The nation's homeless are proving to be especially susceptible to a new, dirt-cheap version of synthetic marijuana, which leaves users glassy-eyed, aimless, sprawled on streets and sidewalks oblivious to their surroundings ...
Dec 17, 2016
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Drug development is an extremely arduous and costly process, and failure rates in clinical trials that test new drugs for their safety and efficacy in humans remain very high. According to current estimates, only 13.8% of ...
Jan 27, 2020
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(HealthDay)—An experimental drug duo may cure some cases of the liver disease hepatitis C, without the severe side effects of standard therapy, a new clinical trial suggests.
Aug 15, 2013
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On Aug. 26, the Food and Drug Administration granted an Emergency Use Authorization to a new rapid antigen test for COVID-19 called the BinaxNOW test.
Sep 2, 2020
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The man who received the first pig heart transplant continued to recover Tuesday, four days after the experimental surgery.
Jan 12, 2022
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Thailand on Tuesday decriminalised kratom, a tropical leaf long used as a herbal remedy but which some health regulators around the world have criticised as potentially unsafe.
Aug 24, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not necessarily mean that a medication or medical device has received a grueling trial by fire and has been proven safe beyond all doubt, according to a ...
Jan 21, 2014
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Prior knowledge of phase III clinical trials of new drugs and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory decisions may affect the price of a drug company's stock according to a study published September 26 in the Journal ...
Sep 26, 2011
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Getting a yearly flu shot is one of the best ways to protect yourself from infection or severe illness, but not everyone likes shots.
Oct 31, 2023
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The high price of two new anti-cholesterol drugs limits the benefits patients may see from them, according to a draft report released Wednesday by a US nonprofit examining drug cost effectiveness.
Sep 9, 2015
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