NBCA Applauds FDA Approval of New Drug to Reduce the Risk of Stroke, Blood …

Published January 5, 2013

NBCA Applauds FDA Approval of New Drug to Reduce the Risk of Stroke, Blood …

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“Blood clots in the heart can cause a disabling stroke if the clots travel to the brain,” said Norman Stockbridge, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Division of Cardiovascular and Renal Products in the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. “Anti …
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Fatigue-Busting Programs Work Even in Advanced Cancer

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Also, their treatment was guided by clinicians' preferences, not guidelines, explain the study authors, led by Pluen J. de Raff, MD, of the Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The authors found …
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APA Answers Criticism of Pharma-Influenced Bias in DSM-5

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They also discussed the manual's dropping of the bereavement exclusion, calling that decision a potential "bonanza for the drug companies" and "opening the way for more…to be diagnosed with major depression — and thus, treated with antidepressants …
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