Drug May Help Women Who Quit Smoking Avoid Weight Gain

Drug May Help Women Who Quit Smoking Avoid Weight Gain

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Researchers analyzed two earlier studies that compared the quit rates and weight gain among heavy smokers who received either naltrexone — a drug used to treat addiction — or an inactive placebo, along with a nicotine patch and weekly counseling …
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Mice Study Indicates Cholesterol Drug Might Help Treat Serious Malaria Cases

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Each year, an estimated 500,000 children in sub-Saharan Africa develop the most serious form of malaria, so-called cerebral malaria. Experts say many of those who do not die from this parasitic infection go on, years later, to develop memory problems …
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NanoMal's hand-held blood analyzer targets drug treatments for malaria

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A small company in the U.K. is developing an affordable, hand-held device that will not only diagnose malaria in the field, but will also read DNA markers that suggest which antimalarial drugs will be most effective for treatment. If fielded, such a …
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Pain Pills' Littlest Victims

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Hospitals in Florida and elsewhere are grappling with the latest fallout from the epidemic of prescription-drug abuse: babies born addicted to painkillers. The newborns present new challenges for hospitals. Photo: Jason Henry/The Wall Street … Eight …
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