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News on Niaspan, Cholesterol Drugs and Biomarkers
The Times alerted me, this evening: Lowering bad cholesterol levels reduces heart attack risks, and researchers have long hoped that raising good cholesterol would help, too. Surprising results from a...
View ArticleiPod Therapy – Why Not Prescribe It?
Yours truly, the author of Medical Lessons, is listening to music while she writes. A live version of the Stones’ “Silver Train” has just come on, and she’s happily reminded of something that happened...
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Learning From the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, At a Distance
There’s a ton of BC and women’s health news this week. But yours truly is, among other things, not in San Antonio where is the 34th annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. NTW, quite a few major...
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A Picture of Periwinkle
Periwinkle plant – the source of Vincristine, a chemotherapy Dear Readers, Your author has been busy writing other things, and revamping this site. Medical Lessons is, if nothing else, a work in...
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FDA Approves Pertuzumab for Advanced, Her2+ Breast Cancer
We’re on a roll for new treatments of the Her2+ form of breast cancer. On Friday the FDA approved Pertuzumab, a monoclonal antibody, for advanced cases. As indicated, the drug would be given along with...
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