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Prozac: What's Race Got to Do With It?

Recent studies show that race and health insurance status may determine whether or not doctors prescribe antidepressants to their patients.

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| Thu Apr. 12, 2012 12:40 PM PDT
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A Stupid, Costly Regulation Obama Should Kill

Ending the asthma inhaler giveaway to drug companies could save consumers and the government billions.

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| Tue Mar. 20, 2012 8:15 AM PDT

US Pushes the World to Import Our Dodgy Meat

The Obama administration wants its trading partners to ignore concerns about American meat laced with a controversial chemical.

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| Wed Feb. 8, 2012 5:08 PM PST

Rep. Dan Burton's Legacy: Lots of Sick Kids

Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) is famous for lots of congressional craziness. But often forgotten is his legacy of wrongly convincing millions of Americans parents that childhood vaccines cause autism.

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| Tue Jan. 31, 2012 1:57 PM PST

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BPA Makes Little Girls Anxious and Depressed

Yet more reasons why BPA should be banned from your Campbell's soup.

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| Tue Oct. 25, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Rick Scott Takes the Piss Out of Florida Taxpayers

Florida's governor has his state paying for gallons of welfare recipients' drug-free pee.

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| Thu Aug. 25, 2011 10:40 AM PDT

John Boehner's Boys-Only Lobbyist Golfing Buddies

Want some face time with the speaker of the House? Try being a corporate lobbyist at one of America's most exclusive country clubs.

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| Tue Aug. 16, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Hash in the Holy Land

Israel's government has made medical marijuana more accessible. A look at weed, Israel, and Judaism.

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| Fri Aug. 12, 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Why You're Paying More to Breathe

How Big Pharma claimed the ecofriendly high ground while sucking billions of dollars out of asthma sufferers.

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| Mon Jul. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

A Congressional Bailout for a Pharma Firm?

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| Tue Jun. 28, 2011 4:45 PM PDT

Patent Reform Bill's Wall Street Bailout

Hidden provision would protect banks that allegedly ripped off a small-time inventor.

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| Fri Jun. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

When Medical Journals Are Big Pharma Infomercials

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| Wed Jun. 8, 2011 1:00 PM PDT

Gem of the Week: Big Pharma in Juvie

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| Fri May. 27, 2011 5:18 AM PDT

Are Nursing Homes Overmedicating Residents?

A new report says yes.

— By Marian Wang, ProPublica

 | Wed May. 11, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Is Your Drugstore Selling Your Private Information to Big Pharma?

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| Tue Mar. 15, 2011 9:50 AM PDT

Pot Shots: How to Smoke Medical Marijuana

Portraits of patients in the act of inhaling.

Photographs by Robyn Twomey/Text by Tim J Luddy

 | Sat Feb. 26, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Are America's Health Agencies Covering Up a Connection Between Children's Vaccines and Autism?

Are the CDC, the FDA, and other health agencies covering up evidence that a mercury preservative in children's vaccines caused a rise in autism?

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| Wed Feb. 23, 2011 4:15 PM PST

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's Abortion Crusade

The long, controversial, hard-line history on reproductive rights of Wisconsin's under-fire governor.

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| Mon Feb. 21, 2011 12:51 PM PST

Quitting Smoking Can Be Dangerous to Your Health

How Pfizer and the FDA dropped the ball on a blockbuster anti-smoking pill.

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| Wed Dec. 15, 2010 4:00 AM PST

My Big Levaquin Adventure

How a question about the gym turned into a medical odyssey.

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| Tue Dec. 7, 2010 4:51 AM PST