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Nolotil painkillers are still prescribed in Spain, but is banned in many other countries.

‘People are dying’: A popular painkiller in Spain may have killer side effects

Health & Medicine

In Spain, the government is facing legal action over one of the country’s most popular prescription painkillers. A patients’ advocacy group claims the drug can have potentially fatal side effects. And Britons traveling in Spain may be most at risk.

Stolling outdoors

Getting outside is a prescription for better health

Health

Tennessee struggling with homemade meth problem

Global Politics

Does Medicare Part D Care About Safety?

Obama Administration Appealing Judge’s Ruling on Plan B

Does Finding Purpose Have Health Benefits?

What if the old “apple-a-day” approach to health is wrong? Normally, we’re completely focused on the details of a prescription for a healthy life – an apple a day, eight hours of sleep, 30 minutes of exercise, no cigarettes, no saturated fats, limited sodium, and so on. But what if you started with the big-picture […]

Plugging Kids Into the Great Outdoors

Getting the kids to take a hike can sometimes meet resistance, but commentator Bonnie Auslander found some solutions.

Should Pharmaceutical Reps Have the Right to Doctors’ Prescription Histories?

How do you define the right to free speech? Some would argue it means being allowed to say what you believe, even when it’s not popular. Others  would say it means getting a good look at what kind of prescriptions that your doctor has given you. At least, that’s the argument being made in a Supreme […]

The World

The Wild Side of Y2K

As the Big Day approaches, commentator Chris Bolgiano (bowl-gee-AH-no) has a prescription for relaxation: look out the window, where every day is Y2K.

The World

Kids and antipsychotic drugs: are we over-prescribing?

Health & Medicine

As parents struggle with their children’s behavior, more and more doctors are turning to antipsychotic drugs. Do our little ones need this much medication?