Mental health patients turn to each other

CHICAGO Jim Bina was feeling good. And that made him nervous. The Naperville, Ill., man had struggled with depression for decades, and he had learned to distrust happiness as an illusion that masked an approaching crisis.

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Survey Finds Growing Worry Over California School Cuts

SAN FRANCISCO — Californians are increasingly worried about how state budget cuts are affecting public schools, and they are unhappy with how their political leaders are handling education, according to a survey released late Wednesday.

Gibbons Asks Feds To Cover Uninsurable

Gov. Jim Gibbons says the state will opt out of operating a high-risk pool for uninsurable Nevadans and instead will delegate that task to the federal government.

Astrazeneca to pay US$ 520 mn to resolve allegations of illegal marketing of Seroquel

AstraZeneca LP and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP will pay US$ 520 million to resolve allegations that AstraZeneca illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel for uses not approved as safe and effective by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services’ Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) announced.

Killer gets life sentence for burning homeless man to death

Ben Matthew Martin is sent to prison without the possibility of parole for dousing John McGraham with gasoline and setting him on fire with a road flare. Police were initially baffled when someone killed a popular and friendly homeless man by dousing him with gasoline and setting him on fire in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles.

Health Highlights: April 28, 2010

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Grief counselor to speak to area organization on April 28

A grief counselor will address the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance at 7:45 p.m. on Wednesday, April 28, at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown.

Whistleblower Suits Against AstraZeneca Settle for $520 Million

Drug maker AstraZeneca has agreed to pay $520 million to settle federal whistleblower lawsuits that accused the company of engaging in illegal tactics — including kickbacks to doctors — to promote “off-label” uses for its anti-psychotic drug Seroquel. The settlement is the largest amount ever paid by a company in a civil-only settlement of off-label marketing claims. The federal government …

Health Highlights: April 27, 2010

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