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Comparing Therapies for Binge EatingPrescription Drugs

Comparing Therapies for Binge Eating

Binge eating disorder symptoms were improved with cognitive behavioral therapy

October 1, 2012·2 min read
Do Meds Work for Teens With Autism?Prescription Drugs

Do Meds Work for Teens With Autism?

Autism treatments for teens are not well studied

September 30, 2012·2 min read
Giant Step Forward for Giant-Cell Tumor of the BonePrescription Drugs

Giant Step Forward for Giant-Cell Tumor of the Bone

Denosumab may effectively treat giant cell tumor of the bone

September 30, 2012·2 min read
Opioid Safety With Health 2.0Prescription Drugs

Opioid Safety With Health 2.0

Opioid prescribing app may help reduce risk of addiction and overdose

September 30, 2012·2 min read
Protect Your Unborn Baby From The FluPrescription Drugs

Protect Your Unborn Baby From The Flu

Flu shots among pregnant women need to increase this year

September 30, 2012·2 min read
Who  Wants To Live In A Toxic World?Prescription Drugs

Who Wants To Live In A Toxic World?

Pancreatic cancer treatment regimen deemed too toxic

September 29, 2012·2 min read
Get Your Measles Booster With The MilkPrescription Drugs

Get Your Measles Booster With The Milk

Flu shots and other immunizations available at many Walmart stores

September 29, 2012·1 min read
Bipolar - One Drug Does Not Fit All Prescription Drugs

Bipolar - One Drug Does Not Fit All

Lithium for bipolar disorder may not help some people and the blood may hold the answer

September 28, 2012·2 min read
A Chat With The Makers Of New Colorectal Cancer DrugPrescription Drugs

A Chat With The Makers Of New Colorectal Cancer Drug

Stivarga approved to treat advanced colorectal cancer

September 28, 2012·2 min read
Heart and Diabetes Risks in LupusPrescription Drugs

Heart and Diabetes Risks in Lupus

Metabolic syndrome in lupus linked to steroid use and ethnicity

September 28, 2012·2 min read
Depression and KetaminePrescription Drugs

Depression and Ketamine

Ketamine to treat depression may work but not much research has been done

September 27, 2012·2 min read
Prostate Cancer Drugs Might Treat Bladder CancerPrescription Drugs

Prostate Cancer Drugs Might Treat Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer may benefit from antiandrogen therapy

September 26, 2012·2 min read
Merck Announces New Phase III Data for SuvorexantPrescription Drugs

Merck Announces New Phase III Data for Suvorexant

Investigational medicine for the treatment of insomnia

September 26, 2012·6 min read
Do Anti-TNFs Keep Patients Working?Prescription Drugs

Do Anti-TNFs Keep Patients Working?

Ankylosing spondylitis patients taking biologic drugs may do better at work

September 25, 2012·2 min read
Don't Let Confusion Take OverPrescription Drugs

Don't Let Confusion Take Over

Delirium often undiagnosed but preventable and treatable

September 25, 2012·3 min read
Perfection Required By HIV DrugsPrescription Drugs

Perfection Required By HIV Drugs

HIV patients must take pills perfectly to achieve full suppression of virus

September 25, 2012·2 min read
Asthma Medication Miss-Taken by KidsPrescription Drugs

Asthma Medication Miss-Taken by Kids

Asthmatic children may have issues at home limiting medication adherence

September 24, 2012·2 min read
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Drug ApprovedPrescription Drugs

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Drug Approved

Bosulif for patients with previously treated leukemia

September 24, 2012·6 min read
Side Effects of Vaccines?Prescription Drugs

Side Effects of Vaccines?

Vaccine study of illness rates helps researchers establish vaccine safety

September 23, 2012·3 min read
Hormone Replacement Therapy And Ovarian Cancer Prescription Drugs

Hormone Replacement Therapy And Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer risks increased with hormone replacement therapies

September 22, 2012·1 min read
Rub Away Arthritis PainPrescription Drugs

Rub Away Arthritis Pain

Osteoarthritis pain relief from topical NSAIDs

September 21, 2012·2 min read
Cook Your Way to Lower Blood PressurePrescription Drugs

Cook Your Way to Lower Blood Pressure

Rice bran and sesame oils linked to lower blood pressure

September 20, 2012·3 min read
FDA Warns Parkinson's Drug May Increase Heart RiskPrescription Drugs

FDA Warns Parkinson's Drug May Increase Heart Risk

Parkinsons medication Mirapex has potential for added heart failure risk

September 20, 2012·1 min read
Treating Pain in the NFLPrescription Drugs

Treating Pain in the NFL

National Football League task force sets recommendations for pain relieving drug use

September 19, 2012·3 min read