Flu Drugs May Not Be Worth Stockpiling

Flu drugs may not be worth stockpiling
The Cochrane Collaboration, a nonprofit network of health practitioners, researchers and patient advocates, recently analyzed 46 clinical study reports on Tamiflu and another influenza drug called Relenza to determine their effectiveness. The …
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Barriers Remain Despite Health Law's Push To Expand Access To Substance …
“There is no illness that will be more favorably affected [by the Affordable Care Act] than substance abuse,” said A. Thomas McLellan, former U.S. deputy drug czar and now chief executive officer of Treatment Research Institute in Philadelphia. “This …
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Health chief takes Illinois TB patient to court
Stopping and starting treatment can lead to drug resistance, another reason for public health workers to be aggressive in making sure patients take their pills, Etkind said. Public health nurses who were trying to visit the Illinois patient found him …
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