Dianne Feinstein Bill Would Limit Antibiotic Use in Livestock

Published July 1, 2013

Dianne Feinstein bill would limit antibiotic use in livestock

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Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, and Louise Slaughter, D-NY, to restrict uses that public health experts say are contributing to the alarming loss of effectiveness of antibiotics, including the rise of “superbugs” that are all but impossible to treat. More …
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Drug Combo May Reduce Risk of Second Stroke: Study

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“Giving two drugs that block platelets works a lot better than aspirin alone in people who have had a minor stroke or TIA,” said researcher Dr. S. Claiborne Johnston, a professor of neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. The trial …
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Addiction Relapse Might Be Thwarted By Turning Off Brain Trigger

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Researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UC San Francisco have been able to identify and deactivate a brain pathway linked to memories that cause alcohol cravings in rats, a finding that may one day lead to a treatment option for …
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