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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1407 health Medication & Drugs en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1407 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb92010 hsn/20100210/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb92010 HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:18 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100210/hl_hsn/icupatientsatriskforrareheartrhythmproblem hsn/20100210/icupatientsatriskforrareheartrhythmproblem HealthDay health Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:04:15 GMT HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors and other health-care professionals need to be aware that certain medications can cause a rare, potentially deadly heart rhythm problem called Torsade de Pointes (TdP), says a joint scientific statement by the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_drugged_to_death ap/20100209/us_drugged_to_death AP health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:22:02 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_drugged_to_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.f015d669946d413a941e3980c669e108.drugged_to_death_bx102.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=ABNZWzYUmBgOPpbrmpTD5Q--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="Carolyn Riley sits in Superior Court in Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, during the first day of her murder trial. Riley, of Hull, Mass., is accused in the December 2006 overdose death of her 4-year-old daughter Rebecca. (AP Photo/Gary Higgins, Pool)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Massachusetts woman has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the prescription drug overdose of her 4-year-old daughter.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_he_me/us_drugged_to_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100119/capt.f015d669946d413a941e3980c669e108.drugged_to_death_bx102.jpg?x=130&y=128&q=85&sig=ABNZWzYUmBgOPpbrmpTD5Q--" align="left" height="128" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carolyn Riley sits in Superior Court in Brockton, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, during the first day of her murder trial. Riley, of Hull, Mass., is accused in the December 2006 overdose death of her 4-year-old daughter Rebecca. (AP Photo/Gary Higgins, Pool)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/hl_nm/us_mexico_drugs_rehab nm/20100209/us_mexico_drugs_rehab Reuters health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:27:30 GMT Reuters - A Mexican entrepreneur is luring U.S. drug addicts to plush rehabilitation centers south of the border, even as shoddier Mexican clinics earn a reputation for attracting cartel shootouts. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb82010 hsn/20100209/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb82010 HealthDay health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:39 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100209/hl_hsn/glaucomadrugsmayplayroleinlongerlife hsn/20100209/glaucomadrugsmayplayroleinlongerlife HealthDay health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:49:31 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) --People who take medication to treat glaucoma appear to outlive those who don't treat the eye disease, new research has found. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin afp/20100209/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin AFP politics Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265675303663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=UW_N1SbhPdYExvTwu.Mnog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100209/hl_afp/healthdiseasecancerbreastserotonin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100209/capt.photo_1265675303663-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=UW_N1SbhPdYExvTwu.Mnog--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="The shadows of participants a fund raiser for breast cancer are cast on a poster. A common antidepressant weakens or cancels the beneficial effects of a standard treatment for breast cancer, according to a study released Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100208/hl_nm/us_glaucoma_death nm/20100208/us_glaucoma_death Reuters health Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:38:07 GMT Reuters - Glaucoma drugs appear to reduce the likelihood of death among patients using them compared with those patients receiving no treatment but it is not clear why, U.S. researchers said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_sc/us_pharmawater_landfills ap/20100207/us_pharmawater_landfills AP health Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:24:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_sc/us_pharmawater_landfills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.149d66ccc93b43cbbd6409f00ea72f96.pharmawater_landfills_merb104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vvPY8yD8LjYcFkNt5VuhrQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A man dumps a bag of trash at the town landfill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Bath, Maine. The Kennebec River can be seen n the background. Discarded drugs have been found in water at this land fill and two others in Mane, confirming suspicions that medications thrown into household trash are ending up in water that drains through waste, according to the state's environmental agency. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0" /></a>AP - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100207/ap_on_sc/us_pharmawater_landfills"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100207/capt.149d66ccc93b43cbbd6409f00ea72f96.pharmawater_landfills_merb104.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=vvPY8yD8LjYcFkNt5VuhrQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man dumps a bag of trash at the town landfill, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, in Bath, Maine. The Kennebec River can be seen n the background. Discarded drugs have been found in water at this land fill and two others in Mane, confirming suspicions that medications thrown into household trash are ending up in water that drains through waste, according to the state's environmental agency. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100206/hl_nm/us_ratiopharm_bids nm/20100206/us_ratiopharm_bids Reuters health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:32:58 GMT Reuters - Generic-drug makers Teva and Actavis, backed by Swedish buyout firm EQT, have placed make-or-break bids for German peer Ratiopharm but drug major Pfizer is expected to also be a contender, sources said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100206/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb52010 hsn/20100206/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb52010 HealthDay health Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:49:19 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb42010 hsn/20100205/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb42010 HealthDay health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:48 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100205/hl_hsn/governmenttopayformorethanhalfofushealthcarecosts hsn/20100205/governmenttopayformorethanhalfofushealthcarecosts HealthDay health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:49:44 GMT HealthDay - THURSDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- As jobless Americans lost private health insurance coverage and joined the Medicaid rolls during the recession, U.S. health spending jumped 5.7 percent to $2.5 trillion in 2009, government projections show. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100204/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb32010 hsn/20100204/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb32010 HealthDay health Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:49:57 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100203/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb22010 hsn/20100203/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb22010 HealthDay health Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:49:19 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb12010 hsn/20100202/clinicaltrialsupdatefeb12010 HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:46 GMT HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/diabetesdrughelpsdietingteensloseweight hsn/20100202/diabetesdrughelpsdietingteensloseweight HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:41 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- A medication used to treat type 2 diabetes appears to help overweight teenagers lose weight when combined with a program designed to help them change their lifestyle habits, researchers report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20100202/hl_hsn/herbalremediescancausecardiacproblems hsn/20100202/herbalremediescancausecardiacproblems HealthDay health Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:48:35 GMT HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- The growing number of Americans who are taking traditional herbal medications for heart problems are unaware of the dangers those treatments pose, a new report says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_heart_supplements nm/20100201/us_heart_supplements Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:14:10 GMT Reuters - Taking ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and other widely used herbal supplements may be risky for people on heart disease medication, especially the elderly, according to a medical review released on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/medication/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100201/hl_nm/us_dopamine nm/20100201/us_dopamine Reuters health Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:22:05 GMT Reuters - People with high levels of the hormone dopamine in the brain, and low sensitivity to it, tend to be greater risk takers and may be more prone to addictive behavior, drug abuse and gambling, a study has found.