success with a new approach for treating leukemia. It involves turning the patients' own blood cells into assassins that hunt and destroy cancer cells. It's only been done in three...Tags: University of Pennsylvania, Brain, Science and Technology, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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