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Your risks, the recovery time and how bad it will hurt— all important issues to bring up before going under…
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A Georgia woman who had a serious, rare reaction to a generic anti-seizure drug in December 2013 is now trying…
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With cold and flu season in full swing, experts are warning men who have an enlarged prostate to avoid medicines…
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Another HIV vaccine fails as government halts US study
Bad news in the fight against the AIDS virus: The government is halting a large U.S. study of a possible…
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When the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute released new guidelines for heart disease prevention last week, it doubled the…
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This season’s flu shot seemed to do little to protect people over 65 from the worst and most dominant flu…
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New drug could reduce asthma attacks by 87 percent
An experimental drug being developed by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Sanofi SA showed promising results during a small, mid-stage clinical…
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