Some High Blood Pressure Drugs Not Safe for Pregnant Women

Some High Blood Pressure Drugs Not Safe for Pregnant Women

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Nearly 5 percent of pregnant women are prescribed drugs to treat high blood pressure, including some drugs that aren't considered safe for mothers or their babies, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension. Use …
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Drug May Offer New Approach to Treating Insomnia

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“This study provides evidence that suvorexant may offer a successful alternative strategy for treating insomnia,” said study author W. Joseph Herring, MD, PhD, of North Wales, Penn., Executive Director of Clinical Research with Merck, the maker of …
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Harvard doctor turned felon was lured by riches

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At Yale, he earned both a medical degree and a doctorate in molecular and cellular biology, then qualified for Harvard's elite, five-year residency program. … York and Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami announced …
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Thyroid Cancer Drug Gets FDA OK

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"Cometriq is the second drug approved to treat medullary thyroid cancer in the past 2 years and reflects FDA's commitment to the development and approval of drugs for treating rare diseases," said Richard Pazdur, MD, head of hematology and oncology …
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