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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A day after the American Medical Association classified obesity as a disease, U.S. lawmakers introduced bipartisan bills in the Senate and House of Representatives that would require Medicare to cover more obesity treatment costs....

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration http://www.whatdoctorsknow.com When it comes to buying prescription medicines online, it's better to be safe than sorry. BeSafeRx: Know Your Online Pharmacy, a new public education campaign by the U.S. Food and...

Charlevoix County residents have two new counselors available to help seniors with questions concerning Medicare and Medicaid. Ron Chapman and Leslie Lake are certified by the Michigan Medicare/Medicaid Assistance Program to provide help with the...

WASHINGTON — A brand-name drug maker can be sued for violating antitrust laws if it agrees to pay a potential competitor to delay selling a generic version, the Supreme Court ruled. The 5-3 decision is expected to result in lower prescription drug...

MINNEAPOLIS Three years before he died of a drug overdose, Derek Boogaard was punched in the mouth during a fight at a Minnesota Wild game. And broke a tooth. Within days, Boogaard, the Wild's 6-foot-7 enforcer, was bouncing from one team �...

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON, June 18 (Reuters) - Mississippi's attorney general said on Tuesday he would subpoena documents from Google Inc as part of a probe into allegations the Web search company facilitated the sale of drugs without a prescription...

Each day, we comb through pages upon pages of crime reports from the Wichita Police Department.  Below is a quick glance at some bits and pieces from those sheets.  These reports are designed to give you an idea of what residents and police are...

The family of a man who died after being beaten by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies and attacked by a police dog have filed a federal civil rights claim against the officers involved, the department and other agencies, a precursor to a lawsuit....

HAMPTON — Just two years ago, Jordan Negrini couldn't help but wonder if he'd ever be the same baseball player he was growing up, when he was one of the rare kids people buzzed about when he stepped on the diamond in his home state of Hawaii....

The family of a man who died after being beaten by Kern County Sheriff's deputies and attacked by a police dog have filed a federal civil rights claim against the officers involved, the department and other agencies, a precursor to a lawsuit. The...

Generic prescription drugs have to meet exacting standards for ingredients and quality, which you'd think would make them uniformly priced at pharmacies. But that, of course, isn't the case. Generic drug prices can be all over the map, depending on...

Flanked by about 75 cheering supporters, Lt. Kevin Williams recently announced he would run for the position of Kane County Sheriff. Williams, 54, who has served in the Kane County Sheriff's Office since 1992, is the second candidate to thrown his hat...