Generic Drug May Ease Autism in Children

Generic Drug May Ease Autism in Children

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“They were making more eye contact, more spontaneous speech, and more two-way conversation,” says Daniel Coury, MD, a pediatric psychiatrist in Columbus, Ohio, who is medical director for the Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network. “At the end of the …
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For Lesser Crimes, Rethinking Life Behind Bars

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James Q. Wilson, the conservative social scientist whose work in the 1970s helped inspire tougher policies on prison, several years ago recommended diverting more nonviolent drug offenders from prisons to treatment programs. …. drug offenders behind …
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FDA Approves Use of Prostate Cancer Pill Before Chemo

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This expanded approval "demonstrates the benefit of evaluating a drug in an earlier disease setting and provides patients and healthcare providers the option of using [abiraterone] earlier in the course of treatment," Richard Pazdur, MD, director of …
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