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Trial over New Mexico 'right-to-die' law to begin
A legal challenge to a decades-old New Mexico law that prohibits physicians from helping terminally ill patients die is set to go to trial.
Dec 9, 2013
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Medications
Drug firms argue against $1.2B Arkansas judgment
(AP)—A lawyer for two drug companies told the Arkansas Supreme Court that the state improperly relied on federal regulations in a lawsuit that resulted in a $1.2 billion award over the companies' marketing of an antipsychotics ...
Feb 27, 2014
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Cardiology
From Dr. Oz to heart valves: A tiny device charted a contentious path through the FDA
In 2013, the FDA approved an implantable device to treat leaky heart valves. Among its inventors was Mehmet Oz, the former television personality and former U.S. Senate candidate widely known as "Dr. Oz."
Jul 15, 2024
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Medical economics
Black women's group sues Johnson & Johnson over baby powder
(Healthday News)—Johnson & Johnson is being sued by the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) over the company's marketing of baby powder to Black women.
Jul 28, 2021
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Records show Publix opioid sales grew even as addiction crisis prompted other chains' pullback
An executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals flagged Publix Super Markets in October 2015 after detecting what he called in an email "serious red flags" with the grocery chain's orders of powerful opioids.
Feb 1, 2024
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Georgia high court rejects challenge to 20-week abortion ban
Georgia's highest court on Monday rejected a challenge to a state law banning most abortions after 20 weeks, saying the courts are barred from considering lawsuits against the state without the state's consent.
Jun 19, 2017
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Medications
California counties sue over painkiller marketing
Two California counties have filed a lawsuit accusing five drug companies of waging a campaign of deception to boost the sales of painkillers behind the nation's prescription drug addiction problem.
May 22, 2014
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Health
Nebraska official certifies Medicaid expansion ballot item
A proposal to expand Medicaid in Nebraska moved closer Friday to getting on the November ballot after the state's top elections official determined there are enough valid signatures to send the question to voters.
Aug 24, 2018
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Appeals court tosses $72 million award in talcum powder case
A Missouri appeals court on Tuesday that vacated a $72 million award to an Alabama woman who claimed her use of Johnson & Johnson products that contained talcum contributed to her ovarian cancer has thrown the fate of awards ...
Oct 17, 2017
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Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds
An Ohio hospital system says an intensive care doctor ordered "significantly excessive and potentially fatal" doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked to stop lifesaving ...
Jan 15, 2019
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