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The late Anna Nicole Smith's companion Howard K. Stern and doctors Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor have pleaded innocent to drug charges in Los Angeles. TMZ said the pleas were entered Wednesday. Stern, Eroshevich and Kapoor were each charged with six felonies in connection with an investigation into Smith's 2007 death in the Bahamas from an accidental prescription drug overdose. The defendants are accused of providing Smith with the various drugs that eventually killed her. TMZ...
A new UNC study published online in the journal Genome Research describes a new, more effective and less costly method for testing drugs for potential toxicity and one that could also result in more people benefiting from existing drugs.Adverse reactions to drugs represent one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But there may be a way to predict who is most likely to suffer a toxic side effect to a drug before they have even taken it.A study published online in the journal...
Teens, who are starting to make more decisions about their own health care, may not know enough about over-the-counter pain medications to avoid complications or inadvertent misuse.A University of Rochester Medical Center study surveyed almost 100 young people between 14 and 20 years old and found that the average score on series of questions about knowledge of over-the-counter medication was 44 percent. Despite that obvious knowledge gap, more than 75 percent of them had taken...
The recent deaths of 21 polo ponies in Florida was caused by an overdose of the mineral supplement selenium, Florida's state veterinarian says. Veterinarian Thomas J. Holt says toxicology results indicate the horses had as much as 15 times the normal amount of selenium in their blood and an even higher concentration in their livers, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Wednesday Officials say now that they know what killed the polo ponies, investigators must determine how the overdose...
According to a Tuesday announcement from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, traditional over-the-counter pain medicines like Advil and Tylenol will soon be bearing more serious warnings on their packaging about potential side-effects, such as liver damage and stomach bleeding.All products carrying the pain reliever acetaminophen "“ also known as paracetamol "“ will be required to display easy-to-read warnings regarding the potential risk of liver damage if too much of the drug is...
WASHINGTON, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Safety Council will host a National Poison Prevention Week news conference on behalf of the National Poison Prevention Week Council, Tuesday, March 17, from 8 to 11 a.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The event will feature a father, Phil Bauer, of Pennsylvania, whose son died from an unintentional overdose of painkilling medication just one week before his high school graduation. Other speakers will include: Mary...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Senesco Technologies, Inc. ("Senesco" or the "Company") (NYSE Alternext US: SNT) today announced results of efficacy, toxicological and dose-finding studies in mice for its potential multiple myeloma drug candidate, SNS-01. SNS-01 is a nano-encapsulated combination therapy of Factor5A and an siRNA against Factor 5A. These studies, undertaken to determine the efficacy, maximum tolerated dose and the feasibility of long-term intravenous...
On Friday, federal health officials got together for a public hearing on whether to ban Darvon, a painkiller first approved in 1957.The drug, now known as Darvocet, includes a dose of acetaminophen and remains one of the top 25 most commonly prescribed medications. Over 20 million prescriptions were written in 2007.Public Citizen, a consumer group, said the FDA should withdraw Darvon from the market because the drug offers relatively weak pain relief and poses an overdose risk, with the...
New research suggests a dose of aspirin may be able to prevent liver damage caused by paracetamol or heavy drinking.Researchers from Yale University found that aspirin cut death rates in mice given a paracetamol overdose.It is likely that aspirin interferes with a chemical pathway that triggers damaging inflammation within the liver, but the British Liver Trust said it was not yet proven to help humans.In the UK, liver cirrhosis rates have risen in recent years as people drink more alcohol,...
The woman whom U.S. singer and television personality Paul Abdul has described as her stalker committed suicide via drug overdose, officials said. The Los Angeles coroner's office told TMZ Tuesday that Paula Goodspeed killed herself by ingesting prescription drugs. The type and quantity of drugs Goodspeed consumed were not disclosed, the entertainment news Web site said. Goodspeed, who had once auditioned for Abdul's singing competition show American Idol, was found dead in her car outside...
