The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a lung cancer drug made by Boehringer Ingelheim to treat patients who are…
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2009 swine flu vaccine linked with small risk of paralysis disorder
Americans who received the H1NI flu vaccine, also known as the swine flu vaccine, in 2009 and 2010 had a…
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FDA finds safety issues at specialty pharmacies
The Food and Drug Administration says it has uncovered potential safety problems at 30 specialty pharmacies that were inspected in…
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Denmark researchers say a “promising” breakthrough that could ultimately lead to a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be…
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Speak up: How to protect yourself from infection at the hospital
A new report published in JAMA Internal Medicine estimates hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) cost the American health care system $9.8 billion…
Read MoreWhy you’ve never heard of the most commonly prescribed drugs in the US
Pharmaceuticals are big business in the United States—in 2013 alone, spending reached $329 billion—but the driving force isn’t common medications.…
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Nearly half of adults ages 40 to 75 qualify for statin drugs, according to new guidelines
Almost half of Americans ages 40 to 75 and nearly all men over 60 qualify to consider cholesterol-lowering statin drugs…
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FDA okays new drug for low blood pressure
Chelsea Therapeutics International Ltd’s drug Northera, which treats a rare form of low blood pressure associated with neurological disorders such…
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New oral drug may prevent death from radiation poisoning
Large-scale radiation exposure, either from a nuclear power plant disaster or from the detonation of an atomic weapon, is extremely…
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