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Abbott 2013 earnings forecast tops Street view

(Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories Inc <ABT.N>, which spun off its branded prescription drugs earlier this month, on Wednesday forecast 2013 earnings above Wall Street expectations. Full story

NYT: Growing use of ‘study drugs’ among high school students

  An investigation shows that many students are using prescription drugs such as Adderall and Ritalin, as study aids. New York Times’ National Education Correspondent Alan Schwarz discusses.

Don't mix prescription drugs, alcohol, say doctors

  While the cause of Whitney Houston's death has not been released, her story has brought to light a growing problem in the United States: mixing prescription drugs with alcohol. WMAQ's Nesita Kwan reports.

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  Did prescription drugs send Moore to hospital?

Demi Moore’s publicist claims the actress sought treatment for exhaustion, but rumors are surfacing that prescription drugs may have been behind her hospitalization. NBC’s Mike Taibbi reports.

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378255 03: Prescription drugs are photographed September 11, 2000 in Fayetteville, NC. A prescription drug benefit provision within Medicare is a hot topic this election year for candidates of both major parties.