BEN BRAGDON: Without treatment, addiction won't go away

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Create programs that cut down on doctor-shopping and monitor which doctors are prescribing in large amounts. Those are all … Starting this year, a two-year cap was placed on methadone and buprenorphine, two proven methods for treating opiate addiction.
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Companies Race To Develop The Next Novel Blockbuster Diabetes Drug – Part 2

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We are enthusiastic about exploring new mechanisms that have the potential to restore beta cell function and produce first-in-class therapeutics for the treatment of diabetes in collaboration with Harvard and Howard Hughes Medical Institute." J&J paid …
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Feds close heroin access 'loopholes'

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TORONTO – Certain drugs, such as heroin and cocaine, can no longer be obtained for patients under a federal special access program, Health Minister Rona Ambrose said Thursday. The new regulations close a “loophole” in the program that would allow …
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