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PSA Video to Support One.Org/ Campaign to End AIDS By 2015
Health & Wellness  (tags: AIDS, disease, drug, healthcare, medicine, protection, safety, science, society, world )

Kit
- 300 days ago - funnyordie.com
AIDS 2015 Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, Tracy Morgan, Chloe Moretz, Marisa Tomei and Isaiah Mustafa let you know how we can all get rid of AIDS by 2015. ACTIONS. Video by Funny or Die.com
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Army Veteran Faces Last Christmas With His Children After Being Refused Life-Prolonging Cancer Drug... Because He Has Wrong Post
Health & Wellness  (tags: Army veteran faces last, Christmas, with his, children after, being, refused, life, prolonging, cancer, drug, because, he has, wrong postcode )

Agnes
- 524 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A former soldier is facing his last Christmas with his children after being refused a life-prolonging cancer drug because he lives in the wrong town. Mark Bannister's long battle with cancer has culminated in a fight for the drug Avastin which his
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'Quit Smoking' Drug Linked to Heart Risk
Health & Wellness  (tags: drug, smoking, heart attacks, health )

Anna
- 686 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A drug used by smokers to help them quit increases the risk of heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems, research says.
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A 'Wonder Drug' That Could Kill ALL Types of Cancer
Health & Wellness  (tags: drug, breast cancer, cancer, health, tumours, breast cancer pills )

Anna
- 694 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
A breast cancer 'wonder drug' could be turned into a universal weapon against tumours, British scientists said last night.They have discovered a way of making a family of breast cancer pills effective against other cancers.
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Can Eye Drops Make Your Hair Grow? The Drug Side-Effects That Are Actually GOOD for You
Health & Wellness  (tags: eye drops, hair, drug, side effects, health )

Anna
- 889 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
All medicines have ­side-effects. These are often ­perceived as a bad thing, but sometimes they can bring unexpected benefits.For example, U.S. researchers have found that women taking oestrogen-only HRT, a ­treatment used to minimise the effects.........
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Cough Syrup Gives Clue to Breast Cancer Drug Dose
Health & Wellness  (tags: cough, syrup, breast cancer, drug, dose, patient )

Sophie
- 913 days ago - bbc.co.uk
Giving breast cancer patients cough syrup might tell doctors how well they will respond to a vital drug.
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Urge Drug-Maker Hospira To Stop Supplying Lethal Injections
Health & Wellness  (tags: Drug, lethal injections, health )

Tarequl
- 937 days ago - change.org
Executions are on hold in several states as supplies of key drug used in lethal injections have dried up, and the maker of the drug has a chance to stand up against what it sees as a twisted use of its product.
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Call to 'Suspend' Diabetes Drug
Health & Wellness  (tags: diabetes, drug, treatment, health )

Kristena
- 969 days ago - bbc.co.uk
A widely-used diabetes drug should be pulled from the market, European regulators say.
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Potential HIV Drug Keeps Virus Out of Cells
Health & Wellness  (tags: HIV, Drug, anti-HIV drug, health, virus, human cells )

Anna
- 1001 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Following up a pioneering 2007 proof-of-concept study, a University of Utah biochemist and colleagues have developed a promising new anti-HIV drug candidate, PIE12-trimer, that prevents HIV from attacking human cells.
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NRG 1 Legal High Drug 'to Be Banned'
Health & Wellness  (tags: NRG, drug, banned )

Kristena
- 1046 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The "legal high" naphyrone - known as NRG 1 - should be made a Class B drug and banned, an official review group has said.
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Drug Will Save Lives of Accident Victims, Says Study
Health & Wellness  (tags: Drug, save, lives, accidentvictims )

Kristena
- 1070 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients, says a report from a global trial.
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Anti-Depressant Linked to Breast Cancer Deaths
Health & Wellness  (tags: anti-depressant, drug, breast cancer, disease, Health )

Alisa
- 1197 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Women taking a popular anti-depressant at the same time as a drug used to stop breast cancer recurring are more likely to die from the disease, doctors warn.
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Another Cancer Drug Too Dear for Britain: Bowel Cancer Victims Denied Life-Prolonging Care That's Free in Europe
Health & Wellness  (tags: Cancer victims, care, health, drug, Europe )

Sophie
- 1274 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Bowel cancer sufferers are to be denied a life-prolonging drug on the NHS which is available to patients across Europe and beyond.
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Obama Gives Powerful Drug Lobby a Seat at Healthcare Table
Health & Wellness  (tags: drug, lobby, republican, Billy, Tauzin, medicare, healthcare, health, disease, illness, medicine, prevention, protection, safety, risks, treatment, obama, government, politics, corruption, dishonesty, cover-up, americans, abuse, lies )

Tom
- 1385 days ago - google.com
Barack Obama once lambasted drug companies and the influence they wield in Washington. The drug industry's chief lobbyist is former Republican Louisiana Congressman Billy Tauzin, who fought to prevent Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices.
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Drug Offers Hope on Alzheimer's - Britain
Health & Wellness  (tags: britain, uk, england, drug, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's, science, disease )

Chrissy
- 1497 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A new drug which shows promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease has been developed by UK scientists. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports the drug, CPHPC, removes a protein thought to play a key role in Alzheimer's from the
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