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Counterfeit Drugs Becoming Big Business Worldwide

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

The discovery that a fake version of the widely used cancer medicine Avastin is circulating in the United States is raising new fears that the multibillion-dollar drug-counterfeiting trade is increasingly making inroads in the U.S. The criminal practice has largely been relegated to poor countries with lax regulations. But with more medicines and drug ingredients for sale in the U.S. being manufactured overseas, American authorities are afraid more counterfeits will find their way into this country, putting patients' lives at risk. The Avastin discovery follows other recent instances in the U.S. of counterfeiting, involving such drugs as Viagra, the cholesterol medicine Lipitor and the weight-loss pill Alli. "We do know there are counterfeits continuing to try and make their way onto the U.S. supply chain," said Connie Jung, an associate director in the Food and Drug Administration's office of drug security. The FDA announced Tuesday it is investigating fake vials of Avastin that were sold to at least 19 doctors and clinics, including 16 sites in California, two in Texas and one in Chicago. Tests showed the vials did not contain the active ingredient in Avastin, which is given intravenously in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices to treat several types … Continue reading →

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Troopers sieze 242 pounds of marijuana near Evanston — Medrol Without A Prescription » Online Pharmacy

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

By News Release on Feb 15, 2012 in Featured, News, Wyoming Evanston – A traffic stop of a tractor trailer commercial vehicle hauling automobiles has resulted in the seizure of a little over 242 pounds of high grade marijuana and the arrest of the commercial vehicles driver.   The traffic stop took place Tuesday morning approximately 9 miles east of Evanston on eastbound Interstate 80.  During the stop Troopers conducted a commercial vehicle inspection of the vehicles bill of lading, equipment and drivers qualifications.   The inspection revealed that there was one vehicle loaded on the trailer that was not listed on the bill of lading as required.  In addition to that violation it was noted that the driver was also falsifying his driver’s record of duty status in his log book.    A Wyoming Highway Patrol K-9 was deployed and alerted on the tractor trailer combination. The commercial vehicle was taken to a location in Evanston where the vehicles loaded on the truck were then searched. Upon searching the trunk of one of the vehicles Troopers discovered approximately 139 pounds of high grade marijuana in the trunk. Troopers also discovered an additional stash of just over 102 pounds of marijuana in … Continue reading →

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Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

By News Release on Feb 14, 2012 in News, Sports DALLAS, Texas- Presidents and chancellors from 16 universities met in Dallas Sunday to discuss future conference membership plans and agreed to work on forming a new intercollegiate athletic association that would begin competition in the 2013-14 academic year.   According to the press release from the Mountain West Conference, “This association, led by the presidents,  will ensure stability and be built upon the principles of operating at the highest level of integrity and sportsmanship, enhancing the student-athlete academic and competitive experience, bringing fiscal discipline into athletics and ensuring competitive fairness.”   “This is an exciting development that will stabilize the current conferences and create the first truly national conference with members in five time zones and television viewership from coast to coast. This partnership brings together like-minded institutions to improve the integrity and stability of intercollegiate athletics,” said UNLV President Neal Smatresk. “We are moving our plans forward rapidly and expect to complete our conversations in the near future. Look for further announcements soon as we work together on this exciting new venture.” Universities involved in the discussions were the United States Air Force Academy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Colorado … Continue reading →

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'Autoinjector' Offers Safe, Speedy Care for Life-Threatening Seizures: Study

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Using an autoinjector device to deliver anti-seizure drugs into muscle is a fast, safe and effective way to treat status epilepticus, a prolonged type of seizure that lasts longer than five minutes, researchers report. "This is a very important study for persons with epilepsy," said one outside expert, Dr. Jacqueline French, first vice president of the American Epilepsy Society. "Prolonged seizures and status epilepticus can lead to brain damage, prolonged hospitalization, and other serious harm. The earlier treatment is initiated, the greater the likelihood that the seizure activity can be aborted quickly, and harm can be avoided," she said. French, who is also professor of neurology at the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at New York University Langone Medical Center, New York City, believes the study "will set a new standard for treatment by emergency teams, that will lead to substantial benefit for persons with epilepsy." The study, funded by the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), appears in the Feb. 16 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Status epilepticus is a serious, potentially life-threatening medical emergency that causes 55,000 deaths each year in the United States. First-line treatment typically involves … Continue reading →

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Research could prove groundbreaking for treating epilepsy in children

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

It can look as if a child is simply in a daze, awake but daydreaming. Yet inside their brain, a flurry of high-frequency signals is firing from neurons resulting in a so-called absence seizure. A Canadian-led research team has developed a new drug that completely suppresses absence seizures in rats, and could have groundbreaking effects on the treatment of epilepsy in children. The findings were published Wednesday in the peer-reviewed science journal Science Translational Medicine. The team began testing the drug on humans in December and expects to finish the first phase of clinical trials later this year, said neuroscientist Terry Snutch, the senior author of the study. Snutch, a professor and Canada Research Chair in the Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia, said his team is cautiously optimistic the drug will have the same effect on humans. "It's far enough along that we would know in relatively short order," he said. "We are quite confident that it will interact with the human channel in the same way that it does in the rats to alleviate the epilepsy." Although the drugs have only been completely tested on rats so far, earlier tests on cloned human cells had … Continue reading →

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Tai Chi may help Parkinson's patients regain balance

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

A six-month program of Tai Chi exercises helped people with various stages of Parkinson's disease improve stability, their ability to walk and reduced the frequency of falls. A study released this week in the New England Journal of Medicine compared a six-month tailored Tai Chi program to resistance training and stretching to see which was most effective at improving functional movement, walking and balance for Parkinson's patients. Researchers randomly assigned 195 men and women ages 40 to 85 who were in stages one to four of Parkinson's disease (on a scale of one to five). Parkinson's is a neurological disorder caused by a loss of neurons that produce dopamine, a chemical involved with muscle function and movement coordination. That can result in tremors, stiffness, poor coordination and more difficulty doing daily activities. It can also lead to a higher risk of falls, which can cause serious injuries. Tai Chi, a discipline that incorporates slow, deliberate movements, plus breathing, has health benefits that include reducing stress and improving balance and posture. The study participants were randomly assigned to hourlong, twice weekly sessions of Tai Chi, resistance training or stretching for six months. Researchers assessed their status at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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Traumatic brain injury linked to post-traumatic stress disorder, study suggests

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

ScienceDaily (Feb. 15, 2012) — UCLA life scientists and their colleagues have provided the first evidence of a causal link between traumatic brain injury and an increased susceptibility to post-traumatic stress disorder. Their new study, published Feb. 15 in the in the journal Biological Psychology, also suggests that people who suffer even a mild traumatic brain injury are more likely to develop an anxiety disorder and should take precautions to avoid stressful situations for at least some period of time. The motivation behind the study, which was conducted in rats, was the observed correlation of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, and PTSD, particularly in military veterans returning from service overseas, said Michael Fanselow, a UCLA professor of psychology and the senior author of the study. The reasons for this correlation are unknown. It could be simply that the events that cause brain injury are also very frightening and that the link between TBI and PTSD could be merely incidental. Fanselow and his colleagues, however, hypothesized that the two "could be linked in a more mechanistic way." Using procedures to separate the physical and emotional traumas, the scientists trained the rats using "fear conditioning" techniques two days after they experienced a … Continue reading →

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Talk therapy may ease hot flashes after breast cancer

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - After breast cancer treatment, many women suffer from hot flashes and night sweats, but a type of "talk therapy" might relieve these symptoms for some women, British researchers suggest. In a new study, women who received this form of psychotherapy, known as cognitive behavioral therapy, had reduced their symptoms by half within six months. "Hot flashes and night sweats are distressing symptoms, which cause social embarrassment and sleep problems, and they are challenging to treat, especially for women who have had breast cancer" because hormone replacement therapy is generally not recommended for these women, explained lead researcher Myra Hunter. According to background information in the study, which is published in the Feb. 15 online edition of The Lancet Oncology, 65 percent to 85 percent of women have hot flashes after breast cancer treatment. Group cognitive behavioral therapy is a safe and effective treatment for women who have hot flashes and night sweats following breast cancer treatment, Hunter said, with additional benefits to mood, sleep and quality of life. "The women in this trial reported frequent and problematic symptoms and relatively low quality of life," said Hunter, a professor of clinical health psychology at King's College … Continue reading →

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University of Michigan Stem Cell Line Gets Federal Backing

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

The University of Michigan Health System announced its first human embryonic stem cell line has been accepted by the National Institutes of Health register, making the cells available for federal research dollars. UM4-6 is the first stem cell line the University of Michigan has had accepted, says Gary Smith. Smith is the co-director for U-M Consortium for Stem Cell Therapies, a division of A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute in Ann Arbor and is responsible for deriving the line. Here are details about this event. * In 2008, Michigan voters approved a ballot proposal that amended the state constitution to allow human embryonic stem cell research under certain guidelines. The cells had to be created for fertility purposes, unsuitable for implantation (or extras not needed), taken from embryos that would otherwise have been discarded and donated by the person seeking fertility treatment. * According to the Taubman Institute, university researchers have been working to extract this line. They derived it in 2010 from a cluster of 30 cells taken from a 5-day-old embryo. * According to NIH's stem cell registry, the UM4-6 became the 157th line on the federal register on Feb. 2. Other schools that have registered lines include … Continue reading →

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Stem Cell Research Heals Scarring from Heart Attacks

Posted: Published on February 16th, 2012

Infusing stem cells into the arteries of heart attack patients can heal damaging scars, according to new research, a feat previously thought impossible. Stem cells - cells that form different tissue of in the body - helped half of tested heart attack patients recover from their scars over a six-month period, according to the study. The control group did not see any additional recovery in their hearts. The researchers recommended the experimental therapy expand into clinical trials beyond the 17 patients who received the original treatment. "This has never been accomplished before, despite a decade of cell therapy trials for patients with heart attacks. Now we have done it," Eduardo Marban, director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and one of the study's co-authors, said in a statement. "The effects are substantial." The research included a group of 25 patients who had suffered from heart attacks caused by a blockage in an artery. The online version of The Lancet published the research on Valentine's Day. Like us on Facebook The year-long study tested the effects of the stem cells on 17 patients, compared to eight control patients who received standard treatments of medication along with diet and exercise recommendations. For each … Continue reading →

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