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Fed judge considers if pharmacies must sell Plan B
(AP) -- A federal judge is considering whether Washington state can require pharmacies to stock and sell Plan B or other emergency contraceptives, even in the face of religious objections by ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Genetics study reveals how pneumococcus bacteria evolve to evade vaccines
Genetics has provided surprising insights into why vaccines used in both the UK and US to combat serious childhood infections can eventually fail. The study, published today in Nature Genetics, ...
Sun 29 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress
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New drug doesn't improve disability among stroke patients
A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to late-breaking research presented at the American Stroke ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Clopidogrel with aspirin doesn't prevent more small strokes, may increase risk of bleeding, death
The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of bleeding and death in patients ...
Fri 3 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Old drug shows new promise to treat leishmaniasis
(Medical Xpress) -- A study published yesterday shows that a drug called fexinidazole could potentially be used to treat visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease that kills 50 000 to ...
Thu 2 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Severe, rapid memory loss linked to future, fatal strokes
Severe, rapid memory loss may be linked to -- and could predict -- a future deadly stroke, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Commercial electronic prescribing systems can reduce medication errors in hospital patients
A study published in this week's PLoS Medicine shows that commercial electronic prescribing systems (commonly known as e-prescribing, in which prescribers use a computer to order medications ...
Tue 31 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress
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Seasonal changes may influence the efficacy of vaccination against diabetes
The development of a medicine for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, based on autoantigen GAD65, received a setback following crucial clinical phase 3 trials that failed to show significant ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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Experimental drug reduces 'second stroke' after aneurysm rupture
An experimental drug, clazosentan, reduced the risk of blood vessel spasm in patients with a brain aneurysm, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...
Wed 1 Feb 12 from Medical Xpress
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US blocks some orange juice imports due to fungicide
US authorities on Friday detained nine shipments of orange juice from Brazil and Canada after their contents tested positive for an illegal fungicide.
Fri 27 Jan 12 from Medical Xpress
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