Doctors, Too, Ask: Is This Drug Right?
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Doctors are struggling to decide which pain relievers to prescribe now that they know that drugs like Vioxx and Celebrex pose serious heart risks.
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The American Medical Association is concerned, but says more research is needed before a definitive statement can be made.
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New data are due out on a promising cholesterol drug. But there are doubters.
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NEW YORK - In the wake of Merck&#39;s Vioxx debacle, doctors are scrambling to understand why the drug doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes--and how to know if other medicines carry similar risks.
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Experts debate whether people at the end of life should be able to take experimental drug treatments.
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In response to questions from commenters about a male birth-control pill, we launch a mini-investigation into whether sperm buildup is a bad, bad thing. In Bodyhack.
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HOW MANY PILLS are you taking? Until the Vioxx scare, it wasn&#39;ta question that bothered many. Now with Celebrex and even generic naproxen joining the list of questioned meds, it&#39;s a timely inquiry.
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A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.
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A panel is examining claims that GlaxoSmithKline tried to suppress a doctorâs criticism of its drug Avandia.
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WASHINGTON -- Doctors can check patients&#39; DNA when choosing medication for them, using a test the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has approved.
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Here's what a newly approved drug looks like.
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Medicines used by millions of  Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense  scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of  studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like  Merck & Co. Inc.'s MRK.N withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.
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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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New studies are raising questions about whether drugs that have been used by millions of cancer patients might actually be harming them.
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A hearing is set to debate whether drugs that doctors prescribe to relieve depression make some people more likely to attempt suicide.
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New evidence is raising questions about the tests used to prescribe the breast cancer drug Herceptin, which was initially seen as a model for tailored medicine.
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As cancer patients increasingly embrace alternative therapies, oncologists are calling for well-designed clinical trials to determine if they are helpful or harmful.