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ALBANY, New York, September 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research (http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com) "Global Diabetes Devices Market and Diabetes Drugs Market - Industry Scenario, Trends, Analysis, Size, Share and Forecast, 2011-2018," the global diabetes devices and drugs market was worth USD 50.8 billion in 2011 and is expected to reach USD 98.4 billion in 2018, growing at a CAGR of 9.9% from 2011 to 2018. In the overall global market, North America accounted for the highest share worth USD 19.9 billion in 2011 followed by Europe. However, with the continuous population and economic growth of the Asia-Pacific region, especially India and China, it is expected to witness the highest growth rate in the next six years. Browse the full report athttp://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/diabetes-devices-market.html Today, diabetes is one of the major areas of concern worldwide. The rising number of patients is due to the ever increasing population around the globe mainly in the Asia Pacific region. Currently, over 370 million people suffer from diabetes across the globe, which is expected to exceed 550 million by 2030. As of now, the age bracket of 40-59 years is the most affected diabetes population followed by the age group … Continue reading →

The Irvine parents accused of planting drugs in the car of a PTA president and school volunteer -- who they reportedly believed had treated their son poorly -- pleaded not guilty Monday to charges related to conspiracy and false imprisonment. Kent Wycliff Easter, 38, and Jill Bjorkholm Easter, 39, are accused of plotting against school volunteer Kelli Peters. The Easters believed that Peters had locked their son, then a first-grader, outside during an after school program and had said negative things about Jill Easter, The Times previously reported, citing court documents. Just after midnight Feb. 16, 2011, Kent Easter allegedly drove to Peters' home and placed a bag of Vicodin, Percocet, marijuana and a used marijuana pipe behind the driver's seat of her unlocked car, authorities said. Prosecutors said the father left the drugs in plain sight, easily visible from outside the vehicle. The next afternoon, officials said, Easter is accused of calling an Irvine police non-emergency line, giving authorities a false name and address. Officials alleged that the father told the dispatcher he was a concerned parent and had seen erratic driving near an elementary school. He identified Peters by name and claimed to have witnessed her hiding a … Continue reading →

A Myanmar drug baron offered to pay financial compensation after pleading guilty in a Chinese court to murdering 13 sailors on the Mekong River in October. Published: Sept. 24, 2012 at 6:30 AM BEIJING, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A Myanmar drug baron offered to pay financial compensation after pleading guilty in a Chinese court to killing 13 sailors on the Mekong River in October. The defendant Naw Kham -- one of six on trial for the killings -- expressed sorrow to the families in the Intermediate People's Court of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province in southwest China. Naw, members of the gang and a small number of Thai soldiers allegedly attacked, hijacked and killed 13 Chinese sailors Oct. 5 on two cargo ships on the Mekong River. The bodies of the 13 sailors were found floating in the river, blindfolded and with their hands tied or handcuffed. All of them died of gunshot wounds, a report by the Global Times said. Naw, 43, denied he plotted the October attack on two ships, Hua Ping and Yu Xing 8, as claimed by his five co-defendants, a report by China's state-run Xinhua news agency said. The court, which found all six defendants … Continue reading →

24 September 2012 Last updated at 10:49 ET A career criminal has been jailed for 28 years for his role in a 170m euro cocaine shipment that was seized off the coast of County Cork in 2008. John Alan Brooks, 61, bought the yacht and hired the crew to smuggle the 1.5 tonnes of cocaine into the UK. It was the second biggest drugs seizure ever made by drugs enforcement authorities in the Irish Republic. Brooks, from Blackpool, was described as an international fixer for organised crime groups across the world. He masterminded a plot to smuggle the cocaine from Venezuela to the UK. He paid 160,000 US dollars cash for the Dances with Waves yacht, which was used to transport the drugs from the Caribbean. He also hired the three crew who sailed the yacht across the Atlantic. Brooks has had a criminal career lasting for more than three decades. On Monday he was jailed for 28 years after a jury at the Crown Court in Birmingham found him guilty on a ten to two majority. Unknown to Brooks and the crew of Dances with Waves, the yacht was being tracked by satellite as it made its way from … Continue reading →

Enlarge iStockphoto.com Doctors may recommend that obese patients use weight-loss drugs to trick their hunger pangs. Doctors may recommend that obese patients use weight-loss drugs to trick their hunger pangs. The Food and Drug Administration approved two new medications this year to help obese and overweight individuals lose weight. Diet drugs have been around in different forms for a while, but now researchers hope one of these two might actually help make a dent in the obesity epidemic. Both of the drugs Belviq and Qsymia were approved in July. Belviq works in a similar way to the fen-phen appetite-suppression drug combination that was pulled from the market in 1997 because of a link to fatal heart valve problems. The new drug, at a lower dose, has been shown to be safe. "Belviq was developed specifically to avoid the receptor on the heart valve which had been associated with heart damage, and there's no evidence in our research that heart valve problems will develop," says Dr. Donna Ryan, a researcher and obesity specialist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, which conducted studies of the two medications for the drug makers. Qsymia is a time-released combination of two older medications: topiramate, an … Continue reading →

CHARLOTTE Large nonprofit hospitals in North Carolina are dramatically inflating prices on chemotherapy drugs at a time when they are cornering more of the market on cancer care, an investigation by two newspapers has found. The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh found hospitals are routinely marking up prices on cancer drugs two to 10 times over cost. Some markups are far higher. It's happening as hospitals increasingly buy the practices of independent oncologists, then charge more sometimes much more for the same chemotherapy in the same office. Asked about the findings, hospital officials said they are relying on a longtime practice of charging more for some services to make up for losses in others. Hospitals have a name for this: cost-shifting. "The drug itself may just be the vehicle for charging for the services that are provided (elsewhere)," said Joe Piemont, president of Carolinas HealthCare System, a $7 billion chain that runs about 30 hospitals. The rising price of cancer treatment has financially devastated many families, while driving up insurance costs and causing some patients to put off needed treatments. "If you have enough money or good-enough insurance, it may not be an issue for you," … Continue reading →

CHARLOTTE Large nonprofit hospitals in North Carolina are dramatically inflating prices on chemotherapy drugs at a time when they are cornering more of the market on cancer care, an investigation by two newspapers has found. The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh found hospitals are routinely marking up prices on cancer drugs two to 10 times over cost. Some markups are far higher. It's happening as hospitals increasingly buy the practices of independent oncologists, then charge more sometimes much more for the same chemotherapy in the same office. Asked about the findings, hospital officials said they are relying on a longtime practice of charging more for some services to make up for losses in others. Hospitals have a name for this: cost-shifting. "The drug itself may just be the vehicle for charging for the services that are provided (elsewhere)," said Joe Piemont, president of Carolinas HealthCare System, a $7 billion chain that runs about 30 hospitals. The rising price of cancer treatment has financially devastated many families, while driving up insurance costs and causing some patients to put off needed treatments. "If you have enough money or good-enough insurance, it may not be an issue for you," … Continue reading →

By Zoe Brennan PUBLISHED: 18:12 EST, 21 September 2012 | UPDATED: 06:36 EST, 22 September 2012 Programme-makers claim that the controversial series, Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial, presented by newsreader Jon Snow and Dr Christian Jessen is an attempt to tell the truth about the effects of recreational drug The blonde woman is given a tablet to swallow, before being prepared for an MRI scan in a vast, space-age machine. Doctors study graphic images of her brain, looking for unusual activity. Asked how she feels, she replies: Light. Its pleasant. Theres an airiness and openness to the senses. A slight heightening of sensory perception, which I liked. The visual feeling is vivid.The colours are lush, which I enjoy. I might be a bit more alert to sounds. I feel physically relaxed and that is a pleasure. I can tell there is a little buzz going on. Long may it last.This is the novelist Lionel Shriver, who volunteered to take the pure form of the class-A drug Ecstasy for a controversial new Channel 4 documentary to be screened in the coming week. Shriver, who wrote the bestseller We Need To Talk About Kevin, is one of eight volunteers including a former … Continue reading →

On Thursday, September 20, 2012, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. made headlines when it was revealed that he failed a drug test. The test came back positive for marijuana. The news comes shortly after he lost a close bout against Sergio Martinez. It is not yet known what the punishment will be, but this is far from the first time a mixed martial arts fighter has tested positive and made headlines for illegal or performance enhancing drugs. Here is a look at how five of those fighters have fared. Ricco Rodriguez Ricco Rodriguez's personal struggles with drug use were first detected in 2006 when he failed a drug test. The test showed that the 2002 UFC heavyweight champion had both cocaine and marijuana in his system. After a six month suspension from fighting, he did return to the sport. His name made headlines once more when he appeared on "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" in 2008. Alistair Overeem The use of performance enhancing drugs has also been a problem for MMA fighters. For instance, Alistair Overeem took a drug test in May of 2012 and he was revealed to have a high amount of testosterone. He claimed he was getting injections … Continue reading →

You can find them in any town, big or small. The question is, how much of a problem are drugs where you live? Alysia Huck caught up with Ward County officials to ask that very question. The war on drugs is raging here more now than ever before. The sharp increase in population has brought with it a dark side that often goes unnoticed by the public, but it's square in the headlights of Ward County law enforcement . Marijuana and cocaine have turned up frequently on traffic stops in the area, but one drug in particular has officials even more concerned. (Captain Bob Barnard - Ward County Sheriff's Dept) "The reintroduction, of a lot of meth...a few years ago meth labs were pretty frequent in county and attorney Generals office and narcotic task force really cracked down on those so we saw almost elimination of those local labs but now a lot of crystal meth coming in from other parts of the country and seen a lot more arrests for meth than even just a year ago." The quality of drugs coming to the area is even MORE alarming. Higher grades of drugs can potentially cause addiction problems sooner, … Continue reading →