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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Tuesday ordered companies to stop selling unapproved drugs containing quinine, which is approved only in one anti-malaria drug and can have serious ...

All around the Northern Hemisphere this week, with winter’s assault of colds and influenza near its seasonal peak, millions of sniffling, hacking customers went to the corner drugstore to shop for ...

Q: I am normally a mosquito magnet. By this time of year, I would usually have dozens of bites and the itching would be intolerable. This year, I have been drinking tonic water two or three times a ...

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