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People who take certain drugs for depression known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may have a higher-than-average risk of… »   

Even within the U.S. Veterans Affairs health system, where everyone should have the same access to care, African Americans are… »   

The blockbuster anti-clotting drug Plavix will carry a new warning about patients who have a poor response to the drug… »   

Poor people in India and other developing countries may lose access to affordable generic drugs as part of free-trade… »   

Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on… »   

Merck & Co on Thursday said an independent data safety monitoring board has approved continuation of a big study meant… »   

People whose “bad” cholesterol and risk of future heart disease stay too high despite cholesterol-lowering statin therapy can safely lower… »   

A new drug, eprotirome, has been shown to significantly lower bad cholesterol, triglycerides and Lp(A), without the side effects that… »   

U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they have found no link between oral bisphosphonate osteoporosis medications such as Merck &… »   

Tears in the shoulder’s rotator cuff, a common sports injury, are painful and restricting. Surgery to repair the damage is… »