Many common drugs, including some antibiotics, anti-histamines and anti-psychotics, can cause a potentially fatal abnormal heart rhythm, known as arrhythmia. The group of drugs most commonly associated with this side-effects are anti-psychotic drugs, taken by patients with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Patients taking these drugs are up to three times more likely to die [...]
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Common drugs can cause abnormal heart beats
January 31st, 2011 |
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Dealers arrested, drugs seized
December 13th, 2010 |
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Serbian police (MUP) in Belgrade have two suspects in custody today on suspicion that they sold drugs and weapons. The men were identified as Andrej ÄŒipÄić and Stevan Džodan.
Driver on drugs kills 8 cyclists
December 6th, 2010 |
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Eight cyclists died on Sunday in Lamezia Terme, southern Italy, when a speeding car collided with them.
Italian police arrested the driver – a Morrocan citizen – and said he tested positive for marijuana.
Cancer drugs offer new hope for Crohnâ€s disease and sarcoidosis
December 1st, 2010 |
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A new study offers insight into a new treatment avenue for two painful inflammatory diseases: Crohn”s sisease and sarcoidosis. While the loss of NOD2 increases the risk of developing Crohn”s disease, increased activity of this gene is also thought to exacerbate symptoms. Additionally, activating NOD2 mutations can cause genetic sarcoidosis – an inflammatory disease affecting [...]
Anne Hathaway Nude Topless PICS From ‘Love & Other Drugs’
November 28th, 2010 |
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A little picture preview of all the Anne Hathway nudity on display in Love and Other Drugs Love and Other Drugs was released this weekend, and guys getting dragged to the cinema by their significant others are being rewarded with a bunch of Anne Hathaway nudity. The best movies always have a little something for [...]
I got really fat because I stopped doing drugs, says Kelly Osbourne
November 20th, 2010 |
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Former wild child Kelly Osbourne has revealed that giving up on drugs made her gain weight. The former junkie told Piers Morgan in a chat how she tried every drug except crack after being raised with addict dad Ozzy, 61, in the house, reports the Daily Star. Her habit was so bad she contemplated suicide [...]
Singapore export growth quickens, helped by electronics, drugs
November 16th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s export growth accelerated in October as manufacturers shipped more electronics and pharmaceutical goods abroad, an advance that may ease as global growth cools in the coming months.
Non-oil domestic exports climbed 34.5% from a year earlier, after a revised 22.6% gain in September, the trade promotion agency said in a statement in Singapore today. The median forecast of 13 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an increase of 26.6%.
15 Stars Swimming Laps in the Celeb Death Pool
September 29th, 2010 |
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Like infants set loose on a floor of broken glass, anti-freeze and exposed outlets, they often live on the edge of death by stupidity and substance abuse. Be it drugs, alcohol, excessive plastic surgery or other such heinously unnatural things as old age, some have been scooting closer than others.
Google Files Suit Against Advertisers of Counterfeit Drugs
September 23rd, 2010 |
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Google has taken the fight to U.S. District Court against fraudulent prescription drug sellers that post malware ads on its search site. – Google
has filed a civil lawsuit to strike back against what it calls quot;rogue
online pharmacies quot; advertising counterfeit drugs in malware ads on its
search site, Michael Zwibelman, Google’s litigation counsel, wrote in a blog post on Sept. 21.
In
an e-mail to eWEEK, a Google
spokesp…
Singapore exports unexpectedly accelerate on drugs, electronics
September 17th, 2010 |
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Singapore’s export growth unexpectedly accelerated as sales of electronics and pharmaceuticals rebounded.
Non-oil domestic exports climbed 31.2% from a year earlier, after a revised 18.3% gain in July, the trade promotion agency said in a statement in Singapore today. That’s the fastest pace since December 2005, according to previously reported data. The median forecast of 10 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News was for an increase of 16.2%.
Fake drugs: Poison pills
September 2nd, 2010 |
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Counterfeit drugs used to be a problem for poor countries. Now they threaten the rich world, too
DRUG smugglers can expect harsh penalties nearly everywhere—if the drugs in question are heroin or cocaine. Those who smuggle counterfeit medicines, by contrast, have often faced lax enforcement and light punishment. Some governments deem drug-counterfeiting a trivial offence, little more than a common irritant. After all, whose spam filter does not groan with ads for suspiciously cheap “Viagra”?
This could be changing, however. The pharmaceutical industry has persuaded several governments to stiffen regulations against fake drugs and to conduct more aggressive raids (see chart). Companies are also devising novel technologies to outfox the criminals. Even the Catholic church is joining the cause, issuing a stern statement in August that it is in “the best interest of all concerned that smuggling of counterfeit drugs be fought against”. …
The War On Drugs: Future Weather
August 31st, 2010 |
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NEW ALBUM OUT OCTOBER 26
 Future Weather |
The War On Drugs will
release their new album, Future Weather on October 26 (TBD in the UK). In the meantime, check
out the first single “Comin’ Through” here.
You can also catch The War On Drugs on tour
this fall at select dates in the Eastern U.S. including an appearance at Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, North Carolina
September 9.
TRACK LISTING:
1. Come to the City
2. Baby Missles
3. Comin’ Through
4. A Pile of Tires
5. Comin’ Around
6. Brothers
7. Missles Reprise
8. The History of Plastic
TOUR DATES:
08/30/10 Brooklyn, NY- The Knitting Factory w/ Black Mountain
08/31/10 Brooklyn, NY- The Rock Shop w/ Light Pollution and Xylos
09/07/10 Charlottesville, VA- Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
09/08/10 Charlotte, VA- The Milestone
09/09/10 Raleigh, NC- Hopscotch Festival w/ Public Enemy, Panda Bear, Bowerbirds
09/14/10 Asheville, NC- Grey Eagle
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15 Bizarre Drug Ingredients and Origins
August 23rd, 2010 |
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For millennia, when confronted with a newly discovered material man has asked himself one burning question: Can I use this to get fucked up? It comes as no surprise that some of the most bizarre and banal materials make it in to the drugs we know, love and abuse.
Oracle Pedigree App Fights Counterfeit Drugs
August 1st, 2010 |
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On July 26 Oracle launched its Pedigree and Serialization Manager to limit counterfeit products in the pharmaceutical supply chain and to boost patient safety. It satisfies the requirements of a California drug pedigree law that takes effect in 2015. – On July 26, Oracle rolled out Oracle Pedigree and
Serialization Manager, an application that allows pharmaceutical
manufacturers to track drugs through the supply chain, limit
counterfeit medication and conform with California state regulations on
the sale of medication.
Pedigrees are electroni…
Paris Hilton Arrested In Marijuana Bust For Second Time In A Month
July 17th, 2010 |
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Oops: She did it again! Paris Hilton was arrested early Saturday after the heiress was caught with marijuana in her handbag by customs officials, police sources told The Associated Press.Hilton, 29, had just arrived at Figari airport in Corsica on a private jet from Paris when officials made the discovery. The socialite was found in possession [...]
Eminem Reveals the Truth about his Addiction to Drugs
June 24th, 2010 |
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Eminem is the star who practically doesn’t give any interviews to the press. His first interview was given to Access Hollywood when he was engaged into his film “8 Mile†promotion. This happened several years ago. He gave his second interview this year as he needed to promote his new album which stresses the idea [...]
Expose Singer Gioia Bruno Arrested On Meth Trafficking Charges
June 23rd, 2010 |
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Paging Dr. Drew: Is Celebrity Rehab still casting?Does the name Expose ring a bell? If you’re an ’80s pop fanatic (Like me!), it just might. Wouldn’t you know Gioia Bruno, lead singer of the girl group that spawned big pop hits like “Point of No Return” and “Seasons Change,” has been charged with trafficking methamphetamines. [...]
Mindy McCready 911 Call
May 25th, 2010 |
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A rep for country singer Mindy McCready has fired back at reports that the country star suffered a drug overdose in her Fort Myers, Florida home this week, instead insisting the crooner’s mother “overreacted” when she called 911 after finding the troubled McCready passed out early Tuesday after taking prescription painkillers for an injury to [...]