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How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine

How students are sharing prescription drugs on Facebook | University Business Magazine
Source: universitybusiness.com

French drug trial turns disastrous, leaving 1 brain dead and 5 hospitalized

French drug trial turns disastrous, leaving 1 brain dead and 5 hospitalized
Source: arstechnica.com

E-coli bacteria, found in some China farms and patients, cannot be killed with antiobiotic drug of last resort | KurzweilAI

E-coli bacteria, found in some China farms and patients, cannot be killed with antiobiotic drug of last resort | KurzweilAI
Source: kurzweilai.net

Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News: Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort

Antibiotic resistance: World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era' - BBC News: Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort meaning the world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", warn scientists.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill - Slashdot

Drug Firm Offers $1 Version of $750 Daraprim Pill - Slashdot
Source: slashdot.org

Nearly 77 percent of pulmonary clinical trials failed to report race and ethnicity data: Researchers from Duke University

Nearly 77 percent of pulmonary clinical trials failed to report race and ethnicity data: Researchers from Duke University and Durham Veteran Affairs Medical Center have found that nearly 77 percent of pulmonary clinical trials registered with ClinicalTrials.gov failed to report race and ethnicity data,...
Source: eurekalert.org

Impact of proton pump inhibitor treatment on gastrointestinal bleeding associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Impact of proton pump inhibitor treatment on gastrointestinal bleeding associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use among post-myocardial infarction patients taking antithrombotics: nationwide study Anne-Marie Schjerning Olsen. Jesper Lindhardsen. Gunnar H Gislason. Patricia McGettigan. Mark...
Source: bmj.com

Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today

Retail clinics best used as backup to a patient's primary care physician: The American College of Physicians (ACP) today said that retail health clinics - now commonly present in drugstores and/or big box retailers - are best used as a backup alternative to a patient's primary care physician for the...
Source: medicalxpress.com

California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law

California to enact comprehensive medical marijuana regulations: California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday signed into law the state's first comprehensive regulations of medical marijuana, two decades after legalization fueled a wild west of disparate local rules, a gray market in cultivation and concerns...
Source: reuters.com

U.S. cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect: U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of

U.S. cancer doctors drop pricey drugs with little or no effect: U.S. oncologists, aware that patients are paying more of the costs of expensive cancer drugs, are increasingly declining to prescribe medicines that have scant or no effect, even as a last resort.
Source: reuters.com

Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for neuropathic pain in adults | Cochrane

Oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for neuropathic pain in adults | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Genetic screening for mental health grows rapidly despite little evidence tests work - The Boston Globe: New tests that

Genetic screening for mental health grows rapidly despite little evidence tests work - The Boston Globe: New tests that identify the best psychiatric drugs for patients based on their DNA have limited science behind them and lots of questions ahead.
Source: bostonglobe.com

Call for Britain to over-ride patents on Roche cancer drug: A group of patients and campaigners has called on Britain's

Call for Britain to over-ride patents on Roche cancer drug: A group of patients and campaigners has called on Britain's health minister to over-ride patents protecting Roche's expensive breast cancer drug Kadcyla to allow for the import or manufacture of cut-price copies.
Source: reuters.com

Sanofi wins EU approval for Praluent anti-cholesterol drug: French drugmaker Sanofi said the European Commission had cleared

Sanofi wins EU approval for Praluent anti-cholesterol drug: French drugmaker Sanofi said the European Commission had cleared its key cholesterol drug Praluent for the treatment of so-called "bad cholesterol," or low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, in certain adult patients with hypercholesterolemia.
Source: reuters.com

Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS: The issue related to macrovascular

Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS: The issue related to macrovascular outcomes and intensive glycemic control was hotly debated after the publication of landmark trials like ACCORD, ADVANCE, and VADT. The only benefits seem to come from intervening...
Source: hindawi.com

Clinton proposes $250 monthly cap on prescription drug costs

Clinton proposes $250 monthly cap on prescription drug costs
Source: reuters.com

Drug Company Backs off $750 per Pill Price Tag for Pyrimethamine — Physician’s First Watch

Drug Company Backs off $750 per Pill Price Tag for Pyrimethamine — Physician’s First Watch
Source: jwatch.org

Exclusive: Americans overpaying hugely for cancer drugs - study

Exclusive: Americans overpaying hugely for cancer drugs - study
Source: reuters.com