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January 28, 2016 Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, has opened an inquiry into whether Gilead Sciences had violated state consumer protection laws by charging too much for its hepatitis C virus (HCV) drugs. Her action comes on the heels of a lawsuit... by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Archive
January 28, 2016 Los Angeles County health officials warned the public Tuesday that the cheap alternative of buying illegal prescription medicine is a dangerous gamble. Public service announcements have been going out on television and social media, warning that... by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Archive
January 28, 2016 As many as 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain, by one estimate, but recent survey results show that many face additional health problems because they misuse OTC drugs. Failure to take medication as directed can lead to overdose—which... by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Archive
January 28, 2016 Maura Healey, the attorney general of Massachusetts, has opened an inquiry into whether Gilead Sciences had violated state consumer protection laws by charging too much for its hepatitis C virus (HCV) drugs. Her action comes on the heels of a lawsuit... by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Archive
January 28, 2016 Childhood asthma has become more pronounced in the Western world in the past 50 years or so, and researchers suspect that vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy may be contributing to the problem. Danish researchers, building on observational studies,... by admin | Jan 28, 2016 | Archive
January 28, 2016 For kidney transplant recipients, a regimen involving the drug belatacept was found to increase both patient and graft survival 7 years after transplantation. For the study, more than 600 patients were randomly assigned to a more-intensive belatacept...