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    Unreported Side Effects of Drugs Are Found Using Internet Search Data

    ByTim De ChantNOVA NextNOVA Next

    John Markoff, reporting for the New York Times :

    Using automated software tools to examine queries by six million Internet users taken from Web search logs in 2010, the researchers looked for searches relating to an antidepressant, paroxetine, and a cholesterol lowering drug, pravastatin. They were able to find evidence that the combination of the two drugs caused high blood sugar.

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