Tag: disabilities

  • Back pain tied to increased fall risk for older men

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    By Madeline Kennedy (Reuters Health) – – Back pain is the most common type of pain older men complain of, and it could signal a greater risk of falling, even for people with no other disabilities, according to a recent U.S. study. “We know that older people with back pain have poor physical function, like…

  • Teva to pay U.S. government $519 million over foreign bribery charges

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    The settlement with the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission relates to conduct in Ukraine, Mexico and a guilty plea by a subsidiary in Russia, and followed a voluntary investigation, Teva said. Details of the misconduct, which Teva said ended several years ago, were not disclosed. Teva, the world's biggest generic drugmaker,…