After decades of misguided hysteria, the War on Drugs may have an epidemic worth freaking out about, and it's spreading across state and demographic lines at the speed of the Internet. full story ![]()

America's long drug war has produced countless tragedies, ruined lives and led to parentless children, as well as the deaths of drug warriors, nonviolent offenders and innocents. As marijuana advocates and drug policy reformers around the nation celebrate 4/20, take a look at 13 stories of people whose lives were cut short by the drug war. HuffPost investigative reporter...
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It's a cardiologist's nightmare but a wonderland for curious kids who've never heard of, let alone seen a faulty heart valve, atrial fibrillation or a plugged aorta.
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Azithromycin, also known under its brand name Zithromax, may interfere with the heart’s electrical activity, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned yesterday.
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Mexican drug cartels are playing their operatives deep into the United States
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Azithromycin, a popular drug, can cause changes in the electrical activity of the heart that may lead to a fatal irregular heart rhythm in some patients.
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CHICAGO — Only seven new drugs are in development for the treatment of infections caused by an especially nasty class of superbugs that include E. coli and CRE, the so-called “nightmare bacteria” that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised alarms about last month. The data come from ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting in June to reassess the safety of GlaxoSmithKline's former blockbuster drug Avandia, which was severely restricted in 2010 due to concerns about its impact on the heart....
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CHICAGO -- Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States.
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An antibiotic used to treat common infections may carry serious heart risks, according to a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The drug, called azithromycin but sold under the brand names Zithromax and Zmax and dubbed Z-packs, is prescribed for infections of...
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Torrey Pines' needle-in-the-haystack search for a new heart drug works something like March Madness basketball.
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