Rite Aid is giving patients a chance to peek over their doctor’s shoulder with genetic tests that help determine the…
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GlaxoSmithKline lung drug fails to extend life in huge study
GlaxoSmithKline’s inhaled medicine Breo failed to prolong life in patients with chronic respiratory disease in a high-stakes clinical trial of…
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J&J seeks bioethics advice on compassionate use of drugs
Dying patients sometimes seek emergency access to experimental medicines, desperate for a last-chance treatment even if there’s little proof it…
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FDA says one dead, many ill after receiving non-sterile solution
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that many people have been sickened and one has died after…
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Will preventive medicine save money? Think again
It seems like a no-brainer. Since about 75 percent of health care spending in the United States is for largely…
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FDA studies possible pre-cancerous link with diabetes drugs
The Food and Drug Administration is studying unconfirmed reports that a widely used class of diabetes drugs, which includes Merck…
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Texas health officials issue measles alert
Texas health officials have issued a measles alert and are urging people to be immunized after more than a dozen…
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Scientists develop safer foot-and-mouth vaccine
British scientists have developed a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease that is safer and easier to manufacture, an advance they…
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Morning-after pill: Quick facts
NAME: Plan B. MANUFACTURER: A subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceuticals Inc. USE: If taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex, it…
Read MoreDoctors are key source of pain pills for chronic abusers
Most Americans who abuse prescription pain killers get them free from friends or family, but a new study released on…
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