Side Effects Dim Niacin Promise

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The study enrolled more than 20,000 high risk patients at study centers in China, Scandinavia, and the U.K. Patients were randomized to the niacin combination therapy or placebo on top of lipid-lowering therapy with simvastatin (40 mg) or simvastatin …
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Do they really boost energy?…A raging debate on health benefits and adverse …

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They are available in over 140 countries and are fast taking over the Nigerian beverage market with over 30 brands registered by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). Until now, several …. In agreement with this view …
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Speeding up approvals of life-saving drugs

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"You can see positive signals much more quickly, and clinically you can spare patients for whom the drug is not likely to work," says Dr Michael Davies, assistant professor in the department of melanoma medical oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Centre in …
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AAP revises AOM diagnosis, treatment guidelines

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Allan S. Lieberthal, MD, and colleagues of the AAP's Subcommittee in Diagnosis and Management of Acute Otitis Media joined with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center to create the new …
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