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Improper Proton Pump Inhibitor Prescriptions Criticized
SAN DIEGO — Prescriptions for proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have skyrocketed over the past 2 decades, along with concerns about…
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Opioids Crisis Has Spread Beyond United States
PARIS (Reuters) = Opioid use has reached crisis proportions not only in the United States but also in Canada and…
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UK Doctors Launch Guide for Syrian Medics Battling to Save Children’s Lives
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – British doctors and humanitarians have launched a pioneering field manual to help medics in Syria…
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Bullied kids more likely to use painkillers
(Reuters Health) – Children and teens who are bullied are more than twice as likely as peers who are not…
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FDA Okays Another Immunotherapy Plus TKI for Advanced RCC
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the immunotherapy avelumab (Bavencio, Merck and Pfizer) in combination with the…
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Opioid overdose deaths decline when pharmacists can dispense naloxone
(Reuters Health) – In states where pharmacists were allowed to sell the potentially lifesaving opioid antidote naloxone without a prescription,…
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Medical Cannabis Safe, Effective in the Elderly
PHILADELPHIA — Medical cannabis may be safe and effective in the treatment of a wide range of chronic symptoms related…
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High-Dose, Single-Fraction SBRT Likely Effective for Non-Spine Bone Metastases
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Single-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) seems to be an effective option for patients with painful…
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Founder, execs of drug company guilty in conspiracy that fed opioid crisis
BOSTON (Reuters) – The founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc on Thursday became the highest-ranking drugmaker executive convicted in a case…
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Drug company founder, executives convicted of bribe scheme that fueled U.S. opioid crisis
FILE PHOTO: John Kapoor, the billionaire founder of Insys Therapeutics Inc, arrives at the federal courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.,…
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