Area agency providing assistance with deciphering drug programs
Observer-Reporter - Nancy Day was trying to get by with less medication than she actually needed to keep her heart condition and diabetes under control. Bradley Deems is bewildered by Medicare Part D. Mary Hoke and her husband, Homer, said they were at one time spending

Overdose at prison under investigation
Everett Herald - MONROE - Investigators are trying to determine how an inmate at the Monroe Correctional Complex got enough methadone to overdose in his prison cell. The inmate, Jade Jefferson, 25, of Bellingham was serving time for robbery. He was found dead in his

Inmates sue over St. Louis water
Morning Sun - Recent headlines about contaminants in the drinking water have given the prison inmates in St. Louis one more item to add to their list of complaints in a suit against the prisons. Suits filed by prison inmates against the warden, the Michigan

Prescribe lifestyles as well as medicines
Montgomery Advertiser - When the doctor talks, we ought to listen. Too many of us do not, however, and the consequences for the nation’s health are serious. Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. surgeon general, was back in his native state last week for an address at the Minority

Researchers examine spice sensitivity in rats to understand pain
Yale Daily News - If the rats used in a recent experiment by School of Medicine pharmacology professor Dr. Sven-Eric Jordt invaded Samurai, they would have an easier time gorging themselves on spicy sushi rolls than the restaurant’s regular patrons would. “They could

Manor crosswalk accident victims struggling to put their lives back in
Pacifica Tribune - Diane Boul and Ruth Weiller discovered how, in one split second, their lives could profoundly changed. Victims of a car versus pedestrian accident in a crosswalk on Manor Drive, Boul and Weiller were walking across the street mid-block to enjoy a