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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

Wastewater clues to illicit drug use

A new chemical analysis of sewage is revealing more detailed information than ever about drug abuse trends.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Technology / Internet

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

Q&A: Paul Ehrlich fears the worst for a planet with 7 billion residents

The United Nations projects that world population will reach 7 billion this month and could top 10 billion by the end of the century.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 4

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.

Space & Earth / Environment

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

Integrative Way: Hope for menopausal symptoms

As many women know, the Women's Health Initiative Study from 2002 showed that estrogen was not the dream treatment for menopausal symptoms that we once thought it was; estrogen treatment after menopause, especially when combined ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | 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 ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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

New chemistry technology promises more effective prescription drug therapies

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Toronto and Stanford and Columbia Universities have developed a way to measure the action and function of candidate prescription drugs on human cells, including the response ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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 ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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

Erectile ills often just a symptom

Erectile dysfunction is a common topic today - at least for TV advertisers. The three main drugs - Viagra, Cialis, Levitra - each has a "signature" image.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Research finds 'dispense as written' prescriptions may add $7.7 billion to annual health care costs

Approximately five percent of prescriptions submitted by CVS Caremark Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) members in a 30-day period during 2009 included a "dispense as written" (DAW) designation. This practice – whereby ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Despite uncertain benefit, fibrates commonly used in US, Canada

Although recent evidence suggests that the clinical benefit may be uncertain for fibrates, a class of drugs used for the treatment of high lipid levels, use of these drugs is common in the U.S. and Canada, with usage increasing ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Use of $4 generic drug programs could save society billions of dollars, study shows

If all eligible patients filled their prescriptions through a $4 generic drug program, the societal savings could amount to nearly $6 billion, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 14, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Senate bill aims to combat pharmaceutical theft

(AP) -- Law enforcement officials would have more leeway to pursue and punish criminals who steal prescription pharmaceuticals under a proposal introduced Tuesday by Senate lawmakers.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA cracks down on untested cold medicines

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration says it will remove roughly 500 unapproved cold and allergy medications from the market as part of an ongoing campaign cracking down on ineffective prescription medications.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0