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Many potential causes of urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence can be an embarrassing condition that often involves some inconvenient lifestyle changes.

But according to the Mayo Clinic, it’s sometimes a result of easily treatable medical conditions. Those conditions include:

Urinary tract infection: Infections can irritate your bladder, causing you to have strong urges to urinate. These urges may result in episodes of incontinence, which may be your only warning sign of a urinary tract infection. Other possible signs and ...

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Drug company fraud settlements at record highs

Nonprofit organization Public Citizen reports that state settlements with drug companies over Medicaid fraud are at an all-time high.

The report says many states have recovered just as much, if not more, money from pharmaceutical companies accused of defrauding Medicaid programs as they spent on all Medicaid fraud enforcement. A total of $6.6 billion had been recovered from the beginning of 2012 through mid-July by both the federal government and states, ...

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J&J CEO gets out of testifying in trial

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that lawyers representing pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson successfully quashed a subpoena to compel CEO Alex Gorsky to testify about allegations that inappropriate marketing harmed children taking the company’s drugs.

The case involves a 17-year-old boy whose family sued the company because he grew breasts after taking J&J antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

It’s the second of a string of Risperdal trials. The first one concerned a 21-year-old man prescribed ...

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Former manager: J&J encouraged illegal tactics

A former Johnson & Johnson sales manager testified that the company promoted the illegal marketing of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal through tactics such as paying doctors to give favorable speeches and subsidizing golf trips, Bloomberg reports.

In 2003, company officials specifically urged salespeople to visit doctors who treat children, with the intention of getting more children on the drug – at a time when the drug wasn’t approved for children.

The former ...

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Big Pharma joining up to get drugs on market faster

According to an article in the New York Times, 10 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies are banding together to form a “nonprofit organization” called TransCelerate BioPharma that will be devoted to streamlining clinical trials and getting drugs on the market sooner.

The report quotes unidentified “people behind the effort” as saying this will be the largest cooperative venture of its kind among the pharmaceutical giants. Garry Neil, the interim chief ...

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Laser research looks at breaking up clots

An article on HowStuffWorks.com takes a look at research into using lasers to break up blood clots and prevent strokes.

According to the article, the challenge in that field of research is making the pulse of the laser strong enough to effectively bust up the clot without breaking the blood vessel walls.

In addition to lasers, the article says, several other mechanical means of removing clots have been tested, including an ultrasound ...

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