Two Soldiers Prescribed 54 Drugs: Military Mental Health “Treatment” Becomes

Two Soldiers Prescribed 54 Drugs: Military Mental Health “Treatment” Becomes

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CCHR International announces the second in a four-part series by journalist Kelly Patricia O'Meara exploring the epidemic of suicides in the military and the correlation to dramatic increases in psychiatric drug prescriptions to treat the emotional …
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China Diabetes Triples Creating .2 Billion Drug Market

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“If we can choose drugs with little or no risk to more effectively treat patients, we can stop using older drugs that raise insulin levels and can cause hypoglycemia,” said Li, using the medical term for low-blood sugar that sometimes causes his …
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Fighting drug resistance on Asia's malaria frontline

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For more than a decade, the fast-acting treatment artemisinin has been Thailand's most potent weapon in the long-running battle against malaria, contributing to a sharp drop in the number of deaths. It is the most commonly used drug worldwide against a …
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