Pharmacy Compounding: The Mess, the Excuse, and the Proposal

Pharmacy Compounding: The Mess, The Excuse, And The Proposal

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The clarion call recently ushered in by the meningitis outbreak related to unsanitary practices at the Massachusetts based New England Compounding Center ("NECC") caused Congress to take a look at a legislative void that has existed since 2002. On …
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Straight talk about crooked eyes

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There's now a surgery using adjustable sutures that allows the surgeon to tune the sinews of your eye muscles — like Yo-Yo Ma tuning his cello — into perfect alignment. Also, injections of … When the drug wears off, your eye muscles will be …
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Insurers May Hold Back Medical Marijuana Use

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With the passage of a ballot initiative this month, Massachusetts became the latest state to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes, joining 17 others and the District of Columbia. But for patients who use marijuana to help alleviate chronic …
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Taunton grandmother held on 00 in granddaughter's death

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Representing Rivera, attorney John Dingee acknowledged that the defendant has faced a substance abuse problem, requiring her to go to the High Point Treatment Center. In court documents, Rivera said she had been voluntarily drug-tested since the …
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