Amgen's Drug Lowers Cholesterol Among Statin Intolerant

Amgen's Drug Lowers Cholesterol Among Statin Intolerant

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Pfizer (PFE) today also released data on its PCSK9 inhibitor, RN 316, showing the drug at its highest dose lowered bad cholesterol in patients on statins by 80 percent after their first treatment. Cholesterol fell so low for some in the 135- person …
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Old Drug Gets A Second Look For TB Fight

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While XDR-TB is worse, MDR-TB is bad enough, says Dr. Kenneth Castro of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "All of a sudden you switch from being able to cure someone in 6 months to requiring 2 years of treatment and lowering your …
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Moderate Alcohol Consumption Can Lead To Life-Threatening Diseases

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According to Caron Treatment Centers, a nationally recognized non-profit provider of alcohol and drug addiction treatment, alcohol should be regarded as a substance with serious health risks. "There is a misconception regarding moderate alcohol use …
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If the “War On Drugs” has Failed, is Legalization the Answer? – Leigh Maddox and Peter Christ (members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition): The “War on Drugs” helped create a situation where from gangs, to police to lawyers to jails, there is massive amounts of money to be made in this never-ending “war”