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Pharma pours cash on Congress as battles over drug prices persist

U.S. Capitol: Pharma pouring cash on Congress as drug price battles rage

Not all doctors are behind 'revolutionary' ketamine-based antidepressant

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Is it a feminist right to want more sex? One company thinks a pill is the answer

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FDA approves first drug to treat postpartum depression

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Eli Lilly’s half-price insulin: How much difference will it make?

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Why the U.S. has higher drug prices than other countries

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Out-of-pocket costs put HIV prevention drug out of reach for many at risk

Digital mental health drug raises troubling questions

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How America got hooked on a deadly drug

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How a drugmaker turned the abortion pill into a rare-disease profit machine

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Patient advocacy groups take in millions from drugmakers. Is there a payback?

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As states target high drug prices, pharma targets state lawmakers

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The myth of drug expiration dates

New court docs: Tylenol maker had plan to block tougher regulation

Research misconduct often unreported in published studies

Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines

New cervical cancer screening guidelines endorse the use of self-swab kits

Pediatric Cancer Lianna Munir

'We need to have another option'

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How to keep holiday stress in check this season

Light Lamp SAD

After a lifetime of seasonal depression, I finally tried light therapy. Here's what I learned

Shinges Vaccine Dementia

Shingles vaccine may offer an additional benefit — slowing the progress of dementia

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Nurse who beat hard-to-treat cancer says she stayed strong by thinking of herself as a 'survivor'

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