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Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal maker hit with $8B verdict

Associated PressOctober 9, 2019 GMT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia jury on Tuesday awarded $8 billion in punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson and one if its subsidiaries over a drug the companies made that the plaintiff's attorneys say is linked to the abnormal growth of female breast tissue in boys...

New report details misuse of antipsychotics in nursing homes

By DAVID CRARYFebruary 5, 2018 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. nursing homes have significantly reduced the use of powerful antipsychotic drugs among their elderly residents, responding to pressure from many directions. Yet advocacy groups insist that overmedication remains a major problem, and want the pressure to intensify...

Report: 1 in 5 of US adults on behavioral meds

November 16, 2011 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 percent of American adults took at least one drug for conditions like anxiety and depression in 2010, according to an analysis of prescription data, including more than one in four women.

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