Fever Reducers Don't Affect Childrens' Ability to Fight Infection

Fever Reducers Do Not Affect Children's Recovery Time From Infection

By Anthony Rivas | May 19, 2013 04:44 PM EDT

Fever-reducing medications don't affect the amount of time it takes a child to fight an infection, according to a new study. Their use highlights parents' quickness to treat a fever with medication.

Organization Of American States Urges Leaders To Decriminalize Drug Addiction

Drug User Penalties Should Be Reduced, Organization Of American States Says

By Matthew Mientka | May 19, 2013 03:45 PM EDT

The Organization of American States, representing the 35 nations of North and South America, urged governments on Friday to view illegal drug use as a public health problem instead of a security problem.

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Prices Of 348 Life-Saving Prescription Drugs To Plummet In India

By Jonathan Weiss | May 17, 2013 05:18 PM EDT

With the cost of some drugs possibly being reduced by as much as 80 percent, essential medicines will now be more accessible to poorer at-risk communities.

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Sanofi Announces Positive Late Stage Trial Results For Myelofibrosis Drug

By Jonathan Weiss | May 17, 2013 04:23 PM EDT

The new drug will soon be submitted to the FDA for approval to treat the blood cell proliferative disorder myelofibrosis.

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Schizophrenia Drugs That Can Kill Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

By Susan Scutti | May 17, 2013 05:14 PM EDT

Scientists are working to transform the well-known drug thioridazine, used to treat schizophrenia, in order to treat patients infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Oramed experimental insulin drug for diabetes

First Oral Insulin Drug Gains FDA Approval To Begin Testing

By Jonathan Weiss | May 17, 2013 02:47 PM EDT

A pill, which may take the place of daily insulin injections, will begin US clinical trials soon.

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Diane 35 Acne Pill Benefits Outweigh Clot Risk, Says European Medicines Agency

By Jonathan Weiss | May 17, 2013 10:45 AM EDT

An oral acne medicine in France has been approved by the European Medicines Agency after it was taken off the French market in January for fears of causing blood clots.

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Comfortably Numb: Marijuana Use Reduces Social Pain, Research Finds

By Evan Winchester | May 16, 2013 08:01 PM EDT

Research provides the first evidence that marijuana dampens the negative emotional consequences of social exclusion.

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John Welden, World's Worst Boyfriend, Tricks Woman Into Aborting Her Pregnancy

By Christie Rizk | May 16, 2013 02:52 PM EDT

John Welden is being charged with tricking his girlfriend into taking a drug that aborted her child.

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Drugs Targeting Leukemia, Ovarian Cancer, And Lung Cancer To Begin Phase III, AstraZeneca Reports

By Susan Scutti | May 16, 2013 02:07 PM EDT

The biopharmaceutical company, which operates in over 100 countries, has issued an update on its oncology pipeline for 2013.

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Ulcerative Colitis: Simponi Injection Approved by FDA

By Evan Winchester | May 15, 2013 06:42 PM EDT

FDA approves new treatment option for ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease that affects about 620,000 Americans.

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Vitamin C May Be No Good For Lowering Urate Levels In Gout Patients: Study

By Christie Rizk | May 16, 2013 12:03 AM EDT

Supplementation with vitamin C doesn't do much to lower uric acid levels in people who already have gout, researchers say.

Depressed People Tend Toward Overly Broad Characterizations of Past, Future

Depressed Patients Characterized By Broad, Overgeneralized Goals

By Matthew Mientka | May 15, 2013 05:02 PM EDT

Fuzzy and abstract goals for the future may signify not necessarily a Type B personality but depression, UK researchers say.

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Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug Xofigo Approved By FDA

By Evan Winchester | May 15, 2013 02:24 PM EDT

The drug's active ingredient, radium-223, targets bone metastases in patients with castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer.

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Rod Stewart Says Use Of Steroids Shrunk His Penis

By Christie Rizk | May 15, 2013 11:03 AM EDT

Singer Rod Stewart says his use of corticosteroids to reduce inflammation in his vocal cords left him with a variety of medical problems.

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