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Kids' high blood pressure goes untreated
Aug 21 2007 10:06PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - More than 1 million U.S. youngsters have undiagnosed high blood pressure, leaving them at risk for developing organ damage down the road, a study suggests.
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FDA to study images' impact in drug ads
Aug 21 2007 8:06PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal regulators plan to study whether relaxing, upbeat images featured in TV drug ads distract consumers from warnings about the drugs' risks.
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Survey: Post-storm mental health worsens
Aug 21 2007 8:06PM (CT)
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More Gulf Coast residents are thinking seriously about suicide or showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as the recovery from Hurricane Katrina inches along, a new survey finds.
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States seek examination on energy drinks
Aug 21 2007 4:57PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Beverage companies that sell alcoholic energy drinks were harshly criticized Tuesday by more than two dozen state attorneys general who want federal officials to examine the ingredients and marketing of the drinks they say are aimed at underage customers.
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Hydrocodone abuse on rise in Appalachia
Aug 21 2007 2:56PM (CT)
GILBERT, W.Va. (AP) - When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow. Soon, he lost his house, the state took his children away and he was spending nights under a bridge, where he hoped to die.
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Hydrocodone abuse on rise in Appalachia
Aug 21 2007 2:56PM (CT)
GILBERT, W.Va. (AP) - When his craving for painkillers got to be too much, Steve Dotson lay down and let his wife drive a car over his leg. It hurt, but he could dismiss the pain with thoughts of the medicated bliss that would follow. Soon, he lost his house, the state took his children away and he was spending nights under a bridge, where he hoped to die.
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