Gain at the Price of Patient Pain by Big Pharma

Gain at the Price of Patient Pain by Big Pharma

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An audit in 2011 found that almost 305,000 of over 2 million elderly persons who lived in nursing homes in the first six months of 2007 had a prescription for at least one atypical anti-psychotic drug. The OIG report said that 88 percent of these …
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Casting a Wider Safety Net For Elderly Patients

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Minneapolis—The Pharmacological Intervention in Late Life (PILL) Service, an innovative elderly care outreach program developed by the Veterans Administration Boston Healthcare System (VABHS), has reduced 60-day hospital readmissions and …. patients …
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Live to 120? Most Say No Thanks

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A new poll by the Pew Research Center explores attitudes about a scientific quest: Creating treatments that one day might slow the aging process and let people live decades longer than is normal today. Scientists already can extend the life span of …
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Texas has to adapt to make playoffs without Cruz

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Harrison, the team's opening day starter before two operations on a herniated disk in his lower back, is pitching in rehab games and could be back by the end of the month. The Rangers also had anticipated having Lewis back, but said Tuesday that their …
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