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2 suspected drug gang leaders held in Tijuana
Raydel Lopez Uriarte and Manuel Garcia Simental are believed to be top lieutenants in a cartel blamed for a string of massacres, police killings, beheadings and kidnappings in Tijuana. Two reputed leaders of a drug cartel that waged a years-long campaign of terror in Tijuana were arrested Monday in the Baja California port city of La Paz, according to U.S. authorities.
9 Feb 2010, 2:28 am | click here to view more
Haiti drug trafficking likely to rise in quake aftermath
Chaos, a lack of jobs and thousands of escaped prisoners could cause drug trafficking to jump in Haiti, where cocaine already flows through and into the United States, law enforcement officials say.
9 Feb 2010, 12:01 am | click here to view more
FTC probing CVS Caremark's prescription drug practices
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating allegations of improper business practices by a firm that provides prescription drug services for health insurance companies that cover most federal employees.
8 Feb 2010, 8:36 pm | click here to view more
Crestor Wins Approval as a Drug to Prevent Heart Disease
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the way for the cholesterol treatment to be used by millions of people who are not normally prescribed such drugs.
8 Feb 2010, 8:05 pm | click here to view more
Drug shows promise against river blindness: study
Closantel, an older drug used to treat a parasitic liver disease in animals, may prove effective at combating river blindness in humans, a major cause of infection-related blindness, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
8 Feb 2010, 6:12 pm | click here to view more
Popular antidepressant interferes with cancer drug
The popular antidepressant drug Paxil may interfere with breast cancer treatments, making patients more likely to relapse and die, researchers in Canada reported on Monday.
8 Feb 2010, 6:04 pm | click here to view more
Few high-risk women in U.S. take breast cancer drug
Only a tiny number of U.S. women at high risk of breast cancer have chosen to use the drug tamoxifen to lower that risk, according to a study published Monday.
8 Feb 2010, 4:15 pm | click here to view more
Cleared drug agent in Ohio hopes return to duty
A federal drug agent acquitted of framing 17 suspects in a 2005 investigation hopes to return to regular duty soon, the attorney defending him against civil lawsuits in the botched sting said Monday.
8 Feb 2010, 3:30 pm | click here to view more
Drug trafficking likely to rise in quake aftermath
Chaos, a lack of jobs and thousands of escaped prisoners could cause drug trafficking to jump in Haiti, law enforcement officials say.
8 Feb 2010, 11:55 pm | click here to view more
Promising Results in Bone Drug Trial
A third trial of an experimental drug found that it worked better than a rival to delay the risk of bone complications in men with advanced prostate cancer.
8 Feb 2010, 11:35 pm | click here to view more