The number of experimental drugs in human testing by Pfizer Inc. has shrunk by 12 percent over the past six months, mainly because the company has narrowed the areas in which it does research.

AP IMPACT: Nursing home patients endangered by younger, mentally ill residents. Ivory Jackson had Alzheimer's, but that wasn't what killed him. At 77, he was smashed in the face with a clock radio as he lay in his nursing home bed.

Patients Often Stop Psychiatric Drugs, With Sometimes Tragic Consequences, Therapists Say. Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario ? troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.

Psychiatrists say it's a common scenario ? troubled patients stop taking their medicine, because of cost, side effects, the stigma, or delusions that they don't need it. The consequences can be tragic, though rarely as horrific as the Valentine's Day suicide-slaughter at Northern Illinois University.

Animal activists at People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) are urging BRITNEY SPEARS' parents to overhaul the troubled singer's eating habits - because her ongoing mental health issues could be linked to her diet.

LANCE BASS has called on his former 'N SYNC bandmate JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE to get in touch with his ex-girlfriend, troubled BRITNEY SPEARS.

Top 20-selling drugs in the U.S. made in Puerto Rico, with manufacturer and purpose:

Top 20-selling drugs in the U.S. made in Puerto Rico, with manufacturer and purpose:

Former child star KRISTY McNICHOL is set for a dazzling return to the limelight - as a contestant on TV reality hit DANCING WITH THE STARS.

BRITNEY SPEARS is "ANNA NICOLE SMITH in real time" according to celebrity psychiatrist DR. DREW PINSKY - who fears she could end up dead like the Playboy playmate.

Rap mogul DAMON DASH has dismissed allegations by a woman who claims he turned her into a schizophrenic when he exposed himself to her during a meeting in 2004.

Northrop Grumman NOC won a $160mil Air Force contract to work on GPS satellites and ground support. A related system development deal led by Northrop could boost the contract value to more than $1bil. It fell 1.9% to 78.54.