HEALTH: Parkinson’s Drug Triggers Gambling Habit


 

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Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade

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Our clients can't get placed in drug treatment, can't get placed into a shelter because they are going to be placed incorrectly and they're going to face a lot of violence. So, we're looking at the specific, really intense conditions of violence and …
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10 biggest health breakthroughs of 2012

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One of the greatest medical challenges of the 21st century is diagnosing and treating single-gene disorders, or so-called orphan diseases, says MacKenzie. And scientists have increased their pace in discovering … HEART DISEASE. Dr. Beth Abramson …
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Okay, so maybe Congress accomplished a few things this year.

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Children with cancer have limited treatment options because adult drugs are often too powerful, and drugmakers don't see profit potential in oncological drugs for children; the Food and Drug Administration has approved just one childhood cancer drug in …
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Consumer Reports: Pork product investigation finds potentially harmful bacteria

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A separate test for ractopamine, a drug used to promote growth and leanness in pigs, revealed the presence of this drug at very low levels in about 20 percent of the samples tested. Although approved for use in the United States, the drug is banned in …
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