Cancer Drug "Holiday" May Extend Patient Survival
Cancer Drug "Holiday" May Extend Patient Survival
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The consequence of this simultaneous resistance-cum-addiction to vemurafenib is that the cancer cells then proceed to use the compound to boost the growth of deadly, fast growing, drug-resistant tumors. Once they made this discovery the team proceeded …
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Other Views: Addressing epidemic of drug ODs
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Prescription drug overdoses killed more than 37,000 Americans in 2009, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; that death rate has tripled since 1990. The increase is not surprising, considering these CDC statistics: The number of …
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Colorado 2nd in nation for pain pill abuse
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According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, pain pills are now a big problem in Colorado, our state having the second highest rate of prescription painkiller abuse in the country, trailing only Oregon. The pills are everywhere, prescribed …
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Council OKs measure on Airport Road district
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No signs advertising alcoholic beverages are allowed on the outside of buildings within 500 feet of a school, park, nonprofit youth facility, place of religious assembly, hospital, county social service office or alcohol and drug-abuse recovery …
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