Patients With Diabetes May Not Receive Best Treatment to Lower Heart Disease

Patients With Diabetes May Not Receive Best Treatment to Lower Heart Disease

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"We want patients to get the treatment they need to prevent heart attacks and cardiovascular issues but we don't want to expose them to additional treatment risks without strong evidence of the benefits," says senior author Eve Kerr, M.D., director of …
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US HOT STOCKS: Oracle, Energen, Career Education Active in Late Trading

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The treatment–called tasimelteon–has been granted orphan-drug status by U.S. and European regulators. Vitamin Shoppe Inc. (VSI, $ 58.76, +$ 2.31, +4.09%) has agreed to buy the assets of Super Supplements Inc. for about $ 50 million in cash, boosting the …
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Addiction clinic to open in Covington by summer

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Pinnacle Treatment Centers, Inc., is planning to open the the clinic at 1717 Madison Ave., officials said Thursday. The corporation has 17 locations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and recently acquired an in-patient drug treatment facility in …
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Bioethicist: We need to treat violence as public health issue

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If you or someone you knows has a mental breakdown or ongoing drug abuse why cant we expect the same rapid response and treatment capability? … Arthur Caplan, Ph.D., is the head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center.
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