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Report: ‘Toxic’ Australian swim culture marred team’s ‘Lonely Olympics’
Drunkenness, misuse of prescription drugs and bullying were among “toxic” incidents in the under-performing Australian swimming team at the London Olympics, a report said on Tuesday. So bad was morale at the 2012 Games, swimmers described them as the “lonely Olympics” and the “individual Olympics”, the damning Bluestone Review submitted…
Affordable Care Act’s ‘donut hole’ fix saves seniors $5.7 billion
The Affordable Care Act’s prescription for the so-called “donut hole” in Medicare Part D has saved America’s disabled and elderly $5.7 billion on prescription drugs since being implemented, according to a report published Thursday (PDF) by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The patch in the law works by…
FDA issues consumer alert about fake online pharmacies
The US Food and Drug Administration launched a national campaign Friday alerting consumers to the risks of phony web pharmacies. The warning comes as nearly one in four people who shop online say they have bought prescription drugs on the Internet, according to the FDA. “Buying medicines from rogue online…
U.S. kids taking less antibiotics and more ADHD meds
More drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and fewer antibiotics are being prescribed to US children and teenagers compared to a decade ago, said a US study on Monday. Also, contraceptive prescriptions soared 93 percent from 2002 to 2010, though the reasons for the rise remain unclear, said the research…
Drug bust at Christian university nets 17 students
After a six-month investigation, police have arrested 17 students, including four football players, from Texas Christian University (TCU) Wednesday morning for selling marijuana, ecstasy pills and other drugs on campus. Authorities took the students into custody discovered that they sold a wide variety of drugs, according to TCU360.com. Prescription drugs…
Ron Paul: War on drugs undermines civil liberties
Texas Rep. Ron Paul said during Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate that the war on drugs should end. After saying the border between Mexico and the U.S. needed to be secured and the welfare state needed to be rolled back, Paul described the war on drugs as “a total failure”…
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