Why Can't More Babies Get Life-Saving New Drug Treatment Omegaven?

Why can't more babies get life-saving new drug treatment Omegaven?

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Rock Center. Dr. Mark Puder of Boston Children's Hospital developed a treatment with a drug made with fish oil called Omegaven that he's been using to help reverse fatal liver disease in infants. Despite the drug's effectiveness, it has yet to be …
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FDA-approved device offers non-drug option for pain

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Make potent prescription pain killers "unmeltable," "uncrushable" and hard to abuse – or face having the product pulled from the market. But even more significant is the push now to find ways to deal with chronic pain without using addictive drugs at …
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Cities rezoning for marijuana law

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“The ordinance creates a 'use' category complete with a new definition, dimensional controls, and parking and loading requirements that will govern the establishment of medical marijuana treatment centers in certain areas,” the mayor added.. 'I'm …
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Teams wait on outcome of drug bust

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If Bosch stands up, this could result in the biggest drug bust in sports history. Common sense dictates that athletes would not seek and/or receive a form of medical treatment from an unlicensed nonprofessional unless they were acquiring something that …
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