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Hospitals hunt substitutes as drug shortages rise

(AP) -- A growing shortage of medications for a host of illnesses - from cancer to cystic fibrosis to cardiac arrest - has hospitals scrambling for substitutes to avoid patient harm, and sometimes even delaying treatment.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It's time for a 'third wave' of malaria activism to tackle drug shortages

In this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors call for concerted international action to address the crisis of malaria drug shortages across Africa.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0