Study Shows Young Adults With Addiction Benefit From Active 12 Step Group …

Published November 25, 2012

Study shows young adults with addiction benefit from active 12 step group …

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(November 8, 2012) – Young adults undergoing addiction treatment benefit from regular participation in Twelve Step-based self-help groups after discharge, according to a naturalistic study published electronically and in the journal Drug and Alcohol …
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Rare sarcoma controlled by new oral drug

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Regorafenib is a novel rationally designed drug manufactured by Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals that was FDA-approved in September 2012 to treat metastatic colon cancer after failure of standard chemotherapy. It blocks several cancer-promoting …
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Ligand Rises on FDA Blood Drug Approval for Hepatitis C

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… Hepatitis C. By Drew Armstrong – 2012-11-19T21:09:04Z … The La Jolla, California-based company said today the Food and Drug Administration approved the medicine to enable hepatitis C patients with low blood platelet counts to take interferon therapy.
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