Mother & Daughter Celebrate Victory Over 'Meth'

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President Clinton and Mylan Chairman and CEO Robert J. Coury Announce New Agreement to Lower Price of Treatment for Patients with Drug-Resistant HIV in Developing Countries

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Scientists Learn How Cancer Drugs Cause Hypertension

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Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro: Vytorin and Zetia Makers Settle Class-Action Suit With Proposed $41.5 Million

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Certain Arthritis, Crohn's Drugs May Raise Kids' Cancer Risk: FDA

... TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- drugs widely used to fight rheumatoid arthritis, ... other cancers associated with the use of these drugs in children and adolescents," according to FDA ... Foundation, said the risks and benefits of these drugs need to be weighed and the final decision whether ...

CCHRINT Announces FDA Reported Psychiatric Drug Side Effects Search Engine

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Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings

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Isis Pharmaceuticals to Present at Canaccord Adams' 29th Annual Global Growth Conference

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Consumer Reports Launches Online Hospital Ratings for More Than 3,400 U.S. Hospitals

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Consumer Reports Swine Flu Survival Kit Prepares Consumers for Potentially Tough Flu Season This Fall

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Surgical Masks Help Ward Off Flu, Maybe

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One in 10 High School Seniors Have Used Narcotic Painkillers

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Antidepressant Use in U.S. Has Almost Doubled

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Anti-growth factor drugs raise hope and concern for treatment of children's eye diseases

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UF scientists program blood stem cells to become vision cells

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Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance

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Food additive may one day help control blood lipids and reduce disease risk

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Higher drug doses needed to defeat tuberculosis, UT Southwestern researchers report

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Resistance to Malaria Drug Reported in Cambodia

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Industry And FDA Leaders To Discuss The Evolving Science Of Cardiovascular Safety (CV) And Diabetic Drug Development

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Narconon Graduate Delivers Drug Education in Florida

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Molecule plays early role in nonsmoking lung cancer

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Blood flow in Alzheimer's disease

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Chronic and Complex Diseases on the Rise in Philadelphia: Adults Using More Medications to Treat Chronic Conditions

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Lilly to Unveil More Than 30 Studies at Premier Lung Cancer Meeting

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Giving Statins to Kids Provokes Debate

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Beta-Blockers Tied to Higher Cataract Risk

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Webcast Alert: Isis Pharmaceuticals' Second Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call

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Human Genome Sciences Announces Second-Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Key Developments

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Jackson Tragedy May Serve to Educate Public on Addiction, Says American Society of Addiction Medicine

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Clinical Research Safety and Ethical Standards in Developing World Up to U.S. Levels, Report Says

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NACDS Urges Clarifications, Enhancements in Two Pharmacy Reimbursement Provisions in House Healthcare Reform Legislation

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96-Week Safety and Efficacy Findings Presented for INTELENCE(TM) (etravirine) As Part of HIV Combination Therapy

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Key Protein Might Shield Brain Cells

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A Phase III Alzheimer's Drug Increases Levels of Beta Amyloid in the Brain - But Still Provides Benefits

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Niche Prescriptions Announces Grand Opening of New Program Offering Prescription Drug Discount Card

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Eliminating polio requires global, coordinated effort -- Health Affairs article highlights risks, rewards of eradication

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Swine Flu Vaccine Taking Longer Than Expected

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HealthWarehouse.com Announces $3.50 Prescription Drug Program

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Schizophrenia Drug Got Bad Rap

... rates associated with use of any psychotic drugs against no use of the drugs, and also compared ... to the six most frequently used antipsychotic drugs with use of the first-generation antipsychotic ... the use of second-generation antipsychotic drugs rose from 13 percent to 64 percent, the ...