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First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 11 mins ago - 8 reports

Which? criticises pharmacy advice

Work will take place to look at how medicines advice can be improvedThe quality of advice given in some pharmacies has come under fire in an investigation by consumer watchdog Which? A lack of advice in some visits to pharmacies had ‘potentially serious ... [Published P3 Pharmacy - 11 mins ago]

Entities: Pantoloc, Imigran, NHS

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 6 reports

Dementia is linked to sleep problems

BREATHING difficulties during sleep may be an early warning sign of future Alzheimer's disease, researchers believe.Experts are not sure how sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and Alzheimer's are linked but evidence suggests some people who suffer from ... [Published Evening Herald - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Ricardo Osorio, Snoring

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 18 mins ago - 21 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

FDA Staff: New Sleep Drug is Effective

Merck & Co.'s experimental insomnia drug suvorexant appears generally effective, according to reviewers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but they questioned the company's proposed dosing levels.The reviewers posted their comments on the FDA's ... [Published NewsMax.com - 18 mins ago]

Entities: Suvorexant, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Drugs

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 51 mins ago - 12 reports

Pakistan: Muslim jihad gunmen attack polio team, murder policemen

Last summer, a Pakistani Muslim cleric said that polio vaccinations were un-Islamic . More recently, the Taliban was murdering people who were administering the polio vaccine in Pakistan . And the quest for Islamic purity continues. "Gunmen Attack ... [Published Jihad Watch - 51 mins ago]

Entities: Polio, Pakistan, Jihad

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 7 reports

Diabetes drug to significantly help Parkinson's sufferers

Doctors believe a drug used to treat diabetes could significantly help people suffering from Parkinson's Disease. Tests on the drug are still in their very early stages, but initial results suggest it might combat aspects of the physical degeneration ... [Published itv.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Diabetes, Drugs, Ben Chapman

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 9 reports

Angelina Jolie

UK Tests Out New Model For Gene Testing In Cancer Patients

By Kate Kelland LONDON, May 20 (Reuters) - Britain launched a research programme on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo ... [Published The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Cancer, Patient, Angelina Jolie, United Kingdom, Illumina Inc

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 reports

120,000 DNA samples taken from children, figures reveal

Shocking figures out today have revealed that over the last two years, police have taken DNA from 120,000 children, according to The Telegraph.Last year alone officers took nearly 54,000 samples from under 18s, including more than 360 from 10-year-olds, ... [Published Public Sector - 1 hour ago]

Entities: DNA, Crime, Criminal

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 11 reports

XenoPort Sinks as Spasticity Drug for MS Fails in Study

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- XenoPort Inc., the maker of the drug Horizant for Restless Legs Syndrome, sank the most in almost three years after an experimental medicine failed to meet goals of a late-stage clinical trial.XenoPort dropped 15 percent to $5.72 ... [Published La Repubblica - 12 mins ago]

Entities: XenoPort Inc, Spasticity, Multiple Sclerosis, Brian Abrahams, Drugs

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 9 reports

Where women in LA can find accessible, affordable cancer screenings

Although preemptive surgeries like Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy may greatly reduce your chance of getting cancer, doctors say this extreme measure is only intended for individuals who are at extremely high risk.; Credit:Next to skin cancer, breast ... [Published SCPR - 19 mins ago]

Entities: Cancer, Breast Cancer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mammography, Gail Model

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 5 reports

McDowell County now has juvenile drug court

West Virginia now has 16 juvenile drug courts spread across the state. On Monday, state Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin was on hand for the opening of the newest court in McDowell County.Benjamin says the purpose of the program is aimed at ... [Published WVMetroNews - 5 mins ago]

Entities: Brent Benjamin, Juvenile, Drugs

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 12 reports

Pentagon adviser pushed Anthrax drug, which his firm produced

A Los Angeles Times investigation published on Sunday revealed how a biowarfare consultant to the Pentagon and DHS urged the government to stockpile a drug that defends against Anthrax ? a drug developed and sold solely by the biotech firm where he served ... [Published Salon - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Anthrax, Drugs, Richard Danzig, Biotechnology

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated 9 hours ago - 21 reports

Australian illicit drug trade soars

Australia is increasingly a target market for the international illicit drug trade, according to a new report from the Australian Crime Commission.The report shows more than 23 tonnes of drugs worth over $5 billion were seized nationally in 2011–12, a ... [Published ABC Online - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Illicit, Drugs, Australian Crime Commission

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...And that could spur a major shift in the development timelines being provided by many drug developers. "A couple of years ago the big story was that immunotherapy can work" said Jedd Wolchok, director of immunotherapy at the Ludwig Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center...

Bristol Myers Squibb And The New Wave Of Cancer Drugs [Published Seeking Alpha - 6 mins ago]

Rodriguez C, et al "A randomized controlled crossover trial of ketamine in obsessive-compulsive disorder" APA 2013; Abstract NR4-01

Ketamine Works in OCD, Stubborn Depression [Published MedPage Today - 7 mins ago]

Dr Osorio said it was not clear which condition came first, SDB or Alzheimer's, adding: "Our study didn't determine the direction of causality, and, didn't uncover a significant association between the two, until we broke out the data on lean and obese patients."

Dementia is linked to sleep problems [Published Evening Herald - 13 mins ago]

The HSE spokesman stressed that the executive "had to purchase contingency stock to be able to vaccinate as many as possible" during the pandemic

HSE threw away e22m swine flu vaccines [Published Evening Herald - 13 mins ago]

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Which? criticises pharmacy advice [Published P3 Pharmacy - 11 mins ago]
XenoPort Sinks as Spasticity Drug for MS Fails ... [Published La Repubblica - 12 mins ago]
Dementia is linked to sleep problems [Published Evening Herald - 13 mins ago]
HSE threw away e22m swine flu vaccines [Published Evening Herald - 13 mins ago]
Michigan 7411: Sentencing Option for First-Time... [Published JD Supra - 14 mins ago]
In Rural Communities Children Living with HIV L... [Published VOA News - 17 mins ago]
FDA Staff: New Sleep Drug is Effective [Published NewsMax.com - 18 mins ago]
Treating Apnea Staves Off Diabetes [Published NewsMax.com - 18 mins ago]
Where women in LA can find accessible, affordab... [Published SCPR - 19 mins ago]
TV ads for drugs can raise awareness but may no... [Published Washington Post - 19 mins ago]
No vaccination, no child care [Published Daily News - 20 mins ago]
Woman charged with bringing drugs to son in jail [Published WTen.com - 20 mins ago]
Pharma shares fall on new drug policy [Published Sify - 20 mins ago]
Two New Promising Type 2 Drugs in the Pipeline [Published Diabetes Health Magazine - 21 mins ago]
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Blogs

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Farmacology: Agriculture’s Rx for Good Health [Published Ecology Global Network - 5 mins ago] Courtesy of CUESA “In [Western] medicine, we believe that one hormone can fix a problem as complicated as obesity, one neurotransmitter can fix something as complicated as depression, or one DNA strand can heal a cancer,” said Daphne Miller, MD ...
TV ads for drugs can raise awareness but may no... [Published The Checkup - 35 mins ago] I learned last week about two prescription drugs I’d never heard of before — not from my doctor, but from TV commercials. Axiron is applied like deodorant — under your arm. Well, under the arm of a man who has low testosterone and has been prescribed ...
Alliance Of Western Nations Flags Public Safety... [Published Think Progress - 38 mins ago] In the wake of calls from several Latin American leaders to end the failed war on drugs, a new report by an international alliance of major Western Hemisphere nations flags the potential benefits of decriminalization and/or legalization . Although ...
Pakistan: Muslim jihad gunmen attack polio team... [Published Jihad Watch - 51 mins ago] Last summer, a Pakistani Muslim cleric said that polio vaccinations were un-Islamic . More recently, the Taliban was murdering people who were administering the polio vaccine in Pakistan . And the quest for Islamic purity continues. "Gunmen Attack ...
Pakistan: Man protecting polio team in Bajaur s... [Published H5N1 - 1 hour ago] Via Dawn.com: Levies man protecting polio team in Bajaur shot dead. Excerpt:PESHAWAR: An anti-polio vaccination team was attacked in northwestern Pakistan’s Bajaur tribal region, killing one Levies official, DawnNews reported.Unidentified men opened fire ...

Audio/Video

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Ellsworth Medical Clinic -- 2012 Million Hearts... [Published CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - 6 hours ago]
Japan's farms prepare for the future [Published CNN.com - Video - 9 hours ago]
Was Toronto mayor caught using drugs? [Published CNN.com - Video - May 18 2013]
Toronto mayor says allegations he used drugs ar... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 17 2013]
WHO tracks new coronavirus to Middle East [Published CNN.com - Video - May 16 2013]

Press Releases

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Ignyta Announces Acquisition of Actagene Oncolo... [Published Business Wire - 1 hour ago]
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Presiden... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - 1 hour ago]
Poll: Over One Million Seniors Have Problems wi... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - 3 hours ago]
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One in ten teens using "study drugs," but paren... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - 4 hours ago]