Mold, pollen, animals, perfumes, dust - Corey Roth of Fort Wayne is allergic to it all in some way.
He's seen an allergist and used prescriptions and numerous over-the-counter products. Now, getting Sudafed and other familiar cold and allergy medicines off the shelf and through checkout lines has never been more difficult.
Sudafed contains pseudoephedrine, an ingredient often used ...
The way you buy cold medicine will change this week thanks to a crackdown on meth makers. Starting this Thursday, a new state law goes into effect for products containing "ephedrine" and "pseudo-ephedrine."
These are commonly found in cold medicines and are used to make the drug methamphetamine. It'll be against the law for stores to sell these products to anyone under 18. Also, anyon...
Back in 1999 when the clinic first opened, they had 125 patients total. But this year already, they've gone through 21-thousand cases."
Carmela Tyson is just one of those cases. Together, her prescriptions total $250."Sometimes, it's the difference between getting something to eat or getting my meds which I really need."
More than 500 people volunteer there time there for those wh...
Cynthia Power has been bipolar since she was 18. Peter Armetta has had the disorder most of his life, too. Both say that it's a cruel, complicated mental illness, but also that it can be controlled and life can be good.
"You probably know people with bipolar disorder and don't even know it," said Power, who is 58. "I'm not exactly like someone who doesn't have the disorder. Life is mo...
December 11 - Nearly 60-million Americans suffer from heartburn at least twice a week. Heartburn happens when muscles relax and allow acidic stomach juices back into the esophagus, causing a burning sensation, and can also be a precursor to esophageal cancer. Now, doctors are building barriers to heartburn without medication.
Learning about a procedure to get rid of heartburn was music t...
Seymour, the businesslike sheepdog, trotted to the driveway and grabbed the paper, which carried a story about the dog genome.
Scientists, reported the LA Times, have decoded the genome and now hope to probe "the mysterious bond between man and his best friend."
Mysterious? Seymour couldn't have known the paper locked in his jaws contained the dog-genome story. But he knew full we...
After we talk, deputies march the schizophrenic inmate back to his cell and lock the door behind him. Mickey Vin Priestly, in custody since September on an attempted robbery rap, immediately begins pacing his concrete box and talking to the walls.
On the same block of Tower 1, one prisoner is banging on a door with thunderous blows. Another man stands trance-like in front of his door for ...
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Pamlico to experiment with house arrest for those who don't pay child support
Officials say it will save money and alleviate crowding in jail
If you thought the image of a deadbeat dad was bad - hungry children without shoes because of non-payment of child support - listen to Pamlico County jail administrator Russell Willis.
How about free food and free shoes for the offender...
From patients to payers, many who do business with Lovelace Sandia Health System are watching the question mark that is its behavioral health program.
On Friday, Lovelace Sandia in essence announced it will dissolve the program. It wants those physicians to consider forming a private practice and offered financial help to do so.
If the physicians refuse, 6,700 behavioral patients w...
