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#prescription-drugs

The Supreme Court as seen on April 21.Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday revived two whistleblower lawsuits that allege Safeway and SuperValu overcharged the government for prescription drugs to the tune of $200 million.The cases involved allegations that major retail pharmacies across the country knowingly overcharged Medicaid and Medicare by overstating what their "usual and customary prices" are.

Bloating is an uncomfortable feeling of fullness or pressure in the abdomen.Like an overinflated balloon, a bloated belly can feel packed with air, and in some cases may be visibly enlarged or distended.Bloating is a common issue.By some estimates, up to 30% of Americans experience it from time to time.

Ashley Mellen thought she was doing everything right for her health - eating lots of fruits and vegetables, buying organic, opting for grass-fed beef and not using any toxic substances in her home.The stay-at-home mom of three says she felt so well that she had taken no pain medicine, antibiotics, over-the-counter or prescription drugs since her 20s.

Brownsville Fire Department EMS Ambulances with two surviving US citizens arrive at Valley Regional Medical Center, on March 7, 2023, in Brownsville, Texas.Miguel Roberts (AP) The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the US: traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or costs a lot less.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas The recent kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico highlights a common practice for many people in the U.S.: traveling to other countries for medical care that either is not available at home or costs a lot less.The four were abducted leading to the deaths of two during a trip to Mexico that one relative said was for cosmetic surgery.

Pharmaceuticals, pesticides, illegal drugs and E.coli are among a cocktail of chemicals found in water off the south coast, a study has found.And now the substances are even being found in oysters and crabs in the area.Scientists have been investigating the water quality between Chichester and Langstone harbours near Portsmouth and have found more than 50 compounds in 228 samples across 22 sites.

If you've ever attended a major intellectual property (IP) conference and found yourself captivated by an exceptional performance during a review of recent patent court decisions, chances are you witnessed the unmatched expertise and passion of Tom Irving.After over 47 years of focusing on pharmaceutical patents, Tom has the unique vantage point of someone who saw the field explode after the passage of the Hatch-Waxman Act and the creation of the Federal Circuit.

A former Malden firefighter was sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to supplying fellow firefighters in the department with oxycodone, Suboxone, Klonopin, and Adderall.Joshua Eisnor, 43, of North Reading, was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Monday and ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and forfeiture of $900, according to a release from the office of U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins.

The company claims that the plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices violates the First and Fifth Amendments.A Merck flag flies in front of the company's building on October 2, 2013, in Summit, New Jersey.Kena Betancur / Getty Images Merck announced on Tuesday that it is suing the government over a recently approved plan to allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, aiming to stop one of the nation's first efforts to take a small step toward lowering sky-high drug prices in the U.S.
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Washington on Tuesday, claims that the plan is unconstitutional and calls it a "sham" and "tantamount to extortion."

"There is no rational reason, other than greed, for Medicare to pay twice as much" for drugs, Sanders said.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 4, 2023.JIM WATSON / AFP via Getty Images On Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill aimed at cutting the price of prescription drugs under Medicare in half in one of a series of actions that the senator is taking on drug prices.

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren rejected Chuck Todd's suggestion that former President Donald Trump handed victories to Democrats in the midterms, telling him This victory belongs to Joe Biden!Tuesday's midterm Election Night results were widely been seen as a Trump-fueled disappointment for Republicans.

Democrats should give up trying to appeal to racist, sexist or homophobic voters on the far right even as their party tries to preserve thin majorities in both congressional chambers, the progressive US senator Bernie Sanders said on Sunday.But Sanders said his party should also be concerned about how six in 10 Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly subsided, but another deadly plague continues to rage across America: drug overdoses.They caused more than 106,000 deaths in 2021 - greater than the toll from guns and auto accidents combined - and preliminary government health data indicate that last year was nearly as bad.

Visits to parks, community gardens and other urban green spaces may lower city dwellers' use of drugs for anxiety, insomnia, depression, high blood pressure, and asthma, research has found.Researchers in Finland found that visiting such areas three to four times a week cuts people's chances of turning to drugs for mental health problems or high blood pressure by a third, and for asthma by about a quarter.

If 'barely getting by' is where you're at right now, you could be dwelling in 'survival mode'
Here's something that all of us can likely agree on: it can be really tough out there.The shared pressure to do and be more, the waves of bad news that flood our lives, and the personal challenges that we're forced to face - it's a wonder we're able to manage at all.

Heavyweight insulin maker Novo Nordisk said Tuesday that it will lower list prices for some of its insulin products by up to 75 percent by the end of the year, following in the footsteps of Eli Lilly, which made a similar announcement at the start of the month.Experts expect the third top insulin maker in the US, Sanofi, will follow suit.

The plan comes as Republicans attempt to exploit a debt ceiling standoff to secure long-sought cuts to federal programs.President Joe Biden discusses his plan to protect and strengthen Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs at the University of Florida on February 9, 2023, in Tampa, Florida.

President Joe Biden speaks at the 2023 International Association of Fire Fighters Legislative Conference, Monday, March 6, 2023, in Washington.Evan Vucci (AP) President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes to boost funding for Medicare and expand the program's ability to negotiate lower costs for prescription drugs, according to advance details of his budget proposal being released later this week.

President Joe Biden will propose cutting the deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the next decade in his budget blueprint, the White House announced on Wednesday.The president's budget, which we will release tomorrow, will cut the deficit by nearly $3 trillion over the next 10 years.That's nearly a $6 trillion difference between the president's budget and congressional Republicans' agenda, which would add $3 trillion to the debt, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at Wednesday's briefing.

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos bluntly asked incoming House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries if he expects President Joe Biden to run for president, and Do you want him to run?On Sunday's edition of ABC's This Week, the host trod some well-worn ground when he asked Leader Jeffries if he wants President Biden to run again, but to the extent there is any suspense on the first question  whether Biden will run  Jeffries is in a better position than most to impart valuable insight: STEPHANOPOULOS: How about President Biden?

Sports News Primitiv, a Michigan-based cannabis company, is expanding to Boston.Primitiv, a cannabis company founded by Pro Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson Jr. and a pair of his former teammates, is set to expand to Boston according to a release from the company.The company announced that it will open a wellness-based cannabis dispensary on High Street in Boston.

Imagine this scenario: a client walks into my therapy room.They are are listless and don't engage in eye contact.They move slowly and seem heavy, even though they may be physically slight.Their shoulders are hunched and look exhausted, unhealthy, disengaged.Eventually they shuffle across the floor, sink down on to the sofa, close their eyes and sigh.

As more states continue to legalize and decriminalize marijuana, reports of children in exposed to cannabis after accidentally eating an edible are rising, according to a new study in the journal Pediatrics.An analysis of records from the National Poison Data System showed more than 7,040 reported exposures to edible cannabis in kids under the age of six between 2017 and 2021 - an increase of over 1,375% in just five years.

A 56-year-old San Francisco man was shot and run over in an attempted carjacking at Ocean View Park, but he still managed to thwart the carjacking.The suspect and victim had a dispute and the victim was shot at around 11:40 a.m.Wednesday, and according to SFPD Investigations Deputy Chief Raj Vaswani After he was shot [victim] tried to run, Suspect vehicle chased and ran over [victim] in the Park, then fled.

The US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Hemgenix, a new drug to treat hemophilia.Manufacturer CSL Behring set the price at $3.5 million per treatment, making it the most expensive drug in the world.Hemgenix is a gene therapy to treat adults with hemophilia B, a genetic bleeding disorder in which people do not produce a protein needed to create blood clots.

Scenes like this one at a drug store in Vancouver are becoming commonplace, as what began as a shortage of over-the-counter children's medicine is now extending into eye drops, allergy meds and even some antibiotics for adults.(Justine Boulin/CBC) Drugstore shortages in Canada are now extending beyond children's pain and fever medication into other over-the-counter and prescription drugs as supply problems worsen across the country.

TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas  Central Texans will have the opportunity to safely get rid of prescription drugs at several sites across Austin.On Saturday, Oct. 29, Travis County constables are joining the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on their National Take Back Initiative to allow the public to safely dispose of expired, unused or unwanted prescription drugs.