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FDA: Gardasil approved to prevent anal cancer
On Dec 22, 2010, the Food and drug Administration approved Gardasil, a vaccine made by Merck and Co Inc. for the prevention of anal cancer
Majority of U.S. Family Physicians Prescribe Placebos
Ted Kaptchuk at Harvard Medical School and colleagues at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center conducted a clinical trial and found a placebo pill without any ...
Placebo treatment better than no treatment - study suggests
A placebo treatment, even when patients know they are using a placebo pill, could be better than no treatment according to a new study published ...
Alternative medicines vs. prescription drugs, which are more dangerous?
A new survey led by Australian researchers suggests using alternative medicines, or homeopathic remedies, may be dangerous for kids.
The survey found four deaths between 2001 ...
Placebos work, at least for irritable bowel syndrome
American doctors have known this for years and an estimated 50 percent of them often use placebo pills to treat various diseases because dummy pills ...
Gardasil gets FDA okay to fight anal cancer
by Aimee Keenan-Greene
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of the Gardasil vaccine to include prevention of anal cancer and precancerous lesions due ...
Hormones: Still Pushed by Pharma; Still Dangerous
By Martha Rosenberg
The medical press trumpeted again this month the shopworn pharma factoid that menopausal hormones may be good for you, not bad. This is ...
FDA: More data needed to approve AstraZeneca's Brilinta
The United States Food and drug Administration did not approve a new heart medicine Brilinta or ticagrelor made by AstraZeneca as it says more data ...
Denufosol helps cystic fibrosis patients, so does vitamin D
There is no cure for cystic fibrosis. Each year, about 1,000 Americans are diagnosed with the disease.
Now a new ion channel-regulating drug may help kids ...
This Kills Twice as Many People as AIDS – Why are Doctors Ignoring it?
Posted By Dr. Mercola | December 17 2010
About $282 million was paid to doctors by drug companies last year. Is this compromising the best interests of their patients?
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