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Lilly says new type of pain drug could lessen need for opioids
Eli Lilly and Co on Tuesday said it and partner Pfizer Inc aim to seek approval by 2018 for a new type of pain drug that could be an alternative to opioids for osteoarthritis, chronic back pain and cancer pain. The Indianapolis drugmaker said tanezumab, given by injection every eight weeks, could be a far…
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Lilly says new type of pain drug could lessen need for opioids
Eli Lilly and Co on Tuesday said it and partner Pfizer Inc aim to seek approval by 2018 for a new type of pain drug that could be an alternative to opioids for osteoarthritis, chronic back pain and cancer pain. The Indianapolis drugmaker said tanezumab, given by injection every eight weeks, could be a far…
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1st US penis transplant could bring hope to maimed soldiers
BOSTON (AP) — A 64-year-old cancer patient has received the nation's first penis transplant, a groundbreaking operation that may also help accident victims and some of the many U.S. veterans maimed by roadside bombs.
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Early childhood program expands amid Flint’s water crisis
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan-Flint's early childhood education program will be offered for free to more Flint families amid the city's crisis with lead-tainted water, officials said Monday.
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Storing babies’ blood samples pits privacy versus science
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-day-old Ellie Bailey squirms in a hospital bassinet and cries as her tiny left heel is squeezed and then pricked with a needle to draw a blood sample. An Indianapolis hospital technician quickly saturates six circles on a special filter card with the child's blood.
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Storing babies’ blood samples pits privacy versus science
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-day-old Ellie Bailey squirms in a hospital bassinet and cries as her tiny left heel is squeezed and then pricked with a needle to draw a blood sample. An Indianapolis hospital technician quickly saturates six circles on a special filter card with the child's blood.
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Dartmouth coach: Tackle-free practice reduces concussions
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens makes a promise to recruited players before they take the field: “In four years, you will never tackle another Dartmouth football player.”
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Doctors unsure how to comply with new Utah fetal pain law
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's first-in-the-nation requirement that women receive anesthesia or painkillers before some abortions has taken effect, but doctors say they're unsure how they're supposed to comply.