CVS Caremark Corp said on Wednesday that it has taken the unusual step of cutting off access to powerful painkillers…
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Diabetes drugs tied to pancreatitis, study finds
People who take a certain type of diabetes drug to lower blood sugar levels may be at an increased risk…
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FDA approves easy-to-use heroin overdose antidote
The government is taking a step to let friends or loved ones treat someone they suspect has overdosed on heroin…
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$1000-a-pill hepatitis C drug jolts US health care system
Your money or your life? Sovaldi, a new pill for hepatitis C, cures the liver-wasting disease in 9 of 10…
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Study finds potential new way to end recurrent bladder infections
Researchers have found a potential solution for recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). In new research led by University of Utah…
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New cancer drugs promise improved treatments, but come at a high cost
A raft of new cancer drugs promise better, longer-lasting treatments with fewer adverse side effects — but their high cost…
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Party drug Ketamine could help treat severe depression
The party drug ketamine could one day be used to help some people suffering from severe depression, according to British…
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Drug company refuses to give lifesaving medication to 7-year-old boy
Seven-year-old Josh Hardy has survived four bouts of kidney cancer, heart failure and a bone marrow transplant. But now, he…
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Drug companies pledge hemophilia drug donation in developing world
Biogen Idec Inc and partner Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB on Monday said they will donate hemophilia drugs for use in…
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Company denies rat poison in pills linked to India sterilization deaths
The company at the center of a probe into why more than a dozen women died after being sterilized in…
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