Enlarge this image Kristi Alcayaga’s teenage son, Michael, was able to try a cancer drug called clofarabine that got an accelerated approval…
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Enlarge this image Contrast agent, a drug that enhances CT scans, is sometimes skipped because of concerns about side effects. Morsa Images/Getty…
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Overlooked Ingredients In Medicines Can Sometimes Trigger Side Effects
by Richard Harris March 13, 2019Enlarge this image There can be as many as 35 different inactive ingredients inside a medicine. Monty Rakusen/Getty Images hide caption toggle…
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Enlarge this image “What’s important to me is that the facts come to light, and we get justice and accountability,” Massachusetts Attorney…
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How To Demand A Medical Breakthrough: Lessons From The AIDS Fight
by Nurith Aizenman February 9, 2019Enlarge this image AIDS activist group ACT UP organized numerous protests on Wall Street in the 1980s. The group’s tactics helped speed…
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Avoiding The Ouch: Scientists Are Working On Ways To Swap The Needle For A Pill
by Joe Palca February 7, 2019Enlarge this image A team of researchers in Boston has developed an insulin-delivery system that injects the medicine directly into the stomach…
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Antidepressants Can Interfere With Pain Relief Of Common Opioids
by Jonathan Lambert February 6, 2019Enlarge this image Combining some common antidepressants and opioids can undercut the relief of the painkillers. Daniela Jovanovska-Hristovska/Getty Images hide caption toggle…
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Enlarge this image Loretta Boesing, of Park Hills, Mo., with her son Wesley, who underwent a liver transplant in 2012. Boesing worried…