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06/20/2016 / By Greg White

Ritalin prescriptions proven to increase heart health risks for vulnerable children

A common drug used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children has been associated with an increased risk for abnormal heart rhythm, researchers caution. Methylphenidate is a central nervous system stimulate prescribed for ADHD. It has been linked to an increased risk for arrhythmia, an abnormal heart rhythm, during the first two months of […]

03/28/2016 / By Greg White

Doctors caught prescribing unnecessary brand-name drugs to directly profit from them

A recent analysis conducted by ProPublica undermines the long held belief that physicians who accept meals and payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies do not prescribe drugs differently. ProPublica is an investigative journalism group based in New York City. The analysis included 150,000 doctors in cardiovascular disease, family medicine, internal medicine, ophthalmology and psychiatry. […]

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