Source: blogastik.com --- 72 seconds ago Addictions come in all shapes and forms. Difficult to define exactly, it has become popular to think of almost any behavior that has a compulsive quality as an "addiction." But for those who have an addiction, or for those affected by the addiction of a loved one or close friend, it's clear what an addiction means in "real" terms. ...
Source: www.time.com --- 6 minutes ago The vicious attack on individuals connected to the U.S. consulate in the border city may be a reaction to improved coordination between Mexico City and Washington ...
Source: www.xconomy.com --- 13 minutes ago Biotech , cancer , startups Luke Timmerman wrote: Seattle-based Presage Biosciences has a big dream for a biotech startup—and now it has seed capital to put that dream to the test. Presage, a spinoff from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center , is announcing today it has raised $3.1 million from angel investors to get the company off the ground at a $5 million pre-money valuation. Presage isn’t saying who invested, but they are all individuals, mainly from the Seattle area, with IT and biotech backgrounds. The board is composed of founder Jim Olson, a cancer researcher at the Hutch; CEO Thane Kreiner, a former senior vice president at Santa Clara, CA-based Affymetrix (NASDAQ: AFFX ); James Towne, an early president of Microsoft; and biotech entrepreneur George Todaro. The idea at Presage is to radically improve the odds that cancer Drug candidates will successfully navigate through clinical trials. Only about one out of every 10 cancer drugs that enters clinical trials ever makes it through the hoops necessary to become an FDA approved product. That means Big Pharma and biotech companies waste a huge amount of time and money on duds. Cancer treatment is a huge business, with a global market worth $66 billion a year, and is predicted to grow to $84 billion by 2012, according to Cowen & Company. With a market that big, more than 860 cancer drugs are in development, according to a survey last year by the Pharmaceutical Research an ...
Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com --- 27 minutes ago New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, Drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday. ...
Source: www.santacruzsentinel.com --- 33 minutes ago APTOS - Three car burglars suspected of fencing stolen property to buy heroin and methamphetamine got caught up in a Sheriff's Office undercover sting early Sunday. ...
Source: www.reuters.com --- 35 minutes ago CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest Drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try to contain spiraling violence. ...
Source: www.vancouversun.com --- 37 minutes ago B.C. women have started a class-action lawsuit against Pfizer Inc. and its Canadian subsidiary, claiming that the smoking-cessation Drug Champix causes depression and suicidal tendencies.One of ...
Source: www.medindia.net --- 38 minutes ago Revolutionizing traditional screening tests for potential anti-cancer drugs, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's best brains ...
Source: www.antimusic.com --- 40 minutes ago J-Stache, the drunken, drugged, and just generally incoherent mustache of John Oates, has just released his first iPhone game where you help guide J-Stache out of rehab to reunite him with his boy Oatesie ...
Source: www.care2.com --- 48 minutes ago Calling them pawns of police, a judge has sentenced two members of the East End chapter of the Hells Angels to short jail terms for trafficking in large quantities of methamphetamines and cocaine Submitted by Tonya B. to Offbeat | Note-it! | Add a Comment ...
Source: www.pbs.org --- 54 minutes ago U.S. and Mexican authorities are investigating the possible Drug cartel violence that left two Americans and a Mexican with ties to the U.S. consulate in Juarez dead over the weekend. Gwen Ifill talks to a journalist about the escalating violence across the border. ...
Source: www.littleabout.com --- 59 minutes ago Washington, March 16 - ANI: In a new study, an experimental oral Drug successfully lowered blood sugar levels and inflammation in mice with Type 2 diabetes. The finding raises hopes that someday the Drug could be added to the arsenal of drugs used by ...
Source: www.lasvegasnow.com --- 1 hour ago Robbers targeted a Las Vegas pharmacy on Monday, getting away with thousands of dollars in prescription medication. Experts say the incident is indicative of an already serious problem in Southern Nevada: prescription Drug abuse. ...
Source: baltimore.fwix.com --- 1 hour ago Two defendants are first to be prosecuted among 34 indicted in federal case Before he was locked up, Terrence Squeaky Richardson dealt drugs, randomly robbed people and killed his enemies as a leader... Mar 16th, 2010, at 5:51am GMT ...
Source: www.idahostatesman.com --- 1 hour ago Idaho lawmakers and Gov. Butch Otter now aim to staff a new $50 million, 432-bed Drug treatment prison starting July 1. ...
Source: mydailysentinel.com --- 1 hour ago POMEROY — A former Pomeroy woman facing an April jury trial appeared for a bond hearing Monday, on charges she killed two in an accident while she was under the influence of drugs. Brandi Hill, 26... ...
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Source: lawprofessors.typepad.com --- 2 hours ago Ward v The Durham Co, Mo. Ct. Appeals (January 22, 2010), is an interesting unemployment case. An industrial relations commission did not err, for purposes of determining unemployment insurance eligibility, in finding an employee was discharged for misconduct connected to... ...