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Veterans groups put focus on traumatic brain injuries: “They still need the help and support you would have given an amputee”

This Veterans Day, advocates are raising awareness about traumatic brain injury and the impact of these types of wounds on the post-9/11 military generation.  Dozens of service members have suffered TBIs during the current conflict with Iran, and hundreds of thousands of veterans have been diagnosed with it over the quarter-century of the U.S.’s global war…

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Tennessee moves to prevent Christa Pike’s attorneys from examining drug used in failed execution

Tennessee is seeking to block Christa Pike’s attorneys from accessing the lethal injection drug used in her failed execution on the grounds that it would reveal the supplier in violation of state law, court filings show. The request follows a judge’s order to preserve evidence in a lawsuit filed by Pike’s attorneys and reflects the…

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Christa Pike, in first statement since botched execution, says she’s been in pain every moment since waking up

Christa Pike, who survived a botched execution attempt in Tennessee last month, said Friday that she’s been in pain every moment since she woke up confused in the hospital. Pike said she’d entered the execution chamber having said her goodbyes, adding, “I had not contemplated life beyond that night.”  “Several days later I woke up…

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Will an FDA crackdown curb access to cheaper GLP-1 weight-loss drugs? Here’s what to know.

The Food and Drug Administration has warned a major compounding pharmacy that it violated federal law by making copies of blockbuster weight-loss drugs in “inordinate amounts.”  The letter to Empower Pharmacy marks the first time the FDA has waded into a fierce debate about when a pharmacy’s legitimate work of customizing a medication crosses the…

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