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January 18, 2017

Industry money may taint advice from patient groups, regulators

As a social worker, Susannah Rose referred clients with cancer to patient advocacy groups she trusted to dispense unbiased advice - until she heard the groups might be taking money from pharmaceutical companies.

January 18, 2017

Autopsy: Oklahoma State student died of alcohol poisoning

An autopsy on an Oklahoma State University student from Texas who was found dead in a fraternity house says he died of alcohol poisoning and an enlarged heart.

January 16, 2017

Secret trove reveals bold 'crusade' to make OxyContin a blockbuster

The pharmaceutical sales representatives from health care giant Abbott Laboratories had a problem.

January 13, 2017

A scientist shares his lonely battle to withdraw from painkillers

Travis Rieder spent more than four weeks in hospitals and nearly lost his foot after a van ran a stop sign and struck his motorcycle on Memorial Day weekend in 2015.

January 12, 2017

Top prevention priorities for patients and doctors

Focusing on a handful of top prevention priorities can add years to life expectancy for everyone in a family, experts advise.

January 11, 2017

12-year-old hospitalized after ingesting marijuana edible on school bus

A 12-year-old boy in Massachusetts was hospitalized after ingesting a marijuana edible on his public school bus, and now local school officials are trying to figure out where he got the substance so other students aren’t harmed.

January 10, 2017

Scientists find clues to why binge-drinking causes binge-eating

Scientists have found that the brain cells in mice that stimulate the urge to eat can be activated by alcohol as well as by hunger - a discovery that could help explain why binge drinking often leads to binge eating.

January 10, 2017

Ohio man pleads guilty to selling opioids that led to 26 overdoses in a day

In a West Virginia case that highlights a growing nationwide epidemic, an Ohio drug dealer has pleaded guilty to selling opioid-laced heroin that was responsible for at least 26 overdoses in a single day.

January 9, 2017

Seattle police warn people about dangerous heroin purity

Seattle police are warning heroin users about dangerous purity levels after several recent overdoses.

January 9, 2017

Mom shares harrowing picture of hospitalized daughter to warn others on ecstasy

A mother has pleaded with youngsters to avoid taking Ecstasy – after posting pictures of her teenage daughter in a coma after she popped a pill.