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The massive scale of prescription opioid shipments as the ongoing overdose epidemic unfolded has started to come into focus. Drug companies shipped 76 billion opioid […]
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Having a hernia repaired, or an appendix or gallbladder removed, hurts. And for the past two decades, patients having these common operations in the U.S. […]
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The maker of Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi) gave manipulated data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration when it approved the drug, the agency said Tuesday. […]
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Tighter rules on opioid painkiller prescriptions for U.S. government employees will be implemented in the fall, the Trump Administration says. The new Federal Employee Health […]
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The National Institutes of Health will award 12 grants to form the Justice Community Opioid Innovation Network (JCOIN) to support research on quality addiction treatment […]
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A UCLA-led research team has found that giving mice antibiotics for 10 days prior to a liver transplant leads to better liver function after the […]
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New research about an old vaccine—one that has been in use for nearly 100 years—has not only shown how effective it is but also suggests […]
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(HealthDay)—A plan to let Medicare patients receive rebates that drug companies currently pay to insurers and middlemen has been withdrawn by the Trump administration. The […]
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Hyperbole can be rampant in health news, particularly with respect to cannabis. One recent headline declared: “CBD is effective in treating heroin addiction.” Another proclaimed: […]
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State and local governments suing over the toll of a nationwide opioid crisis agree that companies in the drug industry should be held accountable, but […]
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