Prescription Drugs

Marketing, Not Medicine, Boosts Robotic Surgery, Misrepesents Safety

Marketing, Not Medicine, Boosts Robotic Surgery, Misrepesents Safety
The rise of Intuitive's robot surgery also shows flaws in how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates the marketing of medical devices, which includes everything from radiation therapy machines to implanted devices such as artificial hips and … Read more on… Continue reading →

Students Urged to Spread Message About Drug Abuse – Sacramento Bee

Students urged to spread message about drug abuse – Sacramento Bee


The Courier-Journal (blog)
Students urged to spread message about drug abuse
Sacramento Bee
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky students are being recruited to spread the message about the dangers of prescription drug abuse. State Attorney General Jack Conway on… Continue reading →

Prescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined – Christian Science Monitor

Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined – Christian Science Monitor


Christian Science Monitor
Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
Christian Science Monitor
More people are dying in the US from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says,… Continue reading →

Prescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined

Prescription drug abuse now more deadly than heroin, cocaine combined
More people are dying in the US from prescription drugs than from heroin and cocaine combined, a new study says, signaling that pill abuse is not just the leading cause of drug overdose deaths, but that it also requires more… Continue reading →

Prescription Drug Abuse: More Than Half of States Score 6 or Less Out of 10 on … – PR Newswire (Press Release)

Prescription Drug Abuse: More than Half of States Score 6 or Less out of 10 on … – PR Newswire (press release)


WJAC Johnstown

Montgomery School Leaders Organize ‘conversation’ About Substance Abuse – Washington Post

Montgomery school leaders organize ‘conversation’ about substance abuse – Washington Post

Montgomery school leaders organize 'conversation' about substance abuse
Washington Post
School officials have called a countywide “conversation” about drug and alcohol abuse among Montgomery County students, with a two-hour meeting planned for Monday. Superintendent Joshua P. Starr asked that… Continue reading →