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The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Monday that prescribing a certain group of psychiatric drugs to seniors suffering from dementia can increase their risk of death. Antipsychotic drugs are approved to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disease, but doctors frequently prescribe them to treat elderly patients with dementia. FDA’s announcement …

Malibu, Calif. – A California girl was blinded and scarred by an allergic reaction to Children’s Motrin and the company “purposefully and callously” hid from federal regulators medical reports on the dangers of ibuprofen, a lawyer for the girl’s family said Tuesday. “Sabrina went blind, needlessly blind” as a result …

With as many as 70 million Americans suffering from insomnia, according to a 2007 report by the Institute of Medicine, the need for ZZZs has led to a booming market for a new class of non-narcotic sleep drugs, like Ambien, Lunesta and Sonata. Americans spent almost $1.8 billion filling more …