Bend / Central Oregon News, Sports, Business, Weather, Entertainment, Classifieds and Local & State Headlines | The Bulletin

Use Advanced Search to filter by date and category. *keyword is required in search field.
start date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
end date (MM-DD-YYYY):
 -  - 
category:

Antipsychotic drugs given more often to poor children

New federally financed drug research reveals a stark disparity: Children covered by Medicaid are given powerful antipsychotic medicines at a rate four times higher than children whose parents have private insurance.

Those findings, by a team from Rutgers and Columbia, are almost certain to add....

Read complete article

Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.