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Personal Health: Bone-Marrow Transplants Have an Image Problem

Personal health: Bone-marrow transplants have an image problem
As her condition progressed toward leukemia, doctors at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center urged her to get a bone-marrow transplant. Fortunately, there … Two years ago Steven Satrom, 66, a retired engineer in Allentown, Pa., developed acute …
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Ansell Capital Corp. Announces Proposed Reverse Takeover Transaction With

Ansell Capital Corp. Announces Proposed Reverse Takeover Transaction With
BriaCell has already successfully implemented two U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") Phase-I studies, wherein the Vaccine has proved safe and has demonstrated significant promise in patients with advanced breast cancer. …. He was the Principal …
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Sliver of Medicare Doctors Get Big Share of Payouts

Sliver of Medicare Doctors Get Big Share of Payouts
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is making the data publicly available on Wednesday. While total Medicare spending — including hospitals, doctors and drugs — is … Much of the spending was the result of an expensive and frequent …… Continue reading

Whatt Kinds of Reactions Do People Get After the H1N1 Flu Vaccination?

Question by QuiteNewHere: Whatt kinds of reactions do people get after the H1N1 flu vaccination?
Since it is not covered by the regular flu shot, it is still pretty much a brand new big pharmaceutical industry field. Big pharma seems to be getting as lot of negative publicity lately eg.… Continue reading

Physician Focus: HIV/AIDS, Then and Now

Physician Focus: HIV/AIDS, then and now
On July 3, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued what may be the most stunning report in its history. The CDC's Morbidity and … We didn't know what was causing the disease, and no treatment existed. Whatever was causing it… Continue reading

Prescription Drug Abuse, Addiction, and Detoxing

Prescription Drug Abuse, Addiction, and Detoxing — Opiate abuse and addiction can have serious effects. As this video explains, some people have a biological predisposition to prescription painkiller addictio…


Heavy-duty narcotic Zohydro ER raises red flag for Indiana attorney general
To lessen prescription drug overdose in Indiana, Zoeller set… Continue reading

Planned Parenthood, Arizona in Court Over Abortion Drug Rules

Planned Parenthood, Arizona in court over abortion drug rules
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) – Arizona regulations that would limit the use of the most popular abortion-inducing drug risk harming women seeking to end their pregnancies, attorneys for a women's health provider argued in federal court in Tucson on …
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Any Drug Treatment Programs in Auburn Hills, Michigan That Make Use of Buprenorphine Instead of Methadone?

Question by arriana dn: Any drug treatment programs in Auburn Hills, Michigan that make use of buprenorphine instead of methadone?
I just read somewhere that it only takes one injection of buprenorphine and that’s enough to last for 6 weeks. The article also stated that buprenorphine is an… Continue reading

LePage's Drug Enforcement Bill Gets Bipartisan Backing, Money for Treatment

LePage's drug enforcement bill gets bipartisan backing, money for treatment
Mark Dion, D-Portland, co-chairman of the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee, said the treatment funding would ultimately be allocated by the Department of Health and Human Services to existing providers. “The administration can elect to …
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Bureaucratic Backlog

Bureaucratic Backlog
Stillman, 19, a sophomore at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, was killed within 36 hours of contracting meningitis B, last February. “My Emily … On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed that Stephanie Ross, a mechanical engineering major …
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