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Prescription DrugsDrugs May Fight Two Dismal Cancers
Kidney and breast cancer cells respond to romidepsin and decitabine
Prescription DrugsAntibiotics Linked to Kids' Weight
Antibiotic use in infants linked to slight risk of being overweight in childhood
Prescription DrugsType 2 Tough to Treat in Teens
Rosiglitazone to metformin improved diabetic children's blood sugar
Prescription DrugsTreat Kids’ Sleep Apnea Without Surgery
Montelukast for mild sleep apnea appears effective in children in small study
Prescription DrugsDepression Drugs Treat Arthritis Pain
Osteoarthritis pain reduced in patients taking duloxetine
Prescription DrugsPopular Antibiotic May Not Be Best
Dialysis patients taking cefazolin have lower risk of hospitalization and death from bloodstream infection
Prescription DrugsLiving Much Longer With Brain Cancer
Glioblastoma multiforme responds to experimental immunotherapy
Prescription DrugsImproving Quality of Life with IBS
Lotronex helped IBS in women and improved their social activities
Prescription DrugsStents for Diabetes?
Diabetes patients may benefit more from drug eluting stents than bare metal stents
Prescription DrugsFilling Prescriptions Before It’s Time
Methylphenidate prescriptions for ADHD may overlap and contribute to stimulant drug abuse
Prescription DrugsOld VS. New Antipsychotics
Second generation antipsychotics may be just about the same results
Prescription DrugsFive More Months of Life
Advanced prostate cancer responds to Enzalutamide
Prescription DrugsRA Drugs Carry Similar Risk
Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking different TNF inhibitors may have similar risk of death
Prescription DrugsDiabetic Death Risk Drops with Statins
Type 2 diabetes patients on statin drugs have lower mortality risk
Prescription DrugsClinical Endpoints Not Met In Alzheimer Drug Study
Bapineuzumab study for mild to moderate Alzheimers disease ended
Generic Actos to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Actos is used to improve blood glucose control in adults with type 2 diabetes
Prescription DrugsStatins Help Healthy Hearts
Cholesterol reducing statins cut vascular risk in low risk patients
Prescription DrugsInfection Risk Up in Seniors with RA
Rheumatoid arthritis patients on steroid drugs may have much greater risk of serious infection
Prescription DrugsRadiation Helps Older Women Avoid Mastectomies
Breast cancer surgery followed by radiation best for some older women
Prescription DrugsConfirming Cancer Treatment Standards
Advanced testicular cancer standard treatments confirmed
Prescription DrugsChemo Is an Option for Pregnant Women
Chemotherapy during pregnancy does not increase complications for breast cancer patients
Prescription DrugsFirst Drug for Diabetic Eye Disease
Lucentis approved by the FDA for diabetic macular edema
Prescription DrugsLucentis Injection Approved
Roche drug for treatment of diabetic macular edema
Prescription DrugsWhich Bone Metastasis Drug Is Better?
Breast cancer metastasis drug denosumab superior in trial