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Two new studies link the drug to increased heart risks just weeks before the FDA will consider whether it should remain on the market.

The diabetes drug Avandia, once the world's top-selling diabetes medication, took two more hits Monday with one new study linking it to an increased risk of heart attacks and a separate study linking it to an increased risk of heart failure and stroke.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday most illegal immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the border, an assertion that critics painted as exaggerated and racist...

Alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke was arrested by police on the outskirts of Kingston on Tuesday, peacefully ending a manhunt for the fugitive at the center of last month's deadly raids in the Jamaican capital.

Koppel's son died from overdose of drugs, alcohol

By COLLEEN LONG
2010-06-18T22:14:38Z
NEW YORK

Man, one day you have the whole world's ear to talk about slack network security, and the next you're in the joint. Andrew Auernheimer, Goatse Security's hacker-in-chief and a key player in the unearthing of a major security flaw exposing iPads surfing AT&T's airwaves, is today facing felony charges for possession of a variety of potent drugs.

Law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 2,000 people in a 22-month investigation targeting Mexican drug trafficking organizations in the United States.

Drugmaker Pfizer will cut 6,000, or 18 percent, of jobs at its 78 manufacturing plants over the next five years as it consolidates operations after  last year's purchase of  Wyeth.

The US state department extends a warning on travel to three more Mexican states because of drug-related violence.

The son of Oscar-winning actor Michael Douglas was sentenced on Tuesday to five years in prison for possessing heroin and dealing large amounts of methamphetamine and cocaine out of a New York hotel room.

A convicted cocaine smuggler has been arrested for running what authorities say appears to be a bestiality farm in Washington ...