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October 27, 2015

Scientists discover new drug that may reverse muscular aging

A newly discovered drug may someday help dramatically slow muscular aging. 

October 27, 2015

When generic medicine is still too expensive: 7 ways to save

When your monthly prescription costs are too much to handle, the pharmacist usually will first recommend buying generic drugs.

October 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton's blood clot treatment and the need for privacy

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s happy departure from Columbia Presbyterian Hospital the day after New Year’s was not shrouded in mystery – nor was it announced with great fanfare. This is as it should be

October 27, 2015

3 crucial money questions to ask before surgery

Your risks, the recovery time and how bad it will hurt— all important issues to bring up before going under the knife.

October 27, 2015

Scientists turn to aspirin to turbo-charge cancer immunotherapy

Giving cheap aspirin to cancer patients may turbo-charge the effectiveness of expensive new medicines that help their immune systems fight tumors, experiments on mice suggest.

October 27, 2015

Maine woman ‘allergic to the world,’ thanks to rare disease

Just about every time 29-year-old Crystal Goodwin goes out in public, she must put on a surgical mask as a precaution. If she doesn’t, she risks having her immune system going haywire— an effect of the rare disease that has taken her normal life hostage, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS).

October 27, 2015

FDA lays out proposal for naming lower-cost biotech drugs

The Food and Drug Administration has released its proposal for naming lower-cost biotech drugs, a critical step in creating a market for the new class of medicines.

October 27, 2015

'Abuse-deterrent' OxyContin? Addicts find ways around it

When an "abuse-deterrent" version of OxyContin was introduced in 2010, the intent was clear: "to make OxyContin more difficult to solubilize or crush, thus discouraging abuse through injection and inhalation," the New England Journal of Medicine noted in 2012.

October 27, 2015

Marijuana compound may slow, halt progression of Alzheimer's

Neuroscientists found that extremely low doses of a compound found in marijuana may slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

October 27, 2015

FDA panel recommends over-the-counter use of allergy nasal spray

Sanofi SA's allergy drug Nasacort AQ is safe enough to be used without a prescription, a panel of advisors to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruled on Wednesday.