Leading pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca, in letters released by the Food and Drug Administration, warn doctors and pharmacists that mix-ups in prescriptions of three drugs with similar names, but vastly different effects can lead to serious health problems.

The drugs are Toprol-XL, Topamax, and Tegretol

The state of Nevada receives the first funding from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for youth suicide prevention and early intervention programs.

The $400,000 grant is a key component of the state's initiative for the Columbia University TeenScreen Program, a voluntary youth mental health and suicide-risk screening program

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is reportedly in poor health and is seeking medical attention, says a U.S. officer in Afghanistan.

"Osama bin Laden is trying to obtain medical attention," Colonel Don McGraw, director of operations at the Combined Forces Command in Kabul, tells a group of reporters

Teens whose mothers had attempted suicide are themselves at increased risk of doing the same thing, according to a German research report.

Dr. Roselind Lieb, from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, along with her associates followed a representative community sample of 933 teenagers, who were between 14 and 17 years old in 1995 along with their mothers. Suicidal thoughts without attempts was reported by 31.9 percent of mothers and 31.6 percent of offspring, and corresponding rates of actual suicide attempts were 2.3 percent and 5.0 percent

Teens whose mothers had attempted suicide are themselves at increased risk of doing the same thing, according to a German research report.

Dr. Roselind Lieb, from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, along with her associates followed a representative community sample of 933 teenagers, who were between 14 and 17 years old in 1995 along with their mothers. Suicidal thoughts without attempts was reported by 31.9 percent of mothers and 31.6 percent of offspring, and corresponding rates of actual suicide attempts were 2.3 percent and 5.0 percent