New Form of Depression Therapy Comes to Madison

New form of depression therapy comes to Madison

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“If they can have a quality of life that is functional, this is definitely a therapy we wanted to invest in.” Rosecrance has offered TMS in Rockford since 2010 and treated more than 40 patients there, said Dr. Thomas Wright, a psychiatrist who is chief …
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Prescribing prognosis mostly positive

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The state is using new pain medication prescribing rules and a prescription monitoring program to help curb prescription drug abuse and misuse. By Marissa Harshman Columbian Staff Reporter … In 2010, Washington lawmakers approved a bill, sponsored by …
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Cashing in on rare diseases

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Despite treating only a few thousand patients worldwide, sales of its rare blood disease drug Soliris are forecast by analysts to reach $ 1.5 billion this year and $ 2.6 billion by 2017 — thanks to a U.S. list price of $ 440,000 per patient a year …
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Gloria Pall Dead: 1950s TV Hostess Known As Voluptua Dies

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The manager for Hemsley says the late star of the television sitcom “"The Jeffersons"” refused treatment for lung cancer in the weeks before he died of what a coroner says were complications from the disease on July 24, 2012. …. target="_hplink …
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