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Heroin use amongst Australian detainees still lower than pre-drought levels

Heroin use amongst Australian detainees is still below the levels recorded prior to the heroin drought whilst methamphetamine use continues to rise, according to a new survey of drug use amongst detainees released today by the Minister for Justice and Customs, Senator Chris Ellison.

16 Aug 2004

Drug-eluting stents (DES), increasingly used in coronary angioplasty, have benefits over bare-metal stents

A pooled analysis of 11 previously published trials provides evidence that drug-eluting stents (DES)—increasingly used in coronary angioplasty—have benefits over bare-metal stents (BMS) by reducing the need for later revascularisation and reducing the risk of cardiac events

15 Aug 2004

Commonwealth is to step up the fight against drug abuse in sport

Sports ministers from the organisation's 53 member states are meeting in Athens on the eve of the Olympics. They have issued an action plan to ensure that all Commonwealth countries can take part in the worldwide drive to rid drugs from sport.

15 Aug 2004

Receptor for estrogen in ovarian cells has been shown to suppress tumor growth

An important receptor for estrogen in ovarian cells has been shown to suppress tumor growth, according to a new study published in the August 15 issue of the journal Cancer Research.

15 Aug 2004

Strep throat, scarlet fever and other disorders appears to use a single wasplike "stinger" to spread infection

The bacterium responsible for strep throat, scarlet fever and other disorders appears to use a single wasplike "stinger" to spread infection, according to surprised microbiologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

15 Aug 2004

Rats as well as humans can become addicted to drugs

The voluntary consumption of drugs is a behavior found in a number of species of animal. But until now it was thought that drug-addiction was a specific behavior of humans.

13 Aug 2004

Wyeth wins four combined diet drug cases

Wyeth has announced that the jury deliberating over four combined diet drug cases in the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania has returned a verdict in favor of the Company.

13 Aug 2004

Researchers map structure of anti-cancer molecule and open the door to the creation of more effective cancer treatments

Scientists at Emory University, in collaboration with researchers at three national laboratories, have solved the structural puzzle of how an emerging class of promising cancer drugs works to halt cell division. The discovery potentially opens the door to the creation of more effective cancer treatments.

13 Aug 2004

MDA opens center for Lou Gehrig's disease

The University of Rochester Medical Center in New York state has been designated as the site of a new MDA/ALS center. The center is the 32nd facility to receive the designation from the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s ALS Division.

13 Aug 2004

New method for building carbohydrate molecules

Chemists at the California Institute of Technology have succeeded in devising a new method for building carbohydrate molecules in a simple and straightforward way that requires very few steps. The new synthesis strategy should be of benefit to scientists in the areas of chemistry and biology and in the pharmaceutical industry.

13 Aug 2004

Scientists discover the body's own defense against H.Pylori, the cause of stomach ulcers and stomach cancer

An international team led by The Burnham Institute's Minoru Fukuda, Ph.D., has discovered that a human glycoprotein inhibits Helicobacter pylori ("H. pylori"), the bacterium that causes stomach ulcers and is linked with 90% of stomach cancers.

13 Aug 2004

Australian funding to assist with the investigation of clandestine laboratory operations

"Clandestine amphetamine laboratories have increased by 300 per cent and it is important that forensic experts have the opportunity to work together in what is one of the most important areas in the fight against illegal drugs," Senator Ellison said.

13 Aug 2004

Scopolamine prevents and relieves motion sickness - but possibly with more adverse effects than alternatives

Researchers from the Cochrane Collaboration have analysed all trials of scopolamine for motion sickness. They found 12 trials, mostly done in healthy young men in the navy.

12 Aug 2004

Investigation into mTOR protein function is far from over

Discovery of the mTOR protein and the role it plays in cell growth, a process often linked to diseases such as cancer, was part serendipity and part good detective work. And like any good whodunit, the mTOR story wouldn’t be complete without an unexpected twist.

12 Aug 2004

Thyroid expert concerned about recently approved generic levothyroxine preparations

Levothyroxine is taken by more than 13 million Americans to treat an underactive thyroid, thyroid gland enlargement, nodules, or cancer. In June, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that several generic levothyroxine preparations had the same clinical effect and safety profile as certain branded products.

11 Aug 2004

What is Telomere crisis?

Telomere crisis is an important early event in the development of breast cancer, and its occurrence can be identified with precision, according to recent findings by a team of scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California at San Francisco.

11 Aug 2004

Drug interactions between prescription medication and herbal supplements can be extremely dangerous

Herbal supplements may be natural, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they are safe.

11 Aug 2004

The U.S. FDA approves 2 drugs for treating radiation contamination

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved two drugs, pentetate calcium trisodium injection (Ca-DTPA) and pentetate zinc trisodium injection (Zn-DTPA) for treating certain kinds of radiation contamination. The FDA is approving these two drugs as part of its ongoing effort to provide the American public the best available protection against nuclear accidents and terrorist threats.

11 Aug 2004

Stanford researchers identify leukemia stem cells

A handful of leukemia cells constantly replenish the supply of cancerous cells, according to new work by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers.

11 Aug 2004

John Kerry outlines plan to bring down the costs of prescription drugs

Armed with the endorsement of the Alliance for Retired Americans, Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry Wednesday outlined his plan to bring down the costs of prescription drugs as part of his overall plan to make health care more affordable for all Americans.

11 Aug 2004

Drugs News and Research

Heroin use amongst Australian detainees still lower than pre-drought levels

Drug-eluting stents (DES), increasingly used in coronary angioplasty, have benefits over bare-metal stents

Commonwealth is to step up the fight against drug abuse in sport

Receptor for estrogen in ovarian cells has been shown to suppress tumor growth

Strep throat, scarlet fever and other disorders appears to use a single wasplike "stinger" to spread infection

Rats as well as humans can become addicted to drugs

Wyeth wins four combined diet drug cases

Researchers map structure of anti-cancer molecule and open the door to the creation of more effective cancer treatments

MDA opens center for Lou Gehrig's disease

New method for building carbohydrate molecules

Scientists discover the body's own defense against H.Pylori, the cause of stomach ulcers and stomach cancer

Australian funding to assist with the investigation of clandestine laboratory operations

Scopolamine prevents and relieves motion sickness - but possibly with more adverse effects than alternatives

Investigation into mTOR protein function is far from over

Thyroid expert concerned about recently approved generic levothyroxine preparations

What is Telomere crisis?

Drug interactions between prescription medication and herbal supplements can be extremely dangerous

The U.S. FDA approves 2 drugs for treating radiation contamination

Stanford researchers identify leukemia stem cells

John Kerry outlines plan to bring down the costs of prescription drugs

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