Industry shifts focus to immunology and cancer

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Economic factors, including competition from generic drugs, is hitting even the big pharmaceutical companies hard, reports Nature. In 2010, Pfizer's Lipitor enters the public domain. For these reasons, the larger companies are narrowing the focus of their research, hitting fewer diseases. They're also working on fewer primary care drugs and more drugs that would be prescribed by specialists, such as cancer drugs.

"When Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced last week that it would cut some of its research and development (R&D) programs in women's health, the decision seemed counterintuitive

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Three Kinds of Drugs That Can Kill Your Sex Drive

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Three Kinds of Drugs That Can Kill Your Sex Drive

If you're having sex drive issues, check your medicine cabinet. Several varieties of prescription medication can dampen desire.

Birth control:
Some hormonal birth control methods such as pills and patches can increase women's levels of sex-hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), which drops the amount of testosterone that's floating around freely in the bloodstream

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The birth control pill linked to reduced ovarian cancer risk

House approves foreign aid; ignites abortion fight

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The House of Representatives ignored a White House veto threat and passed on Friday a foreign aid bill that would allow government donations of contraceptives to family planning groups outside the United States even though they engage in abortion activities.

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