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FDA Initiative Seeks to Reduce Accidental Overdoses
The program will enlist health-care workers, drug makers, consumers, patients

Many Kids Suffer Medication Side Effects: Study
Adverse drug reactions cause more than half a million outpatient visits a year, researchers find

Health Tip: Take Medications Safely
Here's a basic checklist

Medication Review May Help With Heart Failure
Hospitalizations decline when doctors, pharmacists collaborate, study finds

Sharing Prescription Meds Common Among U.S. Teens
One in five have 'loaned' or 'borrowed' drugs, study found

Questions to Pharmacists Rise After Michael Jackson’s Death
Consumers more alert to overdose risks from prescription drugs, survey suggests

Program Helps 1st Graders Stay Safe Long-Term
It cut odds for substance abuse, violence by the time they reached 5th grade

Health Tip: Manage Medications Safely
Suggestions for storing, scheduling them

Prescription Training Puts Docs in Shoes of Older Patients
Challenges for seniors on multiple meds better understood after taking hands-on approach

Osteoporosis Drugs Might Not Raise Cancer Risk
Two studies suggest bisphosphonates don't increase chances of esophageal tumors