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Drug, alcohol abuse tied to early-life strokes reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 01:24 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Younger adults who suffered a stroke were often smokers or had abused drugs or alcohol, in a new study from Ohio and Kentucky. Although strokes are often thought of as a condition of the elderly, researchers said long-term changes in the heart, arteries and blood as a result of drug abuse or heavy drinking may put users at higher-than-average risk earlier in life. It ... FDA advisory panel backs J&J tuberculosis drug reuters.com Thu, 29 Nov, 2012 11:43 AM PST (Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday voted that an experimental Johnson & Johnson drug for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis appears to be safe and effective, but highlighted potential heart and liver-safety issues. The medicine, called bedaquiline, targets adenosine triphosphate synthase, an enzyme the tuberculosis bacterium needs to generate its ...

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