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Happy New Year?

Douglas Forbes | Posted 12.30.2009 | Media

I'm sorry, but did I miss something? Can someone please explain to me why exactly I'm supposed to be so happy?

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Sexual Addiction: The New Swine Flu Or Vast Female Conspiracy?

Robert Rosenthal | Posted 12.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Addiction, Tiger Woods Affair, Drugs, Sexuality, Sex, Tiger Woods, Conspiracy Theories, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

Ladies and brothers, let us be frank: men are pig dogs. We like sex. We think about sex. We crave sex. A man knows within a millisecond of seeing a woman whether he finds her sexually attractive.

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Medicalization is the New Happy Hour

Elissa Stein | Posted 12.17.2009 | Impact

Read More: Big Pharma, Medicalization, Hrt, Prescription Drugs, Menopause, Impact News

We are becoming, or perhaps we now are, a society of quick fixes. Of convenience. Of taking the easy way out. Inconvenienced by periods? Sign up for Lybrel. Can't get it up anymore? Take Viagra.

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No Mo Joe

Norman Goldman | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Base, President, Dorgan, Prescription Drugs, Health Insurance, Obama, Reform, Lieberman, Politics News

Not only should the Democrats say "no" to more Joe, they should realize they are destroying their base, and that the President has lost his mojo.

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Doughnuts For Dorgan: Drug Reimportation Killed In Deal That Might Get Cheaper Drugs For Seniors

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Big Pharma, Durbin, Prescription Drugs, Re-Importation, Roll Call, Sheldon Whitehouse, Cost of Health Care Reform, Canada, Pharma, Prescription Drug Prices, Senate, Drug Deal, Dorgan, Health Care Reform, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, John Cornyn, Politics News

President Obama and the Senate leadership can't whip up the votes necessary to pass a public option or even a Medicare buy-in compromise, but they did...

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The Fatal Prescription Pad

Deepak Chopra | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care, Prescription Drug Abuse, Antibiotic Resistance, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Antibiotics, Doctors, Penicillin, Prescription Painkillers, Wellness, Living News

It's well known that the most expensive medical technology in America is a doctor's ballpoint pen. But now we discover that the prescription pad can also be deadly.

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Pharma Deal To Be Tested On Senate Floor

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 12.05.2009 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has promised to allow a vote on re-importing prescription drugs from Canada as an amendment to the health c...

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The Price of Prescription Drugs Around the World

D. Brad Wright | Posted 12.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Health Care Costs, Health Care, Health, Prescription Drugs, Politics News

We've come to the end of the health care costs world tour and conclude today with a look at the price of three prescription drugs: Plavix, Nexium, and...

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Drug Companies Raising Prices Ahead Of Reform

nytimes.com | DUFF WILSON | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Big Pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Merck, Health Care Costs, Prescription Drug Costs, Drug Companies, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Drug Prices, Healthcare, Consumer Price Index, Business News

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

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Big Pharma Raises Prices 10% Even As It Promises To Cut Nation's Drug Costs

New York Times | DUFF WILSON | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislatio...

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Anna Nicole: Killer Support

Lorraine Roe | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Support, Prescription Drugs, Alanon, Drug Addiction, Anna Nicole Smith, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

We all need entourages in life. It's who we choose that makes the difference. Are we selecting people who nurture our egos or our souls? Are they people who are energy vampires or those who take responsibility for their words and deeds?

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Let Insiders Make Health Deals

Jim Jaffe | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Plan, Hospitals, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Doctors, Max Baucus Health Care, Obama Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Each time politicians seeking to make a deal try to move the ball forward, there's a vocal reaction from those who can't tell the difference between making a deal and selling out.

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Americans on Drugs

Francine Hardaway | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: SLHI.Org, Prescription Drugs, Fda, HealthworksAZ.Org, Health Care Reform, Iguard, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Inside DC, Living News

The number one problem doctors report about treating patients is failure to take prescription medications correctly, regardless of patient age.

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Real Healthcare Reform Starts With Prescription Drug Reform

David S. Kloth, M.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health, Living News

The healthiest approach to our health care system is to begin by reducing its enormous waste and fixing its glaring inefficiencies. Only then can we truly have a reformed health care system.

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Drug Or Soccer Team? Take The Quiz!

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 12.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: RX Names, Prescription Drug Names, Comedy Quiz, Soccer Teams, Soccer, Prescription Drugs, Comedy News

We've all gotten used to making fun of prescription drug names, which pretty much all sound like someone took the Latin word for youth or health or ...

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More Than Half Million Kids React Badly To Drugs

AP | LINDSEY TANNER | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Hospitalization, Kids, Children, Prevention, Health, Side Effects, Prescription Drugs, Antibiotics, Medical Treatment, Drugs, Medicine, Penicillin, Children's Health, Drug, Wellness, Living News

CHICAGO — More than half a million U.S. children yearly have bad reactions or side effects from widely used medicines that require medical treat...

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Who Owns Congress?

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 11.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Bernie Sanders, Big Oil, Health Care, Defense Budget, Lobbyists, Campaign Finance, Politics News

How does it happen that Wall Street was able to convince Congress to deregulate their industry, to be in a position to bring the economy down?

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Health Care Reform: Drug Companies Are The Big Winners

usnews.com | Rick Newman | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Baucus Bill, Pharmaceutical Industry, Health Care Costs, Drug Companies, Health Care Reform, Prescription Drugs, Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

As Congress gets closer to final healthcare-reform legislation, the central question remains murky: Who will foot the bill? Figures contained in th...

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Congressman Elijah Cummings: It's Our Moral Responsibility

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Elijah Cummings, Medicare Prescription Drugs, President Obama, Cummings, Health, Congress, Obama Health Care, Democrats, Drug Companies, Congressman Cummings, Clinton, Health Care, Donut Hole, Congressional Democrats, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Senator Baucus, Medicare, Politics News

I talked extensively with Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and what is apparent is the Congressman's passion to reform our nation's health care system.

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Michael Steele: Meet Amanda Duzak

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard University, Michael Steele, Townhall Meetings, Healthcare, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Chemotherapy, Towson University, Prescription Drugs, Cancer, Health Care, Michael Steele Howard University, Amanda Duzak, Politics News

At a student dialogue Tuesday, recent grad Amanda Duzak told Steele that her mother was unable to afford medication, and died recently of cancer. Steele turned his back on her, and the crowd applauded.

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Prescription Drug Bulk Purchasing Finally a Reality...In LA

Jamie Court | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, President Obama, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Prescription Drug Bulk Purchasing, Politics News

If the City of Los Angeles can put a prescription drug bulk purchasing card in the hands of every resident, why can't the United States of America?

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LA Rx: Making Medicine Affordable for LA

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles, Health Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Starting today, every major pharmacy in Los Angeles will give a 5 to 40 percent discount on the prescription medication people need to live a healthy life.

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MJ's Story Highlights Ease of Getting Prescriptions

Brad Lamm | Posted 09.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Prescription Drug Addiction, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Prescription Drugs, Michael-Jackson-Prescription-Drugs, Prescription Painkillers, Drug Overdose, Entertainment News

These prescriptions have enormous medical value for a variety of ailments, but without proper screening of patients they are as deadly as cyanide and as disruptive as a loaded gun on a playground.

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David Vitter Had a Lousy Week

Senate Guru | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: 2010 Senate, Louisiana, La-Sen, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Canada, David Vitter, Ethics Violation, Politics News

David Vitter does seem to have a recurring problem resisting temptations that cross ethical and legal boundaries, doesn't he?

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Health Care Reform Begins in the Kitchen

Barry Sears | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Prescription Drugs, Health Care, Anti-Inflammatory, Diet, Inflammation, The Zone Diet, Living News

For health care reform to be meaningful, it has to start in the kitchen. If that happens, then you can have basic insurance for everyone without breaking the bank.

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