Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts


Read CNN’s Fast Facts on performance-enhancing drugs in sports and learn more about professional athletes in connection with steroids, HGH and other PEDs.


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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Maria Sharapova to appeal drugs ban

Maria Sharapova to appeal drugs ban



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Monday, May 9, 2016

Chemsex, drugs and death: London lawyer who lost lover

Chemsex, drugs and death: London lawyer who lost lover



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Monday, April 25, 2016

Rethinking the Global War on Drugs

Rethinking the Global War on Drugs


A United Nations meeting didn’t deliver a direly needed overhaul, but it was a step in the right direction.


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Thursday, December 10, 2015

Psychiatric Drugs Are Being Prescribed to Infants

Psychiatric Drugs Are Being Prescribed to Infants


Many doctors worry that these drugs are used despite no published research into their effectiveness and potential health risks for children so young.


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Senators Condemn Big Price Increases for Drugs

Senators Condemn Big Price Increases for Drugs


A Senate hearing focused on Turing Pharmaceuticals and Valeant, which have sharply increased the prices of drugs they have acquired.


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Monday, November 30, 2015

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts

Performance Enhancing Drugs in Sports Fast Facts













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Monday, November 16, 2015

The New Health Care: How to Decrease Prices for an Expensive Class of Drugs

The New Health Care: How to Decrease Prices for an Expensive Class of Drugs


Two professors suggest requiring biologic manufacturers to disclose drug production details in exchange for a longer period of market exclusivity.










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Monday, November 9, 2015

Lower Cholesterol With Diet Instead of Drugs

Lower Cholesterol With Diet Instead of Drugs


Even when taking a cholesterol-lowering drug, healthy eating, such as the Mediterranean diet, and exercise are needed to maximize benefits, experts say.


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Saturday, October 31, 2015

In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs

In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs


With more middle-class families losing children to the drug, forgiveness, not condemnation, is the tone now being struck by many public officials.










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Thursday, October 15, 2015

Ask Well: Taking Heartburn Drugs Long-Term

Ask Well: Taking Heartburn Drugs Long-Term


The most popular acid reflux medications — proton pump inhibitors like Nexium, Prilosec and Prevacid, which are taken daily — can have serious side effects with long-term use.


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Sunday, September 20, 2015

A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug’s Price Raises Protests

A Huge Overnight Increase in a Drug’s Price Raises Protests


The price of the drug, called Daraprim, a standard of care for treating a life-threatening parasitic infection, went to $ 750 a tablet from $ 13.50.










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Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Kenyan duo fail drugs tests at World Championships

Kenyan duo fail drugs tests at World Championships












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