US approves J&J drug-resistant tuberculosis treatment
Her comments followed those of the FDA advisers who found the drug to be effective, though they noted that more deaths were seen in the group of patients who took bedaquiline in combination with standard treatments than in the group that took standard …
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Brain Surgery for Opioid Dependence
If there is a future for addiction treatment using stereotactic brain surgery, DBS is likely to become the procedure of choice, given the preference by the scientific community for non-permanent interventions. The recent follow-up study found that …
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McGreevey, NJ Jail Program Earn Spot At Sundance
That search led him to the Hudson County jail, where he works with Integrity House, a substance abuse treatment provider based in Newark, to help female inmates get back on their feet and stay upright. A former assistant prosecutor and onetime …
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