Mixed results for Calif. drug treatment
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A report Friday found mixed successes in California&#39;s new program that sends drug offenders to treatment instead of jail. The UCLA study concluded that nearly one third of
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If the plans of the Turku-based company Biotie Therapies and the Californian Somaxon Pharmaceuticals work out, Americans could soon have access to a new medicine that is claimed to work against different types ...
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The medical profession has a costly, little-known secret: Many treatments don&#39;t work all that well for many -- even most -- people.
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This lung cancer drug is not as effective as once hoped.
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Two drugs are not always better than one when it comes to using blood thinners to treat clogged arteries in the legs, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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A panel of experts reaches mixed conclusions on the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated stents.
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A new drug that can treat patients with multiple sclerosis has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration but the high cost of the medication has some people concerned.
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NEW YORK  - Physicians frequently fail to   provide patients with all the information they should have when   they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California   report.
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More openness is needed over clinical drug trial results  to stop them being distorted, leading medical journals say.
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Some of the health benefits claimed for a new weight loss drug may not be justified, say experts.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed several bills on Thursday that would have made California the middleman in large-scale consumer purchases of prescription drugs.
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Physicians frequently fail to  provide patients with all the information they should have when  they're prescribed new medication, investigators in California  report.
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Two drugs approved for the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome may or may not work for the 45 million Americans who suffer from I.B.S.
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A drug approved last year as a last-ditch hope for some lung cancer patients who didn&#39;t find relief from other forms of therapy has come up short in a large clinical trial.
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A UCLA study concluded that California&#39;s Proposition 36, which diverts non-violent drug offenders to treatment programs instead of jail, has done less to curb re-arrest rates than drug courts or probationary programs, the Los Angeles Daily News reported
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Drugs to raise so-called good cholesterol may still have a future despite the widely publicized failure last year of an experimental cholesterol treatment from Pfizer, researchers said.