Penn scientists develop novel treatment for serious illness

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University of Pennsylvania scientists have turned a castoff drug into a novel treatment for a rare, fatal genetic disorder in which ultra-high cholesterol causes heart disease in early childhood. The journal Lancet on Friday published a small but …
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Minnesota Legislature to hold methadone-treatment hearings

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Huntley said he'll ask numerous experts and administrators to testify who were quoted in the News Tribune series, including the chief medical officer of Hazelden Treatment Center, which provides abstinence-only treatment for opiate addiction and claims …
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U.S. Congress takes aim at FDA over meningitis outbreak

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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Republican lawmakers accused federal health regulators on Wednesday of failing to prevent a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak by not acting much earlier to shut down the compounding pharmacy at the center of the …
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