Next Cancer Treatment Drug May Be Older Diabetes Drug

Published October 1, 2012

Next cancer treatment drug may be older diabetes drug

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… new cancer treatment may be a 50-year-old diabetes drug. According to an article on businessweek.com, scientists say early tests found the drug Metformin prevented tumors in mice and reduced the likelihood that diabetics would develop a malignancy.
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Side effects of ADHD drugs shock parents

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Less than 24 hours earlier, the child had started taking Vyvanse, a drug prescribed for the treatment of ADHD. The distraught mother suggested a bike ride to distract the inconsolable child. The two set out for a park near their home outside Alliston, Ont.
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Push to treat addiction medically raises doubts and fears

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Monique Ketting-Olivier concurs: “It is disgusting to read this article. I agree with the majority, give a drug addict more drugs, what a ******* joke!” Others question whether addiction is a medical problem at all. “This disease idea is just BS …
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