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FDA cracks down on over 1,000 illegal online medicine sellers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it had sent warning letters and seized potentially dangerous, unapproved medicines…
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Study ties drug shortage to poorer cancer survival
Young cancer patients who couldn’t get a key medicine because of a national drug shortage were more likely to suffer…
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Skin drug may help treat type 1 diabetes
A drug used to treat psoriasis may also be able to help treat people with type 1 diabetes, BBC News…
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FDA-approved antidepressant may help treat deadly form of lung cancer
Researchers have discovered a class of FDA-approved antidepressants that may prove effective in treating patients with small-cell lung cancer –…
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FDA approves new drug to treat ulcerative colitis
The Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s drug Simponi for patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis,…
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The new bird flu strain that has killed 36 people in China has proved resistant to Tamiflu for the first…
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Johnson & Johnson may soon cause frown lines at Allergan Inc, maker of Botox. J&J expects to seek U.S. approval…
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Lengthy antibiotic use common in elderly
Elderly nursing home residents are often prescribed courses of antibiotics that last 10 days or more, a new Canadian study…
Read MoreHillary Clinton’s blood clot treatment and the need for privacy
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s happy departure from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital the day after New Year’s was not shrouded in…
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