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Court Upholds $142 Million Verdict Against Pfizer, Revives Aetna Claim
A federal appeals court said Pfizer Inc. should pay about $142 million to cover costs for the marketing and prescribing of epilepsy drug Neurontin for unapproved uses, a practice that has also earned it a hefty criminal fine. A panel of appellate...Tags: Aetna Inc., Justice System, Migraine, Neurontin (drug), Marketing
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How much weight does Jesse Jackson Jr.'s illness deserve in the scales of justice?
If you think that Jesse Jackson Jr.'s mental illness explains away all his bad behavior, you may need treatment for an excessively mushy heart. If you think his mental illness explains absolutely nothing, you are suffering from a heart made of nails....
Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Behavioral Conditions, Punishment, Michael Jackson, Malcolm X
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Why Mental Health Screening Of Gun Buyers Is No Answer
The Hartford CourantThe horrific mass murder of children and school personnel in Newtown prompted calls for more screening of gun buyers to identify the mentally ill and prevent or restrict purchases of weapons and ammunition. This simplistic, impractical and unfair proposal...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Weaponry, Schizophrenia, Interior Policy, Health
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Emanuel to accept online applications for Ald. Sandi Jackson successor
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday night that he will accept online applications from people who want to succeed former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson and ask a committee to winnow the field of contenders. The web site will be up Friday and the panel will...Tags: Interior Policy, Local Government, Personal Weapon Control, Field Museum of Natural History, Cook County Government
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Deadline extended for those who want to replace former Ald. Sandi Jackson
Clout StreetMayor Rahm Emanuel's office has extended to Monday the deadline to apply to succeed former 7th Ward Ald. Sandi Jackson. The administration initially sent out a news release Friday afternoon saying it had received completed applications from 42 people by...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Jr., Rahm Emanuel, Sandi Jackson, Chicago Mayor
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Don't equate crime with mental illness
I am grateful to Mark Komrad for his expert commentary related to persuading a troubled loved one or friend into professional mental health treatment and The Sun for publishing it ("Helping them to get help," Dec. 19). I would like to emphasize a point...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Diabetes, Health, Depression, Mental Health
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DCFS crowding overburdens children's shelter
After being beaten with a pan and left in the dark for hours bound to a pole, the 11-year-old girl escaped from her abusive home through a basement window and walked barefoot six blocks to the La Grange police station one summer night in 2011. "She...
Tags: Health Treatments, Aunt Martha (music group), Crimes, Juvenile Delinquency, Environmental Issues
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Suicide is on the rise, and officials don't know why
Will Heinemann seemed happy in October of 2008, laughing with friends and family at his son's wedding. Six months later he fatally shot himself. The owner of a Barrington masonry company and a 59-year-old married father of three, Heinemann seemed to...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Schizophrenia, Health Organizations, Human Interest, Mental Health
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Column: Newtown and mental health
A week after the horrific gun rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School, some Americans have shown their grit by going shopping. For guns and ammo. Yes, as graves were still being dug for tiny coffins in Newtown, Conn., bidding on eBay for four Glock...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Mental Health, National Rifle Association of America
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Judge who shoved deputy found not guilty by reason of insanity
Tribune reporterA Democratic Party-backed judge who won re-election in November while facing battery charges was found not guilty Monday — by reason of insanity. The insanity verdict could aid the judge's effort to return to the bench. Not long after Judge...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Justice System, Health, Mental Health, Psychiatrists
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Daily calendar: March 12, 2013
TOPS No. 297: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting, 502 S. Lincoln St. Brown County Commission meeting: 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Alcoholics Anonymous: 1 and 8:30 p.m., Yellow House, 519 S. Arch St....Tags: Diabetes, Human Interest
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Tonight: ‘American Idol,’ ‘Survivor,’ Kim Novak on TCM
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe highlights Wednesday night: “American Idol” should have an easy time of it in the ratings because it's going against many reruns, notably “The Middle,” “Arrow,” “Modern Family” and “Criminal Minds&...
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