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Prescription DrugsNew Drug to Treat Breakthrough Cancer Pain
Lazanda receives FDA approval
Prescription DrugsMedicare to Pay for Prostate Cancer Drug
Provenge Approved to Treat Metastatic Prostate Cancer
Prescription DrugsFDA Panel Rules Against Avastin - Again
Avastin may no longer be approved for metastatic breast cancer
Prescription DrugsAntidepressants Work to Stop Suicides
Antidepressants still reliable for young adults
Prescription DrugsHepatitis C May Be Stopped Dead in its Tracks
P7 inhibitors can attack Hepatitis C from many different angles
Prescription DrugsPowder Making Hay With Hay Fever
Hay fever sufferers can add cellulose powder to their treatments
Prescription DrugsMetformin Melts Fat and PCOS Away
Polycystic ovary syndrome prevented or delayed with metformin
Prescription DrugsAvastin Will Still be Covered
Medicare to continue paying for Avastin to treat advanced breast cancer
Prescription DrugsCasodex More Problematic for Homosexuals
Prostate cancer treated with Casodex presents significantly greater side effects
Prescription DrugsSlowing Advanced Lung Cancer
Alimta maintenance therapy slows NSCLC growth
Prescription DrugsThe Gift of Time
Zytiga gives advanced prostate cancer patients more time
Prescription DrugsFDA to Determine Fate of Breast Cancer Drug - Again
Genentech appealing withdrawal of Avastin to treat metastatic breast cancer
Prescription DrugsBreaking the Bone Cancer Code
Genomic research seeks personalized treatment for osteosarcoma
Prescription DrugsAdvancing Treatment of Advanced Lung Cancer
Lung cancer mutation consortium using genomic research for individualized therapies
Prescription DrugsNo Question - It's a Cancer Bull's-eye
ALK positive lung cancer responds to crizotinib
Prescription DrugsStealth Cancer Fighters
Nanoparticles disquised as red blood cells deliver cancer fighting medicines
Prescription DrugsBreakthrough Treatment With Incivek for Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C treatment successful when combined with Incivek
Prescription DrugsGood Cholesterol Function Trumps Quantity
Anti-inflammatory effects can be lacking even with high HDL cholesterol
Prescription DrugsA Pint of Pine
French maritime pine tree, Pycnogenol with Coenzyme Q10 helps heart failure patients
Prescription DrugsIlaris Not Able to Pass FDA Review
LLaris proposed to treat gout declined by the FDA
Prescription DrugsThe Skinny on New Asthma Drug
Catecholamine stimulates metabolism of fats and proteins without affecting the heart.
Prescription DrugsEnd of the Road for Merck's MS Drug
Multiple sclerosis drug cladribine will not make it to market
Prescription DrugsArthritis Drugs May Keep Diabetes at Bay
TNF inhibitors for rheumatoid arthritis may lower risk of diabetes
Prescription DrugsThe Drug Does the Job and Adds a Risk
Cholesterol-lowering statins in high doses associated with increased risk of diabetes