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Most Prison Inmates Delay HIV Treatment after Release
New research reveals that a vast majority of HIV-infected prison inmates, after release, do not...
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Drug Treating Menopausal Symptoms Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence
A drug commonly prescribed to treat menopausal symptoms appears to increase the risk of breast...
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FDA Starts Battle Against 24 Prescription Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that it will change some rules in an...
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FDA Seeks to Toughen Restrictions on Narcotics
Following new government figures showing a rise in nonmedical use of prescription painkillers...
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FDA Panel Votes to Ban Darvon Painkiller
Government advisers suggested a ban on the Darvon painkiller which has been in...
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Wegmans To Offer Free Antibiotics
Starting Tuesday, Wegmans Food Markets offers its customer antibiotics at no charge for a period...
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National Health Spending Continues to Rise, But at Slower Rate
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Giant Food Offers For Free Generic Antibiotics
Giant Food LLC said this week that its pharmacies will fill antibiotic prescriptions for free in...
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FDA: Epilepsy Drugs to Carry Suicide Risk Warning
The US Food and Drug Administration is ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warning...
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Overdose Deaths on the Rise in West Virginia, Report
Deaths from overdose of prescription drugs seem to be increasing in the United States, especially...
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FDA Issues Warnings on Four Asthma Drugs
On Friday,
two Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials released a statement on the
agency’s...
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Generic Heart Drugs As Effective As Brand-Name Counterparts
Brand-name drugs used to treat heart
disease aren’t better than generics, a new analysis shows....
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More Study Is Needed for Off-Label Use of Drugs, Study Says
American researchers have identified 14 widely prescribed
drugs that are used for other conditions...
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U.S. Government Paying for Unapproved Drugs
Analysis of federal data conducted by the Associated Press has
revealed that the United States...
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Enrollment for Next Year’s Medicare Started
Enrollment for Medicare 2009 started Saturday. People 65 years of age or older who did not sign up...
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Drug Prescriptions For US Children Rising At Alarming Rates
More and more children in the United States are prescribed
medication for chronic diseases,...
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Consumer Group Urges FDA to Ban Glaxo’s Avandia over Liver Failure
Consumer group Public Citizen on Thursday asked the Food and
Drug Administration to ban...
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Cost Of Diabetes Care Has Doubled In Six Years
Americans with diabetes nearly doubled their
spending on drugs and expensive treatments for...
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US Youths More Likely to Be Prescribed Psychotropic Drugs
A study published online today in the
journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health...
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Update: Walgreens Takes The Fight Over SF Tobacco Ban To Court
The largest US
drug-store chain by sales, Walgreen Co., is seeking an emergency injunction to...
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Questions About The Link Between Vytorin And Cancer Remain Unanswered
According to The New York Times, the benefits and risks a cholesterol-lowering drug poses are still...
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Update: Debate Over Link Between Vytorin And Cancer
When the FDA approved Vytorin, a medicine that lowers bad cholesterol in the blood and raises the...
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Suicide Rate In U.S. Youngsters On The Rise: Study
According to the findings of a current study, the suicide rate among American teens was lower in...
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Suicide Rates among Teens Still High Compared to Previous Years
Though the youth suicide rate dropped in
2005 after a sharp rise in 2004, the number of suicides...
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Controversy over Pfizer’s Lipitor’s Ad Campaign Ends, New Ad Available
In the new television ad for Pfizer’s Lipitor,
the world’s top selling drug, the endorser is an...
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Experts at Odds over Vytorin's Alleged Cancer Risk
Vytorin prescriptions drop as studies link the cholesterol drug with higher numbers of cancer...
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Direct-to-Consumer Drug Ad Campaigns May Be a Waste of Time, Money
The strategy of advertising directly to the final consumer of the product may not be the best way...
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Vytorin's Alleged Cancer Risk Questioned by FDA, Experts
Earlier this year, it was revealed that the U.S. spent $1.5 billion in 2006 on Vytorin, a...
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Rx Drugs, Street Drugs & Alcohol Misuse Leads To More Deaths Than Ever
Over the past two decades the number of Americans who died
at home after combining street drugs...
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FDA’s Slow Handling of Problematic Drug Use
According to a draft report put together by congressional
investigators, it turns out that federal...
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