Less than a third of heavily advertised drugs have 'high therapeutic value': study
Television ads for drugs are filled with glowing images of people living their best lives, all thanks to that new med they've been prescribed.
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Television ads for drugs are filled with glowing images of people living their best lives, all thanks to that new med they've been prescribed.
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Following established guidelines about prescription drugs would seem to be an obvious course of action, especially for the professionals that do the prescribing. Yet doctors and their family members are less likely than other ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Compared to men, we know much less about how women experience disease.
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Over the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths—from prescription drugs to heroin to synthetic and semisynthetic opioids such as fentanyl—geography has played a role in where opioid-involved overdose deaths have occurred, ...
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Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Neil Segil have identified a natural barrier to the regeneration of the inner ear's sensory cells, which are lost in hearing and balance disorders. Overcoming this barrier may ...
Jul 30, 2021
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The USC Stem Cell laboratory of Andy McMahon has identified a type of injured cell that might contribute to the transition from an acute kidney injury to chronic kidney disease, as described in a new study published in the ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Prescriptions for the addictive drug codeine jumped by a factor of five between 2006 and 2017, a University of Manchester study of 2 million opioid users has shown.
Oct 15, 2020
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A new study of 1,443 medications found that three prescription drugs currently on the market caused unexpected changes in worms that could point to potential, unrecognized effects in humans.
Jul 27, 2020
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Seeing a physician or other health specialist for low back and neck pain? You're not alone, according to a new scientific study.
Mar 3, 2020
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The net cost of prescription drugs—meaning sticker price minus manufacturer discounts—rose over three times faster than the rate of inflation over the course of a decade, according to a study published today in JAMA. ...
Mar 3, 2020
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