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Feb 01, 12 03:08PMRoughly 30 million Americans suffer from migraines, and as you might expect, there’s a large pharmaceutical market to prevent or stop these debilitating headaches. Drugs such as Imitrex and Vera pamil...
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Feb 01, 12 03:02PMSince I dedicated an entire issue of JAMA on Nov. 11, 1998 to the theme of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in an effort to move CAM into the mainstream, I keep hoping that some of the numerous CAM...
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Jan 31, 12 03:45PMFederal regulators Monday approved the first drug for people with advanced forms of basal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of skin cancer, as well as the most common cancer in general in the Unite d...
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Jan 31, 12 03:41PMA club drug called “Special K” is generating a lot of buzz among researchers who study depression. That’s because “Special K,” which is actually an FDA-approved anestheti c...
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Jan 31, 12 03:37PMA young patient holds Kalydeco, a cystic-fibrosis treatment from Vertex just approved by the FDA. Certain cystic-fibrosis patients will now have an FDA-approved treatment that targets an underlying ca use...
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Jan 30, 12 03:43PMA drug used to treat multiple sclerosis may also be effective at preventing and reversing the leading cause of heart attack, a new study has found. Scientists found that Gilenya, a drug recently appro ved...
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Jan 30, 12 03:40PMResearchers at the Perelman School of Medicine and the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania report that a short course of vaccination with an anti-HER2 dendritic cell vaccine made partly...
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Jan 27, 12 03:44PMIn the US warfarin is by far the greatest cause of adverse drug events leading to emergency hospitalization. This is another reason to ensure that patients are following the most appropriate anticoagu lation...
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Jan 26, 12 07:11PMLow levels of vitamin D have been linked to depression, according to UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists working with the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. It is believed to be the largest su ch...
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Jan 26, 12 07:08PMAsthma and gastroesophageal reflux (GER) are both common illnesses in children. GER in children often occurs without the typical symptoms of heartburn, and physicians frequently prescribe the acid ref lux...
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