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Anchor lead: What’s behind the furor over flibanserin, a drug for low libido in women? Elizabeth Tracey reports Are women being manipulated by pharmaceutical companies to take a new drug for low libido, even though studies show it’s only modestly …
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Anchor lead: Can appendicitis be treated with antibiotics? Elizabeth Tracey reports Acute appendicitis has been treated as a surgical emergency for decades now, with largely good outcomes. But is surgery really necessary or can antibiotics be used instead? That was …
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Anchor lead: Can for-profit corporations partner with public health interventions internationally? Elizabeth Tracey reports Can UPS help the UN in international humanitarian relief efforts, as announced recently? Can Coca-Cola distribute lifesaving rehydration drinks? William Greenough, an oral rehydration expert at …
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Anchor lead: Is there any benefit to aggressively lowering blood glucose in people with diabetes? Elizabeth Tracey reports How low should blood sugar go to control the many consequences of diabetes, especially cardiovascular problems? For many years the thought was …
