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FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Hot Flashes
It is the first nonhormonal treatment for the menopause symptom.
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Addiction Treatment Medicine Is Vastly Underprescribed, Especially by Race, Study Finds
Black patients with opioid use disorder were far less likely to fill prescriptions for the most effective addiction treatments than white patients. But strikingly few patients of all races got the medicine.
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F.D.A. Advisers Say Benefits of Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Outweigh Risks
The agency is expected to decide this summer whether to allow the first nonprescription sales of an oral contraceptive in the United States.
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F.D.A. Advisers Weigh Allowing First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill
The panel heard strong support from the company and many doctors but concern from F.D.A. scientists.