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Prescription Checkup – It Could Save Your Life

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Genetic Variants Influence A Person’s Response To Statins Found

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Overprescribing Medications Instead of Nursing Home Residents

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Padma Nagappan
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Using MedShadow To Be Better Informed About Your Medication

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Gabapentin’s Side Effect Risks

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Poor Knowledge of Warfarin May Boost Side Effects Risk

Jonathan Block
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Hundreds Of Drugs Remain On The Market After Fraudulent Trials

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What To Do With Unused Medicines?

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