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A former Wichita area physician who is serving time on supervised release for a drug violation has been indicted on federal charges including possession of controlled substances, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said.   A grand jury returned an indictment...

For years, physicians have been inching their way to a better understanding of how -- and how well -- the drug ketamine, a "twilight drug" used to sedate some patients before a painful procedure, can lift someone with severe depression almost...

When he died, Michael Jackson had a cocktail of anti-depressant and mood drugs in his system as well as a level of the anesthetic propofol typical of a patient undergoing major surgery. The revelation came during testimony Monday in the lawsuit Jackson'...

Michael Jackson had a long list of prescription drugs in his system when he died in the days before his anticipated comeback tour, a toxicologist with the Los Angeles County coroner's office testified Monday. Dan Anderson, the first witness called in...

Megan Elphage lives in fear of another big epileptic seizure. The 22-year-old Glen Burnie woman had her first seizure when she was 13. Even though medications largely keep her epilepsy under control, the prospect of seizures means she can't drive,...

Oak Brook-based Advocate Health Care failed to obtain proper consent from emergency room patients before enrolling them in a clinical study, according to a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The letter to Advocate’s...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has sharply criticized Advocate Health Care, the state's largest health system, for enrolling emergency room patients in a clinical trial without their permission. In a warning letter made public this week, the FDA...

NORWALK, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police are looking for more possible victims of a 53-year old man accused of drugging and raping a woman he hired to babysit. The alleged rape happened Jan. 11 in the 14100 block of Bayside Drive in Norwalk. Prosecutors say...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- Jurors on Friday heard a more than 2-hour-long police interview -- kept private until now -- in which Dr. Conrad Murray details his treatments on Jackson in the hours before the singer's death, including his administration of...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- After a break for Columbus Day, jurors in the involuntary manslaughter trial against Dr. Conrad Murray on Tuesday were shown an overhead photo of Jackson's naked corpse on an autopsy table. The photo was shown during...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- An expert reviewer from the Medical Board of California told the jury Wednesday that Dr. Conrad Murray's care of Michael Jackson leading up to his death was so inadequate that it violated the Hippocratic oath, an ethical...

Michael Jackson’s doctor was convicted Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death for supplying an insomnia-plagued Jackson with a powerful operating-room anesthetic to help him sleep as he rehearsed for his big comeback. Dr....