MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'doping'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:25 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294638&cid=t_189680_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2FoS-uDNzJSP4%2F Methylhexaneamine C7H17N was originally intended to be used as a nasal decongestant but in recent times it has found its way into dietary supplements marketed with thermogenic or stimulant properties. It can certainly be a tricky substance to locate in the 'ingredients' section of over the counter (OTC) energy products and while it is banned in sport, it is still legal in dietary supplements - making it even more tricky to monitor (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294638 Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:35:18 +0100 4294638 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040794&cid=t_189680_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FxQlJDBf45iE%2F Yet another drugmaker has run afoul of the law. This time, the culprit is GeneScience Pharmaceutical, a Chinese company that has pleaded guilty to illegally distributing human growth hormones in the US. Also copping a plea was Lei Jin, the ceo and founder, who is on probation for five years. The deal, in which GeneScience pleaded guilty to a felony while Jin pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, requires a $3 million payment to a “Clean Competition Fund” for supporting drug-free sports and forfeiting another $4.5 million to the government, according to court documents. The move, by the way, comes three years after GeneScience was charged following a scandal over international trafficking of illegal body-building drugs, including steroids. Known as Operation Raw Deal, the US government crack... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040794 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 12:06:41 +0100 4040794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3733300&cid=t_189680_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FNGX4aEjEK1k%2F Another hot day here on the Pharmalot corporate campus, where we are keeping the water bottles handy. We hope you are doing the same. After all, a flash of hot news does not require you to get overheated. Meanwhile, there is plenty of work to keep us busy. So please join us as we survey the headlines and dig in for another round of meetings and deadlines. Stay cool, everyone… Migraine Drug From Glaxo And XenoPort Fails Test (Associated Press) Aspen Lowers Its Offer For Sigma Pharma (Bloomberg News) India Expands Role As Drugmaker (New York Times) Roche Submits Breast Cancer Drug To FDA (Reuters) University Presses Invention Lawsuit Against Pfizer (Salt Lake City Tribune) Drugmakers To Boost Efforts Against Doping (Financial Times) Germany Seeks Cuts From Pharma & Insurers (Pharm... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3733300 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:02:21 +0100 3733300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2357328&cid=t_189680_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fdope-on-brain-doping-take-2.html The New Yorker has a long article on Brain Doping (or as others like to call it, cognitive enhancement) by Margaret Talbot. I was interviewed for it a while ago because of my mischevious April 1, 2008 blog/web joke I coordinated announcing that NIH was cracking down on brain doping.And although they do not mention my April 1 joke in the New Yorker article, they do quote meStill, even if you acknowledge that cosmetic neurology is here to stay, there is something dispiriting about the way the drugs are used—the kind of aspirations they open up, or don’t. Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist at U.C. Davis, is skeptical of what he mockingly calls “brain doping.” During a recent conversation, he spoke about colleagues who take neuroenhancers in order to grind out grant proposals. �... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2357328 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:49:00 +0100 2357328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2027178&cid=t_189680_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Fnew-dope-on-congnitive-enhancement.html Well, the world works in mysterious ways. April 1 this year, I coordinated a blogosphere hoax regarding the NIH cracking down on brain doping. See Confessions of an April Fool and the Dope on Brain Doping for more detail. And then Nature and many other publications wrote about brain doping when Nature published the results of a survey suggesting many academics take cognitive enhancing drugs. And now, perhpas most interestingly, a group has written a letter to Nature has published a commentary arguing for more research into " responsible use of cognitive-enhancing drugs by the healthy"From their conclusion:Like all new technologies, cognitive enhancement can be used well or poorly. We should welcome new methods of improving our brain function. In a world in which human workspans and lifespa... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2027178 Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:49:00 +0100 2027178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1981283&cid=t_189680_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F462697788%2F This study is also examining whether there is a difference in the way Viagra affects male and female athletes. A University of Marywood study is measuring the potential effects of Viagra as an antidote to air pollution, produced outdoors by the exhaust of factories and automobiles and indoors by ice-resurfacing machines. Studies involving animals, and children in Mexico City, indicated pollution causes pulmonary hypertension. If that could be alleviated for athletes by Viagra, “performance is going to be enhanced,” Rundell, the lead researcher of the pollution study, tells the Times. The earliest the World Anti-Doping Agency could place Viagra on its list of prohibited substances would be September 2009, five months before the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, a spok... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1981283 Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:04:04 +0100 1981283 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892041&cid=t_189680_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fbrain-doping-april-1-joke-still-getting.html Well, my April 1 collaborative joke on brain doping is still getting some press. See El Pais which reportsComo muestra, algo que empezó como una broma. "Los centros del NIH (los Institutos de Salud de Estados Unidos) pedirán a todos los científicos que quieran optar a sus ayudas y subvenciones a que pasen pruebas antidopaje para comprobar que no han tomado estimulantes cognitivos para aumentar su rendimiento intelectual". Una supuesta World Anti-Brain Doping Authority (WABDA) se encargaría de los análisis. Es el mensaje de una nota de prensa falsa. Una fake lanzada en Internet el pasado 1 de abril, el día de los inocentes en Estados Unidos, por Jonathan Eisen, biólogo evolucionista de la Universidad de California. Comenzó como una travesura, pero el rumor acabó por extenderse por ... The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892041 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:48:00 +0100 1892041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1730713&cid=t_189680_105_f&fid=35048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicineAndMan%2F%7E3%2F373835467%2F Smart move this time to keep the blood of athletes for 8 years and test them for “upcoming drugs” with abuse potential later on. With the Summer Olympics taking place in Beijing, its interesting to review the history of drug testing at the Olympics. As the testing laboratories have introduced newer test methods, the athletes doping find more exotic dopands or new ways to avoid being caught with existing drugs. This “arms race” is perhaps best demonstrated by the Moscow Olympics of 1980: During the Moscow games none of the 1,645 tests performed (in urine) came back positive for doping at the time. However after testosterone analysis was introduced — the so called T/E ratio — many samples from the Moscow games were reanalyzed and appeared suspicious. Seve... Medicine and Man blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1730713 Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:07:26 +0100 1730713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1646368&cid=t_189680_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F343470191%2F Ricardo Ricco, who upset some big names in biking during this year’s tour, was caught doping after the drugmaker planted a traceable molecule in the banned stamina-building drug he had taken, according to the World Anti-Doping Agency. And so the 24-year-old was kicked off after testing positive for EPO, or erythropoietin. Roche included a molecule in the third generation of EPO, called Continuous Erythropoiesis Receptor Activator (CARA), that acted as a flag in drug tests showing when an athlete was using the substance, John Fahey, WADA’s chief, tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Until this year’s Tour, the CARA EPO, which is released into the body more slowly than its predecessors, had been thought to be virtually undetectable by drug testers, ABC reports. Bu... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1646368 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:36:49 +0100 1646368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556278&cid=t_189680_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F06%2F30%2Fdoes-viagra-give-athletes-a-boost%2F Looks like that little blue pill is moving out the bedroom and into the sports arena. Many athletes believe that taking Viagra will help improve their performance in the field. And preliminary studies, showing a 40% performance improvement for cyclists taking Viagra, support this believe. But experts aren’t convinced. They argue that even though Viagra works on the nitric oxide in the body and causes blood vessels to expand resulting in increased heart function and more oxygen in the lungs, it’s not a guarantee that it will improve an athlete’s performance. In fact some doctors suggest that it’s actually Viagra’s more well-known effects on men’s sex lives that might be the reason for an athlete’s improved performance on the field. Here’s what... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556278 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:50:25 +0100 1556278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1526317&cid=t_189680_107_f&fid=35026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fphylogenomics.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Fare-you-intellectually-clean.html Well, brain doping continues to be an issue, long after the buzz of April Fools Day is over. Now comes what I think must be a spoof of some kind: a site where people can make an "Academic Oath" saying they are clean by putting the following on their CV or WebSite:For the honour of humanity and the integrity of the academy, I declare I have not, nor ever will, use any drug for an intellectual advantage. See, www.academicoath.com This reminds me a bit of the PRISM spoof "PISD" but I am not sure if Academic Oath is really fake.This is from the "Tree of Life" blog ( http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com ) of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Davis. (Source: The Tree of Life) The Tree of Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1526317 Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:10:00 +0100 1526317 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707216&cid=t_189680_131_f&fid=35743&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthegenesherpa.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fwbur-posts-on-coumadin-and-personalized.html Despite the heavy Boston accent,On WBUR Carol's worries regarding Coumadin and Personalized Medicine hit home to millions of patients everywhere. This is an excellent example of the press' coverage of my specialty. Dr Sam Goldhaber a physician at Mass General talks about the promise of pharmacogenomic testing in blood thinning and avoidance of its horrible side effects. Lastly they interview the Pope of Personalized MedicineFrancis says "Is this the scenario we want personalized medicine to enter?" "The public thinks that this is snake oil (i.e. Direct to consumer testing and nutrigenomics)"In addition Dr Collins talks again about the 2 Betty's and the potential to miss diagnose and have horrific outcomes.The Sherpa Says: "Save Betty!!!" We must take the time to educate everyone about the ... Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707216 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 23:43:00 +0100 707216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478755&cid=t_189680_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F06%2Fthe-first-urine-test-to-detect-insulin-doping-in-athletes%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Lifestyle, Drugs, SupportScientists in Germany are reporting development of a urine test that finally can identify athletes who misuse certain kinds of insulin in an illicit attempt to enhance performance. An article scheduled to appear in an April edition of Analytical Chemistry says it is possible to detect the misuse of insulin in a urine sample. Scientists had not attempted to develop a test in the past because of the presumption that it was impossible to detect misuses of insulin. Because insulin is rationed and used efficiently by the body, a byproduct of insulin would be theoretically undetectable. However, with the advent of the newer long-acting insulin analogues, scientists are now able to identify degradation product in the ur... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478755 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 478755