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2nd synthetic marijuana drug OK'd for chemo effects
17.05.2006 09:47 - source: USATODAY.com
The maker of a synthetic drug similar to the active ingredient in marijuana said Tuesday that it had received Food and Drug Administration ... Read more…
Cancer makes life harder in the Big Easy
17.05.2006 09:47 - source: USATODAY.com
Nearly nine months after Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans cancer patients still struggle to get care. Cancer centers were ... Read more…
Lawmakers may waive penalty for missing Medicare drug plan deadline
17.05.2006 09:47 - source: USATODAY.com
Republican lawmakers who previously opposed extending the May 15 deadline to sign up for Medicare prescription drug plans before ... Read more…
Study of arthritis drugs shows cancer risk is small
17.05.2006 09:46 - source: USATODAY.com
Popular drugs hailed for revolutionizing treatment of rheumatoid arthritis may increase the risk of cancer and serious infections, ... Read more…
School recess isn't exactly on the run
17.05.2006 09:46 - source: USATODAY.com
Reports of the death of recess may be greatly exaggerated, a U.S. Education Department study suggests. Data released Tuesday ... Read more…
Tokyo wants answers on U.S. beef
17.05.2006 09:46 - source: USATODAY.com
Japan wants to see the results of a survey of U.S. meatpacking plants before starting talks on reopening its market to American ... Read more…
Teen abuse of prescription drugs grows
17.05.2006 09:46 - source: USATODAY.com
Teen smoking and drinking continued to drop, but teenage abuse of prescription drugs has become "an entrenched behavior" that ... Read more…
Spending on health care varies widely by state, hospitals
17.05.2006 09:45 - source: USATODAY.com
Medicare pays tens of thousands of dollars more in some states, regions or hospitals to provide care to chronically ill patients, ... Read more…
Goal: Intensify treatment for heart patients
17.05.2006 09:45 - source: USATODAY.com
Mounting evidence that scores of heart patients can avoid second heart attacks or strokes with intensive treatment to reduce ... Read more…
Decades later, Hite reports back
17.05.2006 09:45 - source: USATODAY.com
Sex researcher/cultural historian Shere Hite is not the household name she was 30 years ago when The Hite Report: A Nationwide ... Read more…