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Nation Briefing 3/18

Alex Aguilar left his family and farm hand job in Honduras seven years ago to pursue a better life, eventually finding work cleaning stables and feeding thoroughbreds six days a week at a New Jersey horse farm.
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Drug Companies Unfairly Block Generic Products

Getting healthcare costs under control is a daunting and multifaceted challenge.

My Experience with Modafinil

I've had issues with sleep my whole life; it's always seemed like I've gotten too much of it, or too lit tle.
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Cephalon, Takeda to market Provigil

Biopharmaceutical company Cephalon Inc. said Monday that it will team with Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America Inc.

Scientists take drugs to boost brain power: study

“These are academics working in scientific institutions”

Twenty percent of scientists admit to using performance-enhancing prescription drugs for non-medical reasons, according to a survey released Wednesday by Nature, Britain's top science journal.
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A new drug war

Photo: About brain-boosting drugs, Leon Kass, in a report on human enhancement, said, 'In seeking by these to be better than we are or to like ourselves better than we do, we risk «turning into someone else,» confounding the identity we have acquired through natural gift cultivated by genuinely lived experiences.' More on this site Are 'brain…

Cancer Patients Report Less Fatigue While Taking Narcolepsy Drug

A large, phase III clinical study showed the drug modafinil alleviated severe cancer-related fatigue for many patients, paving the way for the first reliable treatment for this debilitating and common side…

Have You Taken Your Smart Pill Today?

Neuro-enhancers like Adderall and Ritalin are invading academia and the office as users attempt to improve their performance in the workplace.
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Narcolepsy Drug May Help Treat Cocaine Addiction

The U.S. National Institutes of Health is spending $10.8 million on three clinical trials investigating whether modafinil — a drug used to treat narcolepsy — is effective as a treatment for cocaine addiction.

Is Cephalon's Provigil Addictive? Ask the Cocaine-Using Monkeys It Was Tested On.

Nora D. Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, report[s] evidence that Provigil might be more addictive than thought.
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