A doctor who was medical director of a chain of pain clinics authorities say trafficked in pain pills has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges. ...more

March 16, 2010

The ambulance crew that responded after Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they suspected domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show. ...more

March 13, 2010

The ambulance crew that responded after golfer Tiger Woods crashed his SUV would not allow his wife to ride with him to the hospital because they thought it was a case of domestic violence, documents released Friday by the Florida Highway Patrol show. ...more

March 12, 2010

Thousands of pain pills were sold to high school students and addicts all over Florida by a network of pain clinic employees, patients and family members, federal authorities say in court documents. ...more

February 1, 2010

The idea someone can be addicted to sex often attracts giggles, but sex therapists say it's a real problem that affects plenty of people besides Tiger Woods. ...more

January 25, 2010

A physician and the owner of several pain clinics are facing trial in February on federal charges that they doled out pain pills to drug addicts and cheated Medicare out of more than $200,000. ...more

December 1, 2009

After falling for more than a decade, the U.S. suicide rate has climbed steadily since 1999, driven by an alarming increase among middle-age adults, researchers said this week. ...more

October 22, 2008

Profit, addiction fuel pill sales ...more

August 22, 2008

It's a tempting offer: Free prescription medications for people who need them the most - the poor, the uninsured, the homeless. Families of people who have died from diabetes, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease call the Judeo Christian Health Clinic in Tampa every week hoping to donate leftover medications. Some bottles are full or hardly used and bear price tags in the hundreds of dollars. But the clinic's executive director, Kelly Nelson, must decline. "We can't use them," she says, "Unfortunately." ...more

May 30, 2008

If you're middle-aged, you're more likely to be accidentally killed or injured by prescription drugs than by a car crash. If you're in high school, one in 10 of your classmates has abused powerful pain medication. ...more

May 19, 2008