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Author: Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY

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Do you have high blood pressure? It depends on which doctor you ask

January 18, 2019Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Do you have high blood pressure? It depends on which doctor you ask

Specialists and primary-care doctors disagree on how much blood pressure is too high. Different standards could be confusing patients.

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Blood pressure drug recall: FDA investigates foreign plants that made drugs with cancer-causing impurities

January 14, 2019Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Blood pressure drug recall: FDA investigates foreign plants that made drugs with cancer-causing impurities

The FDA increased inspections of foreign drugmakers. Problems remain at Chinese and Indian plants that made blood pressure meds recalled for cancer risk.

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More teens are vaping, but binge drinking and opioid use are down

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on More teens are vaping, but binge drinking and opioid use are down

Vaping nicotine nearly doubled among high school seniors, but use of other drugs and alcohol reached near historic lows.

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Depression, suicide rates highest in Mountain West states

December 14, 2018Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Depression, suicide rates highest in Mountain West states

Leaders are working to combat the stigma of mental illness in a region that values independence and self-reliance.

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Three more blood pressure drugs recalled over cancer concern: Here’s what you need to know

December 6, 2018December 7, 2018Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Three more blood pressure drugs recalled over cancer concern: Here’s what you need to know

Mylan Pharmaceuticals has recalled three common blood pressure medications over concerns they could include small amounts of a cancer-causing impurity.

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Doctors: Blood pressure drug substitutes are available for patients affected by recalls

November 30, 2018December 1, 2018Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Doctors: Blood pressure drug substitutes are available for patients affected by recalls

As blood-pressure drug recall widens, doctors say patients should pay attention, but warned against dropping a medication without professional guidance.

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Drug company raised price of lifesaving opioid overdose antidote more than 600 percent

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018Ken Alltucker, USA TODAYComments Off on Drug company raised price of lifesaving opioid overdose antidote more than 600 percent

As the nation struggled with rising opioid deaths, a drug company increased the price of an overdose antidotemore than 600 percent,a Senate subcommittee says.

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August 31, 2023Eve Chen, USA TODAY

Velocity at what cost? MLB’s hardest throwers keep succumbing to Tommy John surgery

August 31, 2023Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

Gadget guru or digitally distracted? Which of these 5 tech personalities are you?

August 31, 2023Jennifer Jolly

U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium amid concerns academics are being left behind

August 31, 2023AP

At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

August 31, 2023Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor

August 31, 2023Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY
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