Hair-Loss Drug Propecia Linked to Depression
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Among a group of men who developed persistent sexual dysfunction that continued for at least three months after they stopped taking Propecia, 75 percent reported symptoms of depression compared with 10 percent of controls who never took the drug …
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Treating Everybody With HIV Is The Goal, But Who Will Pay?
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Taxes on tobacco could help pay for AIDS treatment. There are wide … The big question hanging over the International AIDS Conference this week is whether all 34 million people in the world with HIV can possibly get antiviral drug treatment. New …
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Magnetic stimulation helps some people with treatment-resistant depression
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By Julie Appleby, The Washington Post. Christine Curtis of … About half of those 14 million Americans seek relief through psychotherapy and prescription drug treatment, according to an evaluation by the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Bristol-Myers suspends hepatitis C treatment study, cites possible cardiac concern
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The drug, labeled BMS-986094, is one of two main potential hepatitis C treatments from Bristol-Myers that investors are focused on, Bernstein analyst Dr. Tim Anderson said in a research note. The other is a compound labeled daclatasvir that has started …
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