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How commonly are adverse drug events responsible for ED visits, and which drugs are most often involved?

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Cancer patients invariably develop resistance to targeted drugs, so drugmakers develop strategies to combat it before first-generation therapies hit the market.

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New research further solidifies findings that aspirin could be a powerful anti-cancer drug, at least in some specific cases.

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