FDA Warns About Another Round of Fake Cancer Drug

FDA warns about another round of fake cancer drug

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The FDA said in an online post Tuesday that at least one batch of the drug distributed by a New York company does not contain the active ingredient in real Avastin, which is used to treat cancers of the colon, lung, kidney and brain. The drug was …
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Pot Plans: Efforts Surge in Congress to Reform Marijuana Laws

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The measure would also tax pot producers $ 1,000 annually and other marijuana-related businesses $ 500. Blumenauer said imposing such a tax would help lower the national deficit while providing funds for drug-treatment centers and law-enforcement units.
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NM Abortion Complaint Highlights Privacy Concerns

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A woman from New York came to New Mexico to terminate her pregnancy at one of the nation's four late-term abortion clinics after she found out the fetus she had been carrying for more than eight months had severe brain abnormalities. … Nearly two …
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Along with meds, brain stimulation may aid depression

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Treating people with depression using weak electrical currents passed into the brain through a headband may help relieve some of their symptoms when combined with an antidepressant, a new study suggests. … For the study …
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