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Sacklers Directed Efforts to Mislead Public About OxyContin, New Documents Indicate

Members of the Sackler family, which owns the company that makes OxyContin, directed years of efforts to mislead doctors and patients about the dangers of the powerful opioid painkiller, a court filing citing previously undisclosed documents contends. When evidence of growing abuse of the drug became clear in the early 2000s, one of them, Richard… Read More: Sacklers Directed Efforts to Mislead Public About OxyContin, New Documents… »

The Microsoft-Walgreens deal is the latest tie-up among two industries that need each other

Amazon is the e-commerce giant, a behemoth in cloud computing and an aspiring player in the pharmacy business. Across those industries, Amazon is scaring everyone, forcing them to partner up to defend themselves.

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How you can fall asleep in seconds just by changing the way you breathe

Breathing is a reflex – an automatic, vital action that keeps us alive. But the simple trick of altering how you breathe can also help improve your health and ease all sorts of niggles, according to Stuart Sandeman, transformational breath coach and founder of Breathpod (breathpod.me). “Many people breathe in shallow and constricted patterns, limiting… Read More: How you can fall asleep in seconds just by changing… »