Medication

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 20 mins ago - 35 reports

Vaccine for Schmallenberg virus now available

The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has warmly welcomed the announcement that a vaccine to protect sheep and cattle against the Schmallenberg virus (SBV) is now available.The Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) announced today that it has granted ... [Published South West Farmer - 20 mins ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Virus, Immunity, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Cattle

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 24 mins ago - 6 reports

‘Shocking incompetence’: UK health officials threw away £74m of bird flu ‘wonder-drug’

Health, Scandal, Swine fluUK’s Department of Health threw away £74m worth of Tamiflu, the antiviral drug, before its expiry date, due to unsafe storage procedures. In total the country has spent £600 million since 2006 on drugs to fight a flu pandemic ... [Published Russia Today - 24 mins ago]

Entities: Tamiflu, Incompetence, Bird Flu

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 35 mins ago - 8 reports

FDA Food & Drug Administration

Biogen submits new MS drug for FDA approval

Specialty drugmaker Biogen Idec said Tuesday it submitted a new injectable multiple sclerosis drug to the Food and Drug Administration for U.S. market approval. The drug, called Plegridy, is intended to ... ... [Published Yahoo! Xtra Business - 35 mins ago]

Entities: Multiple Sclerosis, FDA Food & Drug Administration, Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 37 mins ago - 11 reports

Molecular trigger for Alzheimer?s disease

Amyloid fibrils can form the foundations of huge protein deposits â€“ or plaques â€“ long-seen in the brains of Alzheimer's sufferers, and once believed to be the cause of the disease, before the discovery of 'toxic oligomers' by Dobson and others a decade ... [Published Hospital Pharmacy Europe - 37 mins ago]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Toxic, Protein

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 43 mins ago - 8 reports

No Drugs, Alcohol In Newtown Shooter's System

By Sky News US Team The man believed to have killed 20 first-graders and six adults in a Connecticut elementary school in December did not have any alcohol or drugs in his system at the time, toxicology tests show.The results of tests done on the body ... [Published Sky News - 43 mins ago]

Entities: Toxicology, Alcohol, Drugs

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 59 mins ago - 14 reports

Pfizer Inc

Not pharma players’ billions but vitamins that help dementia

A cheap regimen of vitamins in use for decades is seen by scientists as a way to delay the start of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, a goal that prescription drugs have failed to achieve.Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb, Pfizer and Eli Lilly ... [Published Financial Chronicle - 59 mins ago]

Entities: Vitamin, Alzheimer's Disease, Pfizer Inc, Holland & Barrett

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 10 reports

Angelina Jolie

Check yourself

Catching breast cancer early can save your life. Photo:CFPWhen Xing Mei found out she had a tumor in her breast at age 23, she was depressed.She didn't have any idea her breasts could become diseased, so the finding was shocking to her. She worried the ... [Published Global Times - 12 mins ago]

Entities: Breast Cancer, Angelina Jolie, Tumor, BRCA1

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 1 hour ago - 8 reports

A Mediterranean diet mortalizes cancer, keeps your brain young

Two scientific studies, independent of one another, have discovered that a Mediterranean diet has some serious health benefits. The first team of researchers, based out of Ohio State University, discovered a compound that re-educates cancer cells — teaching ... [Published Dvice.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Diet, Apigenin, Cancer

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 7 reports

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (REGN), Sanofi (France) (SAN.PA) Asthma Drug Seen as Potential Game Changer

/PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and (NASDAQ: REGN) today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine published online the positive Phase 2a study results of dupilumab (SAR231893/REGN668) in patients with moderate-to-severe ... [Published BioSpace - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, Sanofi SA, Asthma

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 14 reports

Estimates reveal low population immunity to new bird flu virus H7N9 in humans

The level of immunity to the recently circulating H7N9 influenza virus in an urban and rural population in Vietnam is very low, according to the first population level study to examine human immunity to the virus, which was previously only found in birds. ... [Published Medical Xpress - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Virus, Immunity, H7N9, Antibody

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 16 reports

Cancer patients to be tested for risk genes

A new programme has been announced that will pave the way for anyone with cancer to have access to genetic testing. ... [Published NetDoctor.co.uk - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Cancer, Patient, genetic testing

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 11 hours ago - 24 reports

Would you take a sleeping pill that gives you suicidal thoughts?

The FDA says an experimental Merck drug, suvorexant, helps patients fall asleep but has worrisome side effects, including suicidal thinking. The FDA said company trials showed the pill consistently worked better than a placebo. But patients taking higher ... [Published PharmaGossip - 11 hours ago]

Entities: FDA Food & Drug Administration, Suvorexant, Patient

Quotes

"Officers made contact and identified the accused," Perok said in a press release. "During the course of the investigation, synthetic marijuana was recovered."

Police: Foot Patrol Spots Drug Transaction [Published Lake Ridge-Occoquan - 12 mins ago]

"I eat less meat and pickled food, and more fruits and vegetables, because it's harder for cancer cells to develop this way. I also get massages and do yoga."

Check yourself [Published Global Times - 12 mins ago]

Jolie wrote in her article for the New York Times that she doesn't "feel any less of a woman" and that she feels "empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity."

What’s missing from the Jolie discussion [Published Global Times - 12 mins ago]

"The government had a burden to prove that she had knowledge of what was going on and the government chose not to shoulder that burden" said her attorney, Peter Barrett

Woman won't stand trial in Gulfport meth-trafficking conspiracy [Published Sun Herald - 14 mins ago]

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Blogs

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A Look at the OAS Report on Drug Policy in the ... [Published Cato @ Liberty - 50 mins ago] Juan Carlos Hidalgo Last Friday, the Organization of American States released a groundbreaking report on the future of drug policy in the Americas. The OAS received the mandate to produce this document at the Summit of the Americas last year in Cartagena, ...
Engineering professor gets Gates Foundation gra... [Published WUSTL Science & Technology News - 53 mins ago] Washington University in St. Louis announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner , an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . Tae Seok Moon, PhD, assistant professor of energy, environmental & chemical engineering, ...
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Opinion analysis: Justices affirm broad availab... [Published SCOTUSblog - 3 hours ago] I previously have written that the argument in Sebelius v. Cloer presaged a likely defeat for the Solicitor General. Justice Sotomayor’s opinion yesterday firmly rejecting the government’s position was exactly what you would have expected based ...
Why physicians need to write [Published KevinMD.com - 3 hours ago] Should doctors be able to write? At first glance, this might seem like a question with an easy answer. Yes, you might say, doctors receive a doctorate and are trusted with communicating to and about people at critical moments in their lives. Or ...

Audio/Video

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AUDIO: Methadone 'an emotional painkiller' [Published BBC News Video - Health - 5 hours ago]
Ellsworth Medical Clinic -- 2012 Million Hearts... [Published CDC Streaming Health - YouTube - May 20 2013]
Japan's farms prepare for the future [Published CNN.com - Video - May 20 2013]
Was Toronto mayor caught using drugs? [Published CNN.com - Video - May 18 2013]
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Press Releases

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