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New and Effective Type 1 Diabetes Drug

[caption id="attachment_367" align="alignright" width="294"] Courtesy of www.saturdayeveningpost.com via Google Images.[/caption] Did you know as many as 3 million Americans suffer from type 1 diabetes? It’s become quite a popular disease. In a clinical trial, an experimental drug made to block the advance of type 1 diabetes...

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Could Tylenol Be Dangerous?

[caption id="attachment_358" align="alignleft" width="313"] Courtesy of www.consumeraffairs.com via Google Images.[/caption] Last Thursday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that acetaminophen can cause rare, but dangerous skin reactions in some people. As one of the most widely used medicines for fever and pain relief, the FDA stated that...

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Plan B: The Only One of Its Kind

[caption id="attachment_339" align="alignleft" width="302"] Courtesy of via www.thedailybeast.com Google Images.[/caption] Not only did the Food and Drug Administration grant another three years of protection from generic competitors for the drug Plan B, but the government also permitted its spot on retail shelves. This means the pill...

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Vertex Pharma Being Tested as a Stock

[caption id="attachment_333" align="alignleft" width="178"] Courtesy of via www.scientificamerican.com Google Images.[/caption] Are investors only interested in Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX) because of its cystic fibrosis drug program? We’re about to find out. After the stock exchange closed Thursday, the company announced a partial clinical hold on its first...

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