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A person with a long history of chronic pain discusses long-term, . (Huffington Post)

Perhaps borrowing a few pages from the U.S. playbook, the French government has moved to the longstanding national love affair with cigarettes. (CNBC)

Tracking a medical mystery: Did some of the vaccine used to quell a flu pandemic unleash a ? (STAT)

Possible of two cancer research buildings on the Johns Hopkins Hospital campus. (Baltimore Sun)

New moves in the over pricey prescription meds. (Reuters)

Members of FDA advisory committees file -- but what about payments they receive after voting to recommend approval of a drug? (Science)

A New York mother claims that a water-induced short circuit in her 9-year-old son's caused second-degree burns on his feet. (Fox News)

Is a the treatment solution for some people with anxiety disorders? (CNN)

Federal judge tosses $140-million jury award and orders a new trial in a . (Reuters)

Singer while he recovers from surgery for an unspecified "aggressive cancerous malignancy."

European regulatory authorities for medications containing the antihypertensive valsartan, pending an investigation into whether a cancer-causing impurity was introduced at a Chinese manufacturing plant. (Daily Mail)

Certain types of cancer drugs worked better in laboratory animals that were fed a (BGR)

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