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Bloomberg Cracks Down On Pain Reliever Prescriptions

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.11.2013 | New York
Read More: Bloomberg, Video, Opioids, Nanny State, Percocet, Painkiller Restriction, Oxycontin, Thomas Farley, Painkillers, Vicodin, Pain Reliever, New York News

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is again pushing new regulations aimed at making New Yorkers healthier. This time, he's calling for restrictions on the amount...

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The Allure of Pain Meds

Kelly Bergin | Posted 03.12.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Pain Killers, Percocet, Generation Why, Painkillers Cancer, Percocet Cancer, Yaa Cancer, Vicodin, Pain Medicine, Pain Meds Side Effects, Pain Meds, Cancer Oxycontin, Young Adult Cancer, Oxycontin, Cancer Survivor, Painkillers, Vicodin Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Pain Meds, Healthy Living News
Kelly Bergin

It wasn't until after my surgery for cancer at 21 that I took my very first painkiller. But like many others before me, I made the fatal error of mistaking drugs for happiness.

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Official: 'We've Got A Problem' With Prescription Drugs

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 06.05.2012 | Business
Read More: Oxycodone, Congress, Norco, Video, Percocet, Advocates for the Reform of Prescription Opioids, Drug Enforcement Administration, Oxycontin, Addiction and Recovery, Lortab, Associated Press, Vicodin, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Percodan, Business News

NEW YORK — Sales of the nation's two most popular prescription painkillers have exploded in new parts of the country, an Associated Press analys...

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White House Cuts Nearly All Presidential Dollar Coin Production

AP | By JULIE PACE | Posted 12.13.2011 | Business
Read More: Video, Presidential Coins, Percocet, Oxycontin, The United States Mint, Federal Reserve, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Justice Department, Medicare Fraud, Vice President Joe Biden, Presidential $1 Coin Act, The White House, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The presidential dollar coin has fallen victim to Washington's cost cutting efforts. The White House said Tuesday it is stopping nearly...

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"Kidney Stone II: The Sequel"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: X-Ray, Nurse, Stamford Advocate, Urologist, Humor, Hospital, Prescription, Anesthesiologist, Medical, Doctor, CAT Scan, Long Island, Stamford, Kidney Stones, Percocet, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

In what I fear will become a series with more sequels than "Rocky," I had my second kidney stone.

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Not Another Year-End List!

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Blogosphere, John McCain, Percocet, Jet Blue, Sandy Newman, Haley Barbour, Christine O'donnell, Keith Olbermann, Demos, Wikileaks, Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Voices for Preogress, Cable News, The American Prospect, u.s. Intelligence, Sharron Angle, Mediaite, Politics News
Michael Sigman

Why am I so obsessed with American politics in the first place? Does it really matter, or does interest in politics merely occupy the same part of the brain that used to handle starting line-ups, batting averages and RBI's?

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Meditation or Medication? Or Both?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Jack Kornfield, Vipassana, Percocet, Zoloft, Ambien, Addiction, Brooke SHields, Clancy Martin, Anti-Depressants, Tylenol, Harper's, Trudy Goodman, Meditation, Tom Cruise, Buddhism, Alcoholics Anonymous, Medication, Sylvia Boorstein, Healthy Living News
Michael Sigman

A decade ago, having recently begun Buddhist meditation practice, I attended a lecture/Q&A with a Tibetan master at a Buddhist center in Hollywood. Th...

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MD's for Sale

Dr. Johnny Benjamin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Dr. Johnny Benjamin

Once your celebrity clients have put you on the map as a 'doctor to the stars' the boundaries may become blurred.

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A Ban on Painkillers Helps No One

Joshua Lyon | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Percocet, Prescription Painkillers, Dea, Prescription Drugs, Banning, Painkillers, Prescription Pills, Vicodin, Pills, Prescription Medication, Fda, Health, Healthy Living News
Joshua Lyon

We can't combat painkillers like any other drug epidemic by trying to eliminate the source. The medications must remain available to people who are living with debilitating diseases.

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Panel Wants Ban on Percocet and Vicodin

nytimes.com | Gardiner Harris | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Food and Drug Administration, Acetaminophen, Prescription Painkillers, Ban, Percocet, Prescription Drugs, Women's Health, Painkillers, Liver, Vicodin, Men's Health, Narcotics, Liver Health, Wellness, Health, Healthy Living News

A federal advisory panel voted narrowly on Tuesday to recommend a ban on Percocet and Vicodin, two of the most popular prescription painkillers in the...

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Cindy McCain's Drug Addiction More Extensive Than Previously Thought

Washington Post | Kimberly Kindy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Cindy Mccain Drug Addiction, John McCain, Percocet, Anheuser-Busch, Cindy McCain, Vicodin, Politics News

When Cindy McCain is asked what issues she would champion as first lady, she often cites one of the most difficult periods of her life: her battle wit...

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