Former U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson will not face charges stemming from two automobile collisions last month, the Los Angeles district attorney's office announced Tuesday, citing insufficient evidence.
For the first two periods, this game was Ambien mixed with Melatonin. For the final 43 minutes 47 seconds, it was a triple-shot cappucino mixed with Red Bull and steroids followed by a 50,000-volt chaser of electricity.
Ruth Madoff says she and her husband attempted suicide as public outrage mounted over Bernard Madoff's infamous $50 billion Ponzi scheme, the largest in U.S. history.
The actor takes jabs at Oliver Stone, The Plaza hotel and his old bosses
A second-grade teacher in Sharpsburg, Georgia -- arrested this year for allegedly trying to poison her husband -- retains her position despite having pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
In responses to four suits accusing him of coercing young men into sexual relationships, prominent Georgia pastor Eddie Long denies the claims and asks that the suits be dismissed.
One author thinks the Bishop Eddie Long scandal should prompt a broader conversation about sex in the black church.
The rapper's been clean for almost two years after a Methadone overdose that almost killed him
It's been a long battle for Eminem, whose latest album "Recovery" is dedicated to the addictions he overcame to Vicodin, Valium, Ambien and Methadone.
A man accused of disrupting a trans-Atlantic flight by claiming he was carrying explosives also told the federal marshal onboard that he had taken the popular sleep aid Ambien, according to court documents.
The actress says she hit rock bottom in 2007 but has chosen life over drugs
"He's doing brilliantly," the British musician says of the American rapper
A hospital update on Tiger Woods' mother-in-law, who was released hours after being admitted with stomach pain.
Tiger Woods' mother-in-law, Barbro Holmberg, was released from a hospital in "good condition" Tuesday afternoon, hours after she was admitted, a hospital spokesman said.
His dangerous (but kicked) habit included Vicodin, Ambien, Valium, and nearly resulted in his death, he says
I suffered a career-ending injury in the past and now have further health issues related to that incident. How do you keep from going into a deep depression when you lost your job, have undergone 12 surgical procedures and almost three years of rehab since 2002? I have battled depression, lack of self-worth and confidence.
Mark to market is a business rarity - an accounting term that draws reactions from people who don't know spreadsheets from bedsheets. Mark to market, which we'll call MTM, evokes images of Enron's made-up profits and the other corporate scandals that marred the first years of this decade. Not pretty.
Chances are, someone you know takes a sleeping pill. One in four Americans takes a sleep aid every year, according to the National Sleep Foundation, and the numbers are even higher for women -- one in three uses some sort of sleep medication a few times a week.
Ever since Paul Lewis was a kid, he was a restless sleeper who sleepwalked now and then. But after he started his company, a forensic investigations firm called PG Lewis and Associates in Whitehouse Station, N.J., he found he never slept soundly enough to sleepwalk.
In 1977, my friend Brenda and I went for dinner at a little Chinese restaurant called Empress Garden. She had the lemon chicken, I had the shrimp har kow, and we each had an egg roll because in 1977 you could eat sugar and fat and deep-fried everything without its signifying that the apocalypse is at hand.
Drug makers spend billions on slick direct-to-consumer ads. The biggest weapon in their marketing arsenal? Confusion
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports on a new study linking loud snoring with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
Insomnia sufferers have a lot to keep them awake at night: many of the available drugs are loaded with side-effects, and big drugmakers can't seem to get their act together on new treatments.
The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University two weeks ago will be demolished, state officials said Wednesday.
Steven Kazmierczak had been taking three drugs prescribed for him by his psychiatrist, the Northern Illinois University gunman's girlfriend told CNN.
New York's Washington Square Park is sometimes a haven for the stray homeless to get some shut-eye, curled up on a bench somewhere. For Heath Ledger, it was a place to roam while sleep evaded him.
CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports on research that could show why women with a certain gene run a higher risk of cancer.
Neurocrine Biosciences was set to learn on Wednesday whether federal regulators have approved Indiplon, an experimental short-acting sleeping pill analysts think will have a tough time competing.
Try this at home: as the new television season unfolds, take note of the number of times your favorite character casually mentions a name-brand prescription drug. It'll happen more than you think.
If you'd like to help thousands of people who are saving for retirement (and maybe even yourself), I have a suggestion. Tell the Securities and Exchange Commission to get off its duff and pass rules improving the disclosure investors get about variable-annuity fees.
Sepracor Inc .posted lower-than-expected results Friday and cut its 2007 outlook amid competition for its insomnia drug and reduced reimbursement for its asthma drug, sending its shares down 20 percent.
John Stamos says jet lag combined with a sleeping pill caused his bizarre behavior during an Australian morning show and a newspaper interview.
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Mon Apr 23 2007 18:02:00
[MISS] Leave out the beaver. Memorable ads lead to memorable results, right? Not always. After unveiling a well-received campaign featuring Abe Lincoln and a bucktoothed rodent, Japanese drugmaker ...
Merck and its Danish partner Lundbeck said they discontinued studies on an experimental insomnia drug and will not be submitting it to the FDA.
Tucked in an alley off Manhattan's financial district is a darkened storefront dotted with eight futuristic-looking white pods. Reclining in the capsules are two Wall Streeters who've ducked in for...
Eli Lilly & Co. agreed to buy Hypnion, a privately owned company specializing in treatments for sleep disorders, the companies said Monday.
SI.com: Be like Bradyupdated: Fri Jan 12 2007 12:41:00
SAN DIEGO -- It had been a hell of a week, what with the sleep deprivation and the sick kids and the Grand Slam of Laptop Disasters. So when a kind Pro Bowl player offered me a cold, malted beverage in the middle of the Chargers' locker room during happy hour Thursday evening -- well, who was I to turn it down?
Your alarm jolts you into consciousness every weekday morning; you need a cup or two of joe just to get out the door--and two or three more to make it through the day. You rub your eyes to stay awa...
Scarlett Johansson struts her stuff in cleavage-baring dresses on the red carpet, but in real life, she'd rather remain a mystery.
You've been in hotels more than you've been at home. You've been commuting between San Francisco and New York lately. And you're wiped out. But there's that big meeting or gig to prepare for.
Pfizer and Schering-Plough could easily snap up the smaller drugmaker Sepracor but industry analysts say risks to its two products would limit any potential gains.
Business 2.0: Hits & Missesupdated: Thu Jun 01 2006 00:01:00
[HIT] Score one for the little guy. It was a moment execs at TiVo wanted to pause, rewind, and savor: In April a Texas jury handed the company a $74 million judgment in its lawsuit against Dish Net...
Neurocrine Biosciences' stock price plunged nearly 60 percent after the FDA gave mixed approval to Indiplon, a sleeping pill that the biotech developed with Pfizer, and analysts believe the partnership is at risk.
Patrick Kennedy, who mysteriously plowed his Ford Mustang into a security barricade on Capitol Hill last week, once seemed the great hope of his generation of America's most storied political dynasty. He won his first election at 21: a college junior who had lived in Rhode Island only two years, Kennedy trounced a five-term incumbent to win a seat in the state legislature. In 1994 he was elected to Congress, and people predicted he would follow his father Edward into the Senate.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, said Thursday he was apparently disoriented by medication when he crashed his car into a barricade on Capitol Hill overnight.
Pfizer could use a new blockbuster and the sleeping pill industry could use a new drug, and both could happen this summer if the FDA approves Indiplon at its review later this month.
The fast-growing sleeping-pill business could be in for a big wake-up call from Pfizer.
Ambien, a sleeping pill made by Sanofi-Aventis, spurs the desire for intensive midnight snacking, according to a news report.
Oh, the agony of sleeplessness. "Last night she had only slept three hours with five red ones and two yellows," mourns Neely, a character in Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann's great work of p...
Your bodyclock is in one time zone and you're physically in another, at some point during a business trip, you are going to need some help.
A new pill from Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceuticals promises to put you to sleep without knocking you out.
You've just gained an overseas customer, and you're packing for Asia to seal the deal. Mandarin phrase book? Check. Voltage converter? Yup. Socks for preventing blood from clotting while you're int...
Technology stocks finished higher on Monday after manufacturing data hinted that a turnaround in hiring may be on the horizon and boosted investors' expectations for Friday's crucial jobs report for February.
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