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Corporations and execs need penalties that hurt
If you're concerned about corporate crime, 2012 looked like a pretty successful year for the good guys. The Thousand Oaks biotech giant Amgen paid $762 million in fines and penalties and pleaded guilty to a federal charge related to illegal marketing of...
Tags: Punishment, University of California, Irvine, U.S. Department of Justice, Corporate Crime, Fines
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‘Pariah’ director Dee Rees' odd path: bunion pads to Spike Lee
24 FramesDee Rees, the writer and director behind the new lesbian coming-of-age film “Pariah,” spent her formative career years marketing panty liners and bunion pads for Procter & Gamble and Dr. Scholl’s before a chance encounter prompted a... -
Vytorin trial shows little or no benefit against heart disease [Updated]
Booster ShotsFor the second time in as many years, a large clinical trial has found that the key ingredient in the heavily advertised drug Vytorin provides little or no benefit in preventing heart disease compared to a competing product. The ingredient...... -
A handle on heart disease?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe cholesterol drug did absolutely everything it was supposed to do -- except for demonstrably improving the health of the people who took it. That was the conclusion reached about the popular drug Vytorin in a study published online last week in the...Tags: Liver, Health and Medical Professionals, Vytorin (drug), High Cholesterol, Heart and Circulatory System
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Claims that shoe insoles relieve back pain are unsupported
Special to The TimesThe product: The human spine is an amazing piece of equipment: On request, it can sway gracefully or withstand thousands of pounds of force. But that versatility comes with a price. At some point, just about everyone suffers significant back pain, and...Tags: Pain, Companies and Corporations, Back Pain, Spine, Surgery
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Not right for everyone
Times Staff WriterWHEN coronary arteries grow dangerously narrow, the solution — increasingly — is to prop open the walls with a device called a drug-eluting stent. Now two new studies are adding fuel to a growing debate about whether these stents are being...Tags: Millennium Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Diseases and Illnesses, Surgery, Heart Attack, Heart and Circulatory System
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Dark cloud over good works of Gates Foundation
Times Staff WritersEbocha, Nigeria — Justice Eta, 14 months old, held out his tiny thumb. An ink spot certified that he had been immunized against polio and measles, thanks to a vaccination drive supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. But polio is not the...Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Foreign Aid, Charity, Elections, Government
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Foundation investments
A sampling of the Gates Foundation's largest investments*: More than $1.5 billion Berkshire Hathaway Inc.** Canadian government Between $1 billion and $1.5 billion Fannie Mae German government Between $100 million and $1 billion Abbott...Tags: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Charity, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Government
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New rules aim to cut confusion on sunscreen claims
AP Health WriterHelp is on the way to consumers confused by the jumble of sun protection numbers and other claims on sunscreens. Currently, standards of protection apply only to one part of the sun's spectrum, ultraviolet B rays, which cause sunburn. Under new rules...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Human Body, Diseases and Illnesses, Ultraviolet Radiation Exposure, Skin Cancer
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Cheaper Birth Control Returns
Premium Health News ServiceEverything that was tied up in the previous presidential administration is quickly coming undone. Congress passed a provision in its massive omnibus spending bill that allows pharmaceutical companies to reinstate discounts on birth control pills and other...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Birth Control, Education, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics
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