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Beware of drug names that look, sound alike

Celebrex or Celexa? 1,500 common meds have caused mix-ups, study says
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26497545/

Is Mumps Making a Comeback?

An alarming outbreak of the mumps two years ago has raised questions about whether an additional vaccination is needed.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/is-mumps-making-a-comeback/

FDA Issues Alert on Tussionex, a Long-Acting Prescription Cough Medicine Containing Hydrocodone

Agency gives new safety information on proper use of Tussionex as a cough suppressant
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01805.html

How to Beat the Raging TB Contagion

Call It the cough heard round the world. The World Health Organization's Feb. 26 report on how super strains of tuberculosis are on the loose
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/ov/archive/2008/02/29/tb-how-to-beat-the-raging-

Eight-Year-Old Dies Suddenly From Unknown Illness

Kyla Ootova of Iqaluit, the capital city of Nunavut in Canada, left classes last Thursday at Nakasuk School, where she was enrolled in the third grade, because she was ill. She died two days later, it is reported.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,331455,00.html

Baxter's Multiple-dose Vial Heparin Linked to Severe Allergic Reactions

FDA advises health care practitioners to switch suppliers and limit use of drug until problem identified
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01797.html

Actor's Anguish: Quaid Twins' Overdose Highlights Potentially Deadly Effect of Hospital Errors

A troubling report that actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins received a dangerous overdose of the blood-thinning drug Heparin highlights the many medical mistakes made in U.S. hospitals each year.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,312443,00.html

Docs often write off patient side-effect concerns

Half of those with bad drug reactions said physicians denied connection
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20479490/

Rural U.S. Suffers Doctor Shortage

A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,290364,00.html

OxyContin maker, execs fined $634.5 million

Judge ruled that drug company misled the public about addiction risk
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19877184/
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