Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow. After CVS began operating…
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FDA expands lung cancer approval for Bristol-Myers’ drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday expanded its approval of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co’s immunotherapy drug Opdivo for patients…
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How to ensure you have enough saved for health care during retirement
It’s only natural to fantasize about retirement and make plans to finally do what you’ve always wanted. But to live…
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Why a nonprofit is willing to pay thousands for your poop
A Massachusetts-based nonprofit is collecting poop at $40 a sample to treat a bacterial infection that is currently only mitigated…
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Horse dung has scientists on scent of antibiotic success
European biologists have discovered a bacteria-killing compound in common mushrooms that grow in horse dung. Unusually for an antibiotic, copsin…
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Medication nation: Study shows significant overuse of antibiotics
U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give them to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace…
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Prescription drugs cost least at Costco and most at CVS, study shows
Some of the most popular prescription drugs that recently became available in generic form are sold at the lowest prices…
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Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar hopes to slay pertussis through vaccine awareness
While slaying vampires and saving the world may be her area of expertise, television and movie star Sarah Michelle Gellar…
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Merck KGaA revives testing of lung cancer vaccine
German drugmaker Merck KGaA will conduct new tests on an experimental lung cancer vaccine which failed a previous late-stage clinical…
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Researchers closer to developing universal flu vaccine
The dream of a universal flu vaccine is getting closer to becoming a reality. Researchers from the Imperial College London…
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