News tagged with prescription drug program

Drug benefit expanded to 1 million more seniors

(AP) -- In case the prospect of nearly $4,000 in prescription assistance isn't enough to perk up low-income seniors, the government is using '60s singer Chubby Checker to publicize "the twist" in the Medicare ...

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created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

House passes bill stopping Medicare premium hikes

(AP) -- Millions of Medicare patients would be spared monthly premium increases next year under a bill passed by the House Thursday.

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Evidence of banned antibiotics in poultry products found

In a joint study, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Arizona State University found evidence suggesting that a class of antibiotics previously banned by the U.S. government for poultry ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

RI to get $230M from $500M Google forfeiture

(AP) -- Rhode Island law enforcement agencies that participated in an investigation that resulted in Google Inc. forfeiting $500 million last year will receive $230 million of that money, federal officials said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google's moves raise questions about 'don't be evil' motto

With its "Don't Be Evil" motto, Google Inc. has always held itself to a higher moral standard.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 24

Investors to get Google records on online drug ads

(AP) -- A Delaware judge has given Google Inc. until April 9 to give a pension fund investors company documents involving what authorities said was the illegal online marketing of prescription drugs to U.S. consumers by ...

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created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fish exposed to SSRIs exhibit abnormal behavior, study finds

Fish exhibit abnormal behavior and lower levels of anxiety when exposed to Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI), which are common drugs used to treat depression, among other disorders. The study, by Baylor University ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Google to settle drug probe for $500 million

Google will pay $500 million to settle charges that it sold advertisements to Canada-based online pharmacies which marketed drugs to Americans in violation of US law, US justice officials announced Wednesday.

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created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Drug disposal can be tricky

Getting rid of a television, a gallon of kerosene or a set of tires in an environmentally friendly way can be done with relative ease in most states.

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created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Report: More than 100 million suffer lasting pain

(AP) -- At least 116 million U.S. adults experience long-lasting pain - the kind that lingers for weeks to months - and too often feel stigma rather than relief from a health care system poorly prepared to treat them, the ...

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created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Report proposes strategies for reducing pollutants in drinking water systems

Researchers have known for more than 40 years that pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) such as hormones, prescription drugs and insecticides, can end up in drinking water systems. A report prepared by the Texas ...

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created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US aims at its deadliest drug problem: painkillers

(AP) -- The White House drug czar wants doctors, states and law enforcement working harder to stop America's deadliest drug-abuse problem: highly addictive prescription painkillers. They are killing more ...

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created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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