Men vs. Women: Does Gender Matter in Addiction Recovery?

Men vs. Women: Does Gender Matter in Addiction Recovery?

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Not so long ago, addiction was seen as a “man's problem.” In recent years, addiction research has broadened its focus to include the differential impact addiction has in the lives of both men and women. We know more than ever about the biological and …
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Higher-dose for some statins suggested for cholesterol treatment

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A comprehensive new review on how to treat high cholesterol and other blood lipid problems has suggested that intensive treatment with high doses of statin drugs is generally the best approach. However, some statins work much better for this than …
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Targeting cancers' 'addiction' to cell-cycle proteins shuts down tumors in mice

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In what they say is a promising and highly selective treatment strategy, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have safely shut down breast cancer and a form of leukemia in mice by targeting abnormal proteins to which the cancers are "addicted," …
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Top Cancer Hospital Says New Treatment Too Expensive

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The new drug, Zaltrap, would cost more than $ 11,000 for a month of treatment and Sloan-Kettering simply sees no reason to offer it at this time. “In most industries something that offers no advantage over its competitors and yet sells for twice the …
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