Prescription Drugs

Children's Defense Fund Founder: McCain Will Leave Millions Of Children Uninsured

Diane Tucker | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home


Diane Tucker

"Sen. McCain has no specific plan for children. We keep a Congressional scorecard... Senator McCain received the lowest score of anyone in the Senate in 2007."

No Redemption for Preemption

Doug Bremner | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living


Doug Bremner

While Americans sit mesmerized by Sarah Palin clapping into the microphone and rambling on about Greek Columns while her daughter wipes down her young...

Obama's Coming Battle With Conscience

Angela Bonavoglia | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Angela Bonavoglia

Faith-based institutions have done an enormous amount to improve people's lives, but determining how to support that work in a country that values the separation of church and state is no easy matter.

No Child Left Undrugged

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living


John W. Whitehead

By the time 4-year-old Rebecca Riley died from an overdose of psychiatric drugs on Dec. 13, 2006, she was taking Clonidine, as well as the anti-convulsant Depakote and the anti-psychotic Seroquel.

Pills, Placebos, and Prescription Drugs - Oh My!

Huffington Post | Verena von Pfetten | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


It looks like pills are a popular subject this week. Yesterday, Newsweek dove in to the dangerous debate over placebo pills. No one is saying "posit...

Bush: Stop Online Drug Sales

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — President Bush on Saturday urged Congress to pass legislation aimed at ending illegal sales of highly addictive prescription drugs ...

Inside Ambien Abuse

Newsweek | Karen Springen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


When it comes to teens and drug abuse, prescription medications (or "pharmies") are now second only to marijuana in popularity. Overall, teen abuse of...

Corporate Policies Can Play Role In Pharmacy Errors

USA Today | Kevin McCoy, Erik Brady | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Pharmacy chains say they've spent billions of dollars on safety technology and other improvements that have cut their prescription-error rates to a fr...

Bronx Stop Two: National Doughnut on Bedford Park Blvd.

NYCity News Service | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


NYCity News Service

In the central Bronx neighborhood of Bedford Park, we talked with Lourdes Roche and Mark Anthony Seda about prescription drug costs and troop withdrawal. Listen to the doughnut shop discussion.

Sam Stein

Obama Called Out Ted Kennedy: "You're Getting A Little Old...Get Some Spine"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


While on the campaign trail, Sen. Barack Obama's constant refrain has been that on legislative matters of great import, he is the one major candidate ...

Kentucky Declares War, Sues Makers Of Oxycontin

AP | Samira Jafari | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Kentucky officials on Thursday sued the manufacturer of OxyContin, the prescription painkiller dubbed "hillbilly heroin," because of widespread abuse ...

Annual Inflation In Drug Costs At Lowest Rate In Three Decades

New York Times | Stephanie Saul | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


As overall health care costs continue to rise sharply, prescription drugs have emerged as a surprising exception. Annual inflation in drug costs is a...

Wal-Mart Revamps Employees' Health Care Plans

New York Times | Michael Barbaro | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Wal-Mart, long criticized for its health care coverage, unveiled a broad plan yesterday that is intended to cut employee costs, expand coverage and of...