Study warns against prescribing new drugs
Chicago AP report cites a JAMA analysis of 548 drugs approved 1975-1999 showing over 10 percent later carried serious safety warnings or were withdrawn. The study led by Karen Lasser urges cautious use of newer medicines when safe older options exist, amid calls to tighten FDA approval thresholds.
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Missing children cases in San Diego raise fears after two abductions
In San Diego two children vanish in separate incidents, one from a bedroom and another from a weekday playground. Volunteers search canyon areas as Brenda van Dam recalls Danielle van Dam’s murder earlier this year. Jahi Turner, 2, is missing after his stepfather left him briefly. police have no suspects. The Navy brought the boy’s mother home to assist the probe while prosecutors plan a death-penalty bid in the prior case.
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