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Mylan to Offer Some Patients Aid on Cost of EpiPens

International Herald Tribune - Posted: August 25th, 2016, 7:26pm UTC

The company is not lowering the price it raised about 500 percent since 2007, but will offer help to needier cases.

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Well: More Life to Be Lived

International Herald Tribune - Posted: August 25th, 2016, 1:01pm UTC

Cancer can wear you down. So can life and moving and treatment and age. Sometimes I think the time has come to face the end, but then I remember there is more life to be lived.

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Well: Can We Talk About Your Weight?

International Herald Tribune - Posted: August 25th, 2016, 11:41am UTC

When it comes to informing patients about potentially healthy interventions, I am not shy.

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Seattle’s Potential Solution for Heroin Epidemic: Places for Legal Drug Use

International Herald Tribune - Posted: August 25th, 2016, 10:11am UTC

A city task force endorsed the idea of safe consumption facilities, which would allow addicts to take drugs without fear of being arrested.

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Mylan to Lower EpiPen Cost for Some Patients

International Herald Tribune - Posted: August 25th, 2016, 8:23am UTC

But the company, which has raised the price of a two-pack of the allergy attack drug to about $600 from $100 in 2007, is not changing the list price.

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Well: Living Near a Fracking Site Is Tied to Migraines, Fatigue

International Herald Tribune - Posted: August 25th, 2016, 12:01am UTC

Living near a natural gas hydraulic fracturing site is associated with increased rates of sinus problems, migraines and fatigue, according to new research.

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