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• Study finds link between stress and stroke
  A new study shows a likely link between chronic stress and stroke risk, ABC News reports. The report cites a study, published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, in which Spanish researchers evaluated 450 people. They found strokes were more common among those with stressful liv...

• Researchers studying blood clots
  Researchers at the University of Utah have received a $16 million grant from the National Institute of Health to study blood clots and their tendency to affect people with diabetes and other metabolic disorders, according to a story in the Deseret News. According to the story, blood clots represent ...

• Yasmin among most problematic drugs
  The current issue of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices’ QuarterWatch report lists Yaz/Yasmin birth control pills as the drug with the second-highest number of adverse events reported in connection with lawsuits in 2011. Quarterwatch says 8,354 Yaz/Yasmin-related cases were reported in 20...

• New safeguards needed for pharmaceutical companies
  An opinion piece in The Atlantic about the $3 billion settlement against GlaxoSmithKline makes the point that even a relatively large financial penalty is unlikely to stop a company that still makes a profit from illegal activities. The solution, The Atlantic says, is to change a system that essenti...

• GlaxoSmithKline paying record settlement for fraud
  GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $3 billion in fines for fraudulently promoting medications for unapproved uses. According to a New York Times report, it’s the largest settlement ever leveled against a pharmaceutical company. But the settlement doesn’t end the company’s legal disputes. Widesp...

• Mayo Clinic advises women about urinary incontinence
  In an article devoted to women’s urinary incontinence, Mayo Clinic staff members acknowledge that talking about bladder control problems is difficult. But the article urges women who experience bladder control problems to get help, because the condition is treatable and not all doctors routinely a...

• Urinary incontinence takes different forms
  Simply put, urinary incontinence is the inability to control the release of urine from your bladder. But according to the Mayo Clinic, its severity in people who suffer from the condition runs the gamut from occasional, minor dribbles of urine to frequently wetting clothes. Fortunately, urinary inco...

• Tips on avoiding blood clots
  The National Blood Clot Alliance provides a number of tips designed to help people avoid potentially fatal blood clots. They include: Losing weight, if you’re overweight Staying active Exercising regularly, even if that exercise consists only of walking Getting up and moving around at least every...

• NPR examines $1B Johnson & Johnson fine
  An NPR report on an Arkansas jury’s billion-dollar decision against Johnson & Johnson mentions that the company is most famous for its baby shampoo and wryly notes: “So much for no more tears.” The federal court decision was in response to allegations that the company used misleading marke...

• Pharmaceutical company tries to hide lobbying
  An item on the blog Pharmalot examines an e-mail suggesting that drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb plans to get physicians to lobby state Medicaid programs on the company’s behalf. According to Pharmalot, the e-mail was sent to the district business manager team with the goal of getting Medicaid prog...