7 Thoughts On Today's Pharma & Biotech News
Seven thoughts:
Shire’s purchase of Baxalta is emblematic of the shift in the drug industry. The company that popularized Adderall and help market the diagnosis of ADHD is now focused almost entirely on pricey, rare diseases, with an option on cancer.
Vertex and Illumina both released relatively weak financial forecasts ahead of the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference. This could add to feelings that maybe healthcare investing has peaked, or at least become a realm for stock pickers. Which is exactly what everyone said at this time of year last year.
There’s a lot of controversy on Illumina’s crea...
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 11, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Matthew Herper Source Type: news
Encouraging News from Monitoring the Future
Revealing the results of the annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey of drug use and attitudes among American middle- and high-school students is an annual mid-December ritual at NIDA. It is often an unveiling of interesting and sometimes surprising data and trends. For 41 years now, the MTF results gathered by the University of Michigan have given us the ability to track trends in substance use among the most vulnerable population in our country. This year the results were mostly positive, giving us cause for encouragement. Use of most substances in 2015 continued their flat or downward trends seen in recent years--m...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 16, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
December 10, 2015: Physician and His Patient Indicted in Scheme to Fraudulently Prescribe and Dispense Oxycodone and Adderall
(Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases)
Source: Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) Press Releases - December 14, 2015 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news
ADHD Medications Linked to Sleep Problems in Kids
Review of studies finds drugs like Ritalin, Adderall may create sleep woes for some (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ADHD Medications Linked to Sleep Problems in Kids
Review of studies finds drugs like Ritalin, Adderall may create sleep woes for some
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Medicines and Children, Sleep Disorders (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why Are So Many College and High School Kids Abusing Adderall
During the past 15 years, there has been a remarkable transformation in the drug trade. It used to be dominated by the illegal drug cartels. Now it it is dominated by the legal drug companies. The most dangerous legal drugs are the prescription opioids, now responsible for twice as many deaths as street drugs and also for a secondary epidemic of heroin addiction. The next most dangerous legal drugs are Xanax and other short acting benzodiazepines that potentiate overdoses, cause severe addiction, raise the risk of falls, and worsen cognitive problems. ADHD meds are the most dangerous legal drugs among young people in...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hillary Clinton Proposes Reclassifying Marijuana As A Less Dangerous Drug
This article has been updated to include a statement from the Marijuana Majority.
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - November 7, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Kolowski Chiropractic Announces Community Workshop Discussing Concerns...
The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies ADHD drugs like Ritalin, Adderall, and Concerta the same as Cocaine, Methadone, and Methamphetamine (Speed). Find out if these are safe, necessary, and...(PRWeb October 21, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/10/prweb13031941.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
ICYMI: The Plight Of Veterans And Bad News About Your Favorite Selfies
This week, we took in a gorgeously photographed personal account of a 37-year-old veteran, who found himself homeless in New York City until a local organization connected him with the resources he needed to put his life back together following the trauma of war. We also reaffirmed our frustration with the discrimination New York's 535,839 disabled people face every day -- both overt discrimination from taxi drivers and public transportation operators and less obvious discrimination in the form of potholes, crumbling curbs and improperly sloped sidewalks. through the inaccessibility of the city's sidewalks. &#...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ICYMI: The Plight Of Veterans And Bad News About Your Favorite Selfies
This week, we took in a gorgeously photographed personal account of a 37-year-old veteran, who found himself homeless in New York City until a local organization connected him with the resources he needed to put his life back together following the trauma of war.
We also reaffirmed our frustration with the discrimination New York's 535,839 disabled people face every day -- both overt discrimination from taxi drivers and public transportation operators and less obvious discrimination in the form of potholes, crumbling curbs and improperly sloped sidewalks. through the inaccessibility of the city's sidewalks. &n...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 1, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Drug Testing Is Coming to E-Gaming
The Electronic Sports League said on Thursday that it would start testing players for performance-enhancing drugs, a regulation move that would align it with more traditional sports leagues. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICK WINGFIELD and CONOR DOUGHERTY Tags: Adderall (Drug) Computer and Video Games Electronic Sports League Tests (Drug Use) Kory Friesen Source Type: news
Drug Testing Is Coming to E-Sports
The Electronic Sports League said on Thursday that it would start testing players for performance-enhancing drugs, a regulation move that would align it with more traditional sports leagues. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 24, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: NICK WINGFIELD and CONOR DOUGHERTY Tags: Adderall (Drug) Computer and Video Games Electronic Sports League Tests (Drug Use) Kory Friesen Source Type: news
Get ahead in Silicon Valley: take nootropic brain drugs
Some in Silicon Valley claim that a combination of supplements, over-the-counter medications and other chemicals taken together can improve cognitive functionUpgrade your mind with a brain stimulatorUpgrade your diet with meals in a beakerJesper Noehr, 30, reels off the ingredients in the chemical cocktail he’s been taking every day before work for the past six months. It’s a mixture of exotic dietary supplements and research chemicals that he says gives him an edge in his job without ill effects: better memory, more clarity and focus and enhanced problem-solving abilities. “I can keep a lot of things on my mind at o...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 11, 2015 Category: Science Authors: Zoë Corbyn Tags: Technology Silicon Valley Science Health & wellbeing Life and style Drugs Source Type: news
Why Are So Many High Achieving Girls Unhappy?
Happiness is the ultimate currency -- more than wealth, achievements or material possessions -- and we should raise our children, structure our schools and live our lives in a way that maximizes it. That's the message of the book I just finished, Happier by Tal Ben-Shahar, as part of research for my new book on parenting girls ages 16-24.
I can't say I ever gave much thought to happiness. I come from a family where happiness was seen as an "extra," a kind of frill to life -- nice to have, but certainly not necessary and by no means paramount. Work was king. Suffering meant you were working hard. It made you worthy.
It's ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 20, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anxiety Ruled This Lawyer's Life. Until He Tried Meditation.
A 500-square-foot Midtown studio in New York City is quietly becoming a temple for the anxious, the overworked and the curious. There are 26 seats.
From inside the studio windows, you peer over taxi cabs crowding 5th Avenue below and if you put your nose right up to the glass, you can see the needle of the Empire State building looming large, piercing upwards into the sky.
Ben Turshen opened the single door to his meditation studio less than six weeks ago and he has only been teaching the practice for two years. But his following is growing, perhaps because he’s the most unlikely of teachers.
“I didn’t learn medit...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
