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FDA OKs brain stimulator for depression
Jul 15 2005 7:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government on Friday approved a new therapy for the severely depressed who have run out of treatment options: a pacemaker-like implant that sends tiny electric shocks to the brain.
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U.S. warns fentanyl patients about drug
Jul 15 2005 7:58PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is investigating 120 deaths among users of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl and warned patients Friday to be sure to use the powerful narcotic properly to avoid accidental overdose.
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Research explains lack of monkeypox deaths
Jul 15 2005 7:56PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Monkeypox, a less deadly relative of smallpox, kills up to 10 percent of its victims in Africa. Yet a monkeypox outbreak two years ago in the United States killed no one, and scientists have wondered why.
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Supplier to market talking pill bottles
Jul 15 2005 7:56PM (CT)
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - Medical supplier Cardinal Health Inc. will begin marketing pill bottles equipped with recorded messages that give patients dosage instructions, the company said.
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FDA to rule on morning-after pill by Sept.
Jul 15 2005 7:53PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration will decide by Sept. 1 whether a morning-after contraceptive pill can be sold without a doctor's prescription.
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Study hints at Alzheimer's memory recovery
Jul 15 2005 10:41AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While a breakthrough for humans could be years away, a new study in mice suggests some memory recovery may be possible in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.
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