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...hate it. McCain is working the issue on TV and behind the scenes; he says he already has the 60 votes he needs to get it out of the Senate. Bush allies will try to insert a so-called paycheck-protection provision into the bill, an anti-union poison pill that would strip it of needed Democratic support. But if they fail and it lands on Bush's desk, he must either sign it--detonating his right wing--or veto it, a disastrous way to introduce himself to Americans...
...first pill devised to reduce the number of periods a woman experiences per year...
...ANTI-SHOPPING PILL Drug companies are always alert for new and profitable uses for their products, and now Forest Laboratories reports--just in time for the holidays--that its antidepressant Celexa is effective against compulsive-shopping disorders. Shop-till-you-drop seems to be a real syndrome; sufferers consumed by the need to buy are often plunged into debt as a result. Now research financed by Forest shows that within three months of taking Celexa, nearly 80% of the 21 patients studied experienced improved symptoms...
...drug, which can be taken as a pill, has at least one advantage over other cancer treatments. Most traditional cancer treatments--such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation--try to kill tumor cells directly, but 2ME2 also prevents angiogenesis, the growth of new cancerous blood vessels in the body...
...protesters said that Pfizer charges unfairly high prices for this drug, which costs $12.20 per pill wholesale in the United States and up to $20.75 on the private market in South Africa. In contrast, in countries like Thailand where generic versions are legal, the drug costs only 24 cents per pill, organizers said...