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National Medication Safety

8-month-old overdoses on medication patch: Keep kids safe

An 8-month-old child from Maine, overdosed on powerful painkillers when he sucked on his grandparent’s used 50-microgram-per-hour fentanyl...
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Rite Aid penalized for poor patient privacy policies: Million dollar settlement for HIPAA violations

Rite Aid has agreed to pay a million dollar settlement, and provide additional training to employees after multiple HIPAA (Health Insurance...
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What do you do with recalled Children's or Infant's Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Benadryl or Zyrtec?

Many consumers are left wondering what to do with leftover recalled medicine, after McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalled a long list of children'...
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Tylenol Recall 2010 - Huge McNeil Consumer Healthcare Recall of Children's & Infant's Medicine

McNeil Consumer Healthcare recalls Tylenol, Benadryl and other children's medicines Image Courtesy : McNeil Product Recall Page On the 30th of...
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Safety of anti-Red Bull sleep tonics questioned by FDA- What is melatonin, and how much is safe?

Melatonin-based sleep aid drinks may be unsafe, according to the FDA. Research has shown, however, that melatonin supplementation is safe in...
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Casey Johnson autopsy results show death from diabetes complications- what is diabetic ketoacidosis?

Casey Johnson Died of Diabetic Ketoacidosis AP Photo/Nick Ut Casey Johnson, the Johnson & Johnson heiress linked to reality show star Tila...
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Coroner: Brittany Murphy died of pneumonia, anemia, prescription drugs- Was it Mycoplasma pneumonia?

Family of Brittany Murphy devastated by her death from pneumonia AP Photo/Chris Pizzello The coroner's report for the tragic and untimely death of...
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Jay Reatard autopsy results are in - Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr. died from cocaine toxicity plus alcohol

Jay Reatard cause of death revealed: The medical examiner's report has been released for Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., also known as Jay Reatard, a...
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Health 101: Will taking a baby aspirin every day prevent heart attack or stroke? New studies say no

Millions of Americans take a low dose of aspirin on a daily basis, in order to prevent heart attack or stroke, typically with a baby aspirin, which...
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Cases of Measles skyrocket due to MMR vaccine side effect/autism study -UK Panel rules Doc unethical

A UK medical panel has ruled that Dr. Andrew Wakefield, a doctor now practicing in the U.S., was unethical in his study of the effects of the MMR...
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