Cancer Treatment in Crisis as Drug Companies Stop Producing Chemotherapy

Cancer treatment in crisis as drug companies stop producing chemotherapy

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Fluorouracil – also known as 5-FU – is one of the most frequently used components in chemo combinations used to treat bowel and breast cancer in the UK and worldwide. But cancer specialists in Germany have warned that the drug has become increasingly …
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DR. JOSEPH SHRAND: Drug addiction is not a moral failing

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Seeing addiction as a moral failing, these folks become outraged that our government spends their tax dollars on treating people who knew from the start they were using an addictive drug, in essence telling them they were on their own and we should not …
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Stephanie Bongiovi's drug incident deeply upsetting, says addiction expert

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Cliffside Malibu is a residential rehabilitation facility that is a gentle, quiet place where those in recovery from addiction find a profound connection with the human spirit and nature serving as a healing backdrop. Richard Taite's own beginning was …
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Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for

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In an effort to combat Maine's high rate of prescription drug addiction, doctors are asking patients to sign a controlled-substances agreement that, in part, allows the doctor to ask for a blood or urine sample at any time to ensure patients are taking …
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