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The Decade In Health: New Bugs, Scary Food, Bad Drugs

usatoday.com | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living


As the decade comes to a close, USA TODAY looks at some of the more newsworthy medical stories of the past 10 years....

America's Health Care Addiction

Craig Bowron | Posted 11.29.2009 | Politics


Craig Bowron

How does a country with perhaps the most innovative health care system in the world produce average health care outcomes? It's simple: much of the innovation hasn't delivered.

This Week In Cheating: Drugs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy


Jeff Kreisler

So, let me get this straight: Pfizer is the drug company who'll lie to you, but Merck's the one that'll kill you?

The NY Times Made Me Do It

Charles Warner | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media


Charles Warner

The nation's journal of record; America's first draft of history; the Grey Lady, -- the New York Times -- got it wrong and that the crowd-sourced, open-source, oft-criticized Wikipedia got it right.

Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

Pharma: Still Chasing Skirts

Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau | Posted 04.13.2009 | Business


Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau

As someone who spent ten years inside the pharmaceutical industry, I can tell you one thing for sure: Big Pharma goes where the money is. And the money is with the ladies.

Why I Take Animal-Tested Drugs

Simon Chaitowitz | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living


Simon Chaitowitz

Throughout the past six years, I have felt terribly guilty about the drugs and procedures I've undergone because I know that so many animals have suffered in their development.

To the Presidential Candidates....Debate This!

Deirdre Imus | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics


Deirdre Imus

No question, the energy and economic crisis affect us all. But noticeably absent from the primaries and now the presidential debates have been any discussions about America's children.

FDA: Another Government Regulatory Disaster -- II of III

Deirdre Imus | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics


Deirdre Imus

Besides a complete overhaul, a few prosecutions might be just the medicine the FDA needs.

Merck Agrees To $58M Settlement Over Vioxx Ad Claims

AP | MARTHA RAFFAELE | Posted 05.28.2008 | Business


HARRISBURG, Pa. — Merck & Co. has agreed to pay $58 million as part of a multistate settlement of allegations that its ads for the once-popular ...

Merck Settles With Govt Over Rebates

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


TRENTON, N.J. — In one of the biggest U.S. health care fraud settlements ever, Merck & Co. will pay $671 million to settle claims it overcharged...

Merck Settles Vioxx Lawsuits For $4.85 Bil

New York Times | Alex Berenson | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Three years after withdrawing its pain medication Vioxx from the market, Merck has agreed to pay $4.85 billion to settle 27,000 lawsuits by people who...