Treatment for Addicts Is Starting to Change
Treatment for addicts is starting to change
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A 2011 survey of 345 directors of drug treatment centers in the Journal of Addiction Medicine found little interest in medications: Among programs with access to a medical doctor, fewer than half had adopted all available addiction treatments. Despite …
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New Hemophilia Drug Might Replace Older One
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The new treatment could displace the current BeneFix by Pfizer, which had over $ 700 million in sales in 2011. The results might also bode well for another long-acting drug for hemophilia that Biogen is currently developing for the form of hemophilia …
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A Call for Caution on Antipsychotic Drugs
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In 2011 alone, they and other antipsychotic drugs were prescribed to 3.1 million Americans at a cost of $ 18.2 billion, a 13 percent increase over the previous year, according to the market research firm IMS Health. … Starting in 2003, the makers of …
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VEGF Inhibition: Therapy-Indicating and Prognostic Biomarkers, 2011
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This report identifies the latest findings on ten different cancers and includes an evaluation of candidate biomarkers as a basis for interpreting patient outcomes according to RECIST criteria, and evaluates existing bevacizumab-containing treatments …
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'Treatment Works' Recovering Addicts Share Stories Of Hope, SurvivalAlcohol and drug addiction took two Orangeburg residents down a hard road that led to job loss, family abandonment, declining health and, ultimately, loss of dignity. But Jason and Amanda — whose last names are not being used to protect their identities — have managed to battle back from the brink of total destruction, working to regain what they lost along the way. … Read News
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