Penn Scientists Develop Novel Treatment for Serious Illness

Published November 3, 2012

Penn scientists develop novel treatment for serious illness

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University of Pennsylvania scientists have turned a castoff drug into a novel treatment for a rare, fatal genetic disorder in which ultra-high cholesterol causes heart disease in early childhood. The journal Lancet on Friday published a small but …
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Octomom Goes To Rehab: Nadya Suleman Seeks Treatment For Xanax Addiction

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(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File). Octomom is in rehab. Nadya Suleman checked in to the Chapman House Drug Rehabilitation Center in Southern California to help deal with a dependence on the prescription anti-anxiety drug Xanax, according to TMZ.
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A Promising Drug With a Flaw

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But he rapidly declined. “We pretty much threw the whole kitchen sink at him,” recalled Dr. Cotton, who works at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. “But he still bled to death on the table.” Unlike warfarin, an older drug, there is no antidote to …
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