Vijender consumed drugs as many as 12 times: Police A Punjab Police probe has revealed that Olympian Vijender Singh took drugs 12 times and boxer Ram Singh about five times between December 2012 and February 2... By: ibnlive … Continue reading →

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From Sports Icon to doing drugs, Vijender should come clean. In fresh trouble for international boxer and Olympic medalist Vijender Singh, Punjab Police today said he had consumed heroin 12 times after procuring it fro... By: timesnowonline … Continue reading →

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Most streams that flow near cities and towns are laced with drugs that escape from sewage treatment plants or pharmaceutical factories. Although often occurring at concentrations of a few parts per trillion, these compounds can nevertheless hurt aquatic life, turning male fish into female fish with hormones or giving them the munchies with antianxiety medication. Now comes the first study that shows an effect of drugs on the base of the food webthe nutritious microbial slime that covers the streambed. Experts caution, however, that the work is preliminary. Theres a long list of chemicals that go down the drain, pass through sewage treatment plants, and end up in streams: antibiotics, caffeine, and ingredients in soaps and shampoos, to name just a few. Emma Rosi-Marshall, a stream ecosystem ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York, and colleagues in Illinois and Indiana, were curious about the impact of common chemicals on photosynthesis and respiration, which are fundamental to the life of an entire ecosystem. Measuring these processes is like taking the pulse of a stream, Rosi-Marshall says. The team examined biofilms, which are agglomerations of bacteria, algae, fungi, and organic matter that coat rocks on streambeds. Biofilms … Continue reading →

Apr. 1, 2013 In the fight against malaria, cancer drugs are far from being considered a useful tool. But new research at Seattle BioMed reveals that liver cells, which are first infected by Plasmodium parasites after their transmission by mosquito bite, actually behave in similar ways to cancer cells. The work also shows that with the help of cancer drugs, the liver can become a hostile environment for the malaria parasite. This exciting new development is published in this month's issue of the journal Cell Reports. Humans get malaria by bites from mosquitoes that carry Plasmodium parasites, the most deadly of which is P. falciparum. In malaria research, mouse malaria parasites are frequently used because, like human parasites, they have a "liver phase," in which the parasite first multiplies in the liver and then breaks out into the blood stream to cause disease. "We knew the malaria parasite goes to the liver, infects liver cells and replicates within them, but we didn't know how it forces the liver cell into submission on a molecular level," says Alexis Kaushansky, lead author and postdoctoral scientist at Seattle BioMed, describing this key stage to the parasite's infectious abilities as a black box. Kaushansky's … Continue reading →

Last week the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in two cases about gay marriage. While that drew a lot of attention, whatever the justices decide wont have much direct effect on you unless youre gay, or have a strong opinion on the subject. Thats not true of another big case, this one about generic drugs. As NPR reports, the court also has to decide whether or not brand-name drug makers can continue their pay to delay schemes. Over the past decade its become more common for brand-name companies to give their generic competition millions of dollars to stay off the market. As weve written before, the FDA already grants years of exclusivity to new drugs, which get heavily promoted and entrenched before cheaper copies can enter the market. But even after they can debut, big brands extend their monopoly through legal settlements with the generic brands. Brand-name drug maker Solvay tweaked the formula for a prescription testosterone gel (AndroGel) whose patent had expired long ago; they figured they could make it just different enough to get a new patent and block competition. Generic competitors challenged it, and one of them was prepared to launch a product that cost one-sixth of … Continue reading →

2 April 2013 Last updated at 16:44 ET A West Yorkshire Police detective has been found guilty of stealing seized drugs and conspiring with his brother to sell them, making at least 600,000. Nicholas McFadden stole thousands of pounds of class A drugs from evidence stores, Leeds Crown Court heard. He denied the two charges but pleaded guilty to money laundering. His brother, Simon McFadden, 41, was found guilty of conspiring to supply. Simon's wife Karen McFadden pleaded guilty to money laundering. After the verdict, Det Ch Insp Nick Wallen, of West Yorkshire Police, said McFadden "was, in fact, a criminal purporting to be a police officer". "Some police officers, Nicholas McFadden's former colleagues, had risked their lives to take drugs off the streets, and he, along with his brother, was putting them back there," he said. Nicholas McFadden, 38, of Church Avenue, Leeds, worked for a special organised crime group and was in charge of looking after evidence, the jury was told. Leeds Crown Court heard the detective constable, who joined the force in 2000, helped himself to heroin, cocaine and cannabis by exploiting "slack" procedures at secret evidence stores. When police raided his family home in Castleford they … Continue reading →

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teens and preteens with a parent deployed in the military may be more likely to binge drink or misuse prescription drugs, according to a new study. Previous studies have found that with a parent's multiple deployments come higher levels of depression and more thoughts of suicide among children. But the new study is the first to focus on alcohol and drug use, senior author Stephan Arndt told Reuters Health. "What was sort of surprising to me was that I had expected those effects for high school (students), but we saw it in sixth graders too," said Arndt, a psychiatry researcher at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Arndt and his colleagues analyzed statewide survey data from Iowa students in 2010, when 1.2 million American children had a parent in the active duty military. They compared data from 1,700 kids of deployed parents and 57,000 kids from non-military families, including sixth, eighth and 11th graders. Twelve percent of sixth graders with a deployed parent had tried alcohol and seven percent had consumed five or more drinks in one sitting, compared to four and two percent of children of non-military parents, respectively. Among … Continue reading →

SAN DIEGO, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Health insurers should use both medical and pharmacy data to forecast specialty drug costs which are predicted to rise to 50 percent of commercially insured total drug costs by 2018, according to a new study by pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics (Prime). The study will be presented today at the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy (AMCP)'s 25th Annual Meeting & Expo in San Diego. The study found that in 2009, specialty drugs those that require special handling, are typically injected, and are more expensive than traditional drugs represented 20 percent of all drug (medical and pharmacy benefit) costs. In addition, by September 2012, specialty drugs increased to 28.7 percent of the total costs. Based on average increases in recent years, researchers predict specialty costs will increase 15 percent per year, while non-specialty costs will remain flat. As a result, specialty costs are expected to make up 50 percent of the overall drug costs by 2018, for commercially insured individuals. Patrick Gleason, PharmD, FCCP, BCPS, director of health outcomes at Prime, explains, "The increasing rate of specialty drugs expenses is due to increased non-specialty generic drug use; expected continued pharmaceutical manufacturer, annual, double-digit price … Continue reading →