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Senate confirmed RFK Jr. to direct HHS amid questions about side effects of abortion drugs and vaccines.
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Quick Hits: ‘Right to Try’ to Become Law & More

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FDA Goes After Companies Marketing Sun Protection Supplements

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The New Prescription for Cancer: Exercise
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The New Prescription for Cancer: Exercise

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Quick Hits: FDA Approves Non-Opioid Drug & More

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Pharma Payments Drive Doc Opioid-Prescribing Patterns
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Pharma Payments Drive Doc Opioid-Prescribing Patterns

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Quick Hits: Cancer Therapies That Aren’t Breakthroughs

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Got Chronic Pain? Cognitive Therapies (CBT) May Provide Relief

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Opioid Deaths Rise
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Quick Hits: Opioid Deaths Rise and Party Drug for PTSD

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Minocycline May Make You Blue…Literally
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Minocycline May Make You Blue…Literally

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Parkinson’s Anticholinergic Drugs May Raise Dementia Risk
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Parkinson’s Anticholinergic Drugs May Raise Dementia Risk

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Many Women Shun Preventive Breast Cancer Med: Tamoxifen
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Many Women Shun Preventive Breast Cancer Med: Tamoxifen

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Pregnant Moms and Coffee Increases Risk of Overweight Kids
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Pregnant Moms and Caffeine Increases Risk of Overweight Kids

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FDA Encouraging Industry to Make More Opioid Abuse Therapies
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FDA Encouraging Industry to Make More Opioid Abuse Therapies

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Quick Hits: Marijuana,New Migraine Treatment & More

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FDA Warns on High-Caffeine Supplements
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FDA Warns on High-Caffeine Supplements

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The Parkinson’s Disease Drug Nuplazid
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Quick Hits: Pregnant Moms and Antidepressants, Nuplazid & More

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FDA Moves to Include Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials
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FDA Moves to Include Pregnant Women in Clinical Trials

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FDA Restricts Sale of Birth Control Device Essure
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FDA Restricts Sale of Birth Control Device Essure

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Targeted Therapies Could Reduce Side Effects
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Targeted Therapies Could Reduce Side Effects

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