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Drugs, not just age and disease, are killing Canadian seniors. As many as 3,300 seniors die every year due to adverse drug reactions, according to a CBC estimate done by analyzing Health Canada's adverse drug reaction database (obtained under Access to Information). It's an estimate that has been judged credible by a number of researchers who study pharmacology and adverse drug reactions. "The 3,300 deaths number and the way it's been calculated by CBC I think is quite cautious and is realistic. It's likely to be higher than that, but nobody at the present time has a way of really...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- A Fort Bragg soldier charged with 1st degree murder in the death of his wife took an anti-malaria drug linked to aggression and suicidal thinking while serving in Afghanistan, and allegedly killed his wife just weeks after his return. Thomas Maher, attorney for Master Sgt. William Wright, confirmed Friday his client took Lariam, also called mefloquine, meaning that at least two of the three soldiers who served there and allegedly killed their wives this summer also likely took the drug. "He was taking it," Maher said. Maher said Wright didn't attribute any particular adverse...