Fighting Misconceptions About Sickle Cell Disease in the ER

Fighting Misconceptions About Sickle Cell Disease In The ER

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There are no data to support that sickle cell patients have any more likelihood of being addicted than anybody else. You compared the … Sickle cell was discovered 102 years ago and there is only one drug, hydroxyurea, and blood transfusions to treat it.
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In his push for justice, Obama ignores some

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For example, communities across the nation are being ravaged by rigorous prosecutions of non-violent drug offenders — many of whom are more in need of addiction treatment than long prison sentences. Mostly poor, these targets of the drug war are less …
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Bristol profit tops forecast; outlook is scaled back

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"Various things have made that unlikely." In January 2012, U.S. regulators rejected dapaglifozin, a new type of treatment for type 2 diabetes, citing safety concerns. Just months later, the company's experimental brivanib oncology drug failed in a late …
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Welfare Drug Tests Sought By New Hampshire GOP

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LeBrun said in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader that he was "not trying to take anything away from anyone who qualifies" for assistance and that he just wanted "to identify people who have problems and have them treated." (LeBrun did …
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