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Prescription DrugsIs Ageism Affecting Prostate Cancer Treatment?
Prostate cancer treatment in older men should consider comorbid conditions
Prescription DrugsChemotherapy Safe for Unborn Children
Prenatal chemotherapy exposure does not impact health
Prescription DrugsFDA Approves Soliris For Rare Pediatric Blood Disorder
Soliris receives second approval for atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
Prescription DrugsPowerful HIV Vaccine Shows Success in Trials
Prototype HIV vaccine could turn virus into minor chronic infection
Prescription DrugsPrimatene Mist Being Pulled off Market
Primatene epinephrine inhaler being phased out due to chlorofluorocarbons
Prescription DrugsAntibiotics May Rough up Your Gut
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis associated with antibiotic use
Prescription DrugsShallow Breath and Swelling Blood Sugar
Diabetes patients with asthma have poorer blood sugar control
Prescription DrugsCurbing Your Kid's Pain
DMARDs best for treating juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Prescription DrugsWhat's Up with Keeping Acid Down?
Acid reflux treatments compared in updated report
Prescription DrugsCommon Eye Drugs Can Lead to Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic overexposure through common eye treatments leading to antibiotic resistance
Prescription DrugsAdvanced Prostate Cancer Breakthrough?
Alpha pharmaceutical Alpharadin extends lives of advanced prostate cancer patients
Prescription DrugsGenes May Predict Who Responds to Inhalers
Genetics could explain why 40 percent of asthma sufferers do not respond to inhaled steroids
Prescription DrugsDrugs Found Safe for Dementia Patients
Medication with anticholinergic activity may not lead to impaired cognition with dementia
Prescription DrugsDiabetes Drug's Dark Side
Januvia and Byetta for type 2 diabetes associated with increased risk of pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis
Prescription DrugsIncrease in Statin Use After Stroke Urged
Cholesterol lowering statins lower risk of recurrent stroke
Prescription DrugsCholesterol-lowering Drugs May Treat Brain Cancer
Glioblastoma may be treated with endothelial growth factor inhibitors
Prescription DrugsStents Help the Medicine Go Down
Medicated stents may lower risk of heart attacks and blood vessel blockages
Prescription DrugsFDA Approves Prolia for osteoporosis
Denosumab increases bone mass in patients at high risk for fractures
Prescription DrugsType 2 Diabetes Drugs Linked to Cancer
Byetta and Januvia may increase risks of pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer
Prescription DrugsUnexpected X-ray Activated Cancer Therapy
Radiation binds FOBISIN to proteins involved in cancer spread
Prescription DrugsInsulin Nose Spray May Slow Alzheimer's Progression
Alzheimers patients may be improved with insulin nasal spray
Prescription DrugsAbnormal Heart Rhythms Linked to Anti-Nausea Drug
Zofran safety review under way by FDA
Prescription DrugsFollow Your Doctor's Prescription
Kidney disease patients are using NSAIDs just as much as the general population
Prescription DrugsNew Weapons Against Aggressive Tumors
Combination oncology therapy may treat neurofibromatosis type 1 and KRAS mutant lung cancer