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  • Giants' righty Concepcion suspended Friday, June 24, 2011 @ 5:37PMFormer Cardinals righty Andrew Moss was suspended for 50 games. (Tom Priddy/MiLB.com)
  • Who fudged NIS medical records? Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 4:34PMNEW DELHI: For the past several months, boxer Manjeet Singh had been running around, trying to get himself out of an anti-doping rule violation charge.
  • Beyond Condoms: The Long Quest for a Better Male Contraceptive Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 6:02AMA joke among researchers in the field of male contraception is that a clinically approved alternative to condoms or vasectomy has been five to 10 years away for the past 40 years. The so-close-yet-so-far state of male contraceptive development has persisted in large part because of three serious hurdles: the technical challenges of keeping millions of sperm at bay, the stringent safety standards ...
  • British shot-putter Mark Edwards handed three-year doping ban Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 8:08PMA shot-putter described as a 'role model' for the sport has been handed a three-year ban after testing positive for two prohibited substances.
  • 'Role model' British shot-putter handed unprecedented three-year doping ban Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 7:24PMA shot-putter described as a 'role model' for the sport has been handed a three-year ban after testing positive for two prohibited substances.
  • Three-year ban for 'role model' athlete Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 6:03PMA SHOT-PUTTER described as a "role model" for the sport has been handed a three-year ban after testing positive for two prohibited substances.
  • Boxer Manju Wanniarachchi disqualified Tuesday, May 10, 2011 @ 5:38PMNEW DELHI: Nearly seven months after the Commonwealth Games concluded here, the Sri Lankan boxer who tested positive after winning the welterweight gold has been disqualified for an anti-doping rule violation.
  • Jitender Singh banned for life Tuesday, May 3, 2011 @ 5:07PMNEW DELHI: Hammer thrower Jitender Singh has been banned for life, having tested positive a second time in his career. The ban was imposed recently by the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel headed by retired judge Dinesh Dayal.
  • Pomegranate Juice May Lower Blood Pressure Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 8:04PMNew research shows that pomegranate juice may help to reduce blood pressure. The findings will be presented today at the 2011 Society for Endocrinology conference in Birmingham, UK. Researcher Dr Emad Al-Dujaili from Queen Margaret University looked at how a daily dose of pomegranate juice might affect blood pressure. The study consisted of 20 participants: 10 took a daily dose of 500ml ...
  • Scripps Research Scientists Uncover New DNA Role In Modifying Gene Function Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 6:10PMFindings suggest new approach could create highly targeted therapeutics For years, scientists have thought of DNA as a passive blueprint capable only of producing specific proteins through RNA transcription. Now, research led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has shown DNA can also act to fine-tune the activity of certain proteins known as nuclear receptors ...
  • New DNA Role In Modifying Gene Function Uncovered By Scripps Research Scientists Monday, April 11, 2011 @ 3:21AMFor years, scientists have thought of DNA as a passive blueprint capable only of producing specific proteins through RNA transcription. Now, research led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has shown DNA can also act to fine-tune the activity of certain proteins known as nuclear receptors. These new findings may make it possible to design therapies that could ...
  • New DNA role in modifying gene function: Findings suggest new approach could create highly targeted therapeutics Sunday, April 10, 2011 @ 6:29PMFor years, scientists have thought of DNA as a passive blueprint capable only of producing specific proteins through RNA transcription. Now, researchers have shown DNA can also act to fine-tune the activity of certain proteins known as nuclear receptors.
  • Scientists uncover new DNA role in modifying gene function Sunday, April 10, 2011 @ 12:20PMFor years, scientists have thought of DNA as a passive blueprint capable only of producing specific proteins through RNA transcription. Now, research led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute has shown DNA can also act to fine-tune the activity of certain proteins known as nuclear receptors.
  • Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior well represented at international meeting Monday, April 4, 2011 @ 8:45AM( Georgia Health Sciences University ) The Georgia Health Sciences University Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior will have unprecedented representation at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research for the second time.Seven GHSU investigators, including medical students, fellows, junior faculty and senior leadership, will present their research at the biennial meeting April 2 ...
  • Shark Fights: James Irvin vs. Houston Alexander Fight Scrapped Saturday, March 5, 2011 @ 1:32AMJames Irvin and Houston Alexander first met at "UFC Fight Night 13" in 2008. The initial meeting between the two light heavyweights was a "what just happened" moment as Irvin landed a superman punch that dropped Alexander to the ground. Irvin then quickly finished him at the eight-second mark of round one. Both fighters have since been released by the UFC. They were set to fight in a rematch for ...
  • James Irvin vs. Houston Alexander II off Shark Fights 14 due to drug test, injury Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 6:52PMIt looks like the rematch will have to wait. Both James Irvin and Houston Alexander won't be able to fight at Shark Fights 14, though for very different reasons. Irvin has been pulled from the fight following an alleged positive test for steroids. Alexander has sustained an undisclosed injury in training that has ousted him, too, from the rematch.
  • Sources: UFC Vet Irvin Allegedly Tests Positive for Steroids Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 3:16PMUFC light heavyweight veteran James Irvin allegedly tested positive for an anabolic steroid following his loss to Jorge Oliveira at Tachi Palace Fights 7 in December.
  • Study confirms risk of triple-negative breast cancer among obese, physically inactive women Tuesday, March 1, 2011 @ 11:05PMNew findings published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, confirm the risk of breast cancer among women who are obese and not physically active, and suggests additional mechanisms beyond estrogen.
  • Harbor BioSciences Wraps Up Phase I/IIa Prostate Cancer Study Monday, February 7, 2011 @ 7:30AMSAN DIEGO -- Harbor BioSciences, Inc. , a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, metabolic and inflammatory diseases, today announced it is closing the clinical sites of its U.S.-based Phase I/IIa clinical trial with Apoptone for castration resistant prostate cancer -- also referred to as hormone resistant prostate cancer.
  • Washington prospect Nieto suspended Thursday, February 3, 2011 @ 6:56PMWashington catcher Adrian Nieto will miss the first 50 games of the 2011 campaign for violating the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
  • Boxing board out of control Thursday, January 20, 2011 @ 11:11PM“There may be some negative impact on my career but I think this case will actually move the sport forward based on what has happened here.” That is mighty “thick skinned” of Ria Ramnarine to say, after the latest bobol within the boxing community. But I feel it is overly optimistic.
  • Rani Yadav and Renubala suspended Tuesday, December 14, 2010 @ 2:10PMNEW DELHI: Race walker Rani Yadav and long jumper Renubala Mahanta have been suspended for two years each for anti-doping rule violations. Both tested positive for 19-norandrosterone, a metabolite of steroid nandrolone in international competitions.
  • Tour de Pez: Roadside Redux Monday, December 13, 2010 @ 8:41AMA drug test after the Pro TT title had tested positive for DHEA; a substance proscribed under USADA rules and known to have contaminated athletics dietary supplements in the past.
  • PEZ Previews: The Gent Six Day Thursday, December 9, 2010 @ 10:11AMA drug test after the Pro TT title had tested positive for DHEA; a substance proscribed under USADA rules and known to have contaminated athletics dietary supplements in the past.
  • Vinay tests positive Thursday, November 11, 2010 @ 3:26PMNEW DELHI: One of the emerging quarter-milers of the country, Vinay Chaudhary, has tested positive for a prohibited drug. Chaudhary tested positive for a metabolite of steroid stanozolol in an out-of-competition dope control in Bangalore in August last.
  • Sri Lankan boxing medallist fails Games doping test Monday, October 25, 2010 @ 4:48PMWanniarachchi had traces of the banned anabolic agent 19-Norandrosterone.
  • Boxing medallist fails Games doping test Monday, October 25, 2010 @ 3:43PMA Sri Lankan boxer who won gold in the bantamweight division in New Delhi has been confirmed as the fifth athlete to fail a doping test during the Oct. 3-14 Commonwealth Games.The Commonwealth Games Federation released a statement...
  • Sri Lankan gold medallist caught doping in Delhi Monday, October 25, 2010 @ 7:39AMThe Commonwealth Games Federation confirmed Monday that gold medallist boxer Manju Wanniarachchi of Sri Lanka tested positive for a prohibited substance at the Delhi Games.
  • Sri Lankan gold medal winning boxer fails Commonwealth Games doping test Monday, October 25, 2010 @ 7:16AMA Sri Lankan boxer who won gold the bantamweight division in New Delhi has been confirmed as the fifth athlete to fail a doping test during the Oct. 3-14 Commonwealth Games.
  • Bicycling: Contador drug drama means hard choices Friday, October 1, 2010 @ 5:06AMWhen is a positive really a positive? [Correction: an earlier version of this incorrectly said that Tom Zirbel won the 2009 US Pro time trial championships; he in fact finished second to Dave Zabriskie. The text has been changed to reflect that.]
  • Bicycling: Contador drama means hard choices Friday, October 1, 2010 @ 5:06AMWhen is a positive really a positive? [Correction: an earlier version of this incorrectly said that Tom Zirbel won the 2009 US Pro time trial championships; he in fact finished second to Dave Zabriskie. The text has been changed to reflect that.]
  • Women's Brains On Steroids Tuesday, September 28, 2010 @ 10:14AMIt seems that weekly we hear about some professional athlete who sullies himself and his sport through abuse of steroids . The melodrama unfolds, careers and statistics are brought low and asterisked, and everyone bemoans another fallen competitor.  Yet there are millions of cases of steroid use that occur daily with barely a second thought:  Millions of women take birth control pills , blithely ...
  • Women's Brains on Steroids Tuesday, September 28, 2010 @ 10:14AMIt seems that weekly we hear about some professional athlete who sullies himself and his sport through abuse of steroids . The melodrama unfolds, careers and statistics are brought low and asterisked, and everyone bemoans another fallen competitor.  Yet there are millions of cases of steroid use that occur daily with barely a second thought:  Millions of women take birth control pills , blithely ...
  • Megha's case is quite complicated Saturday, September 18, 2010 @ 2:36PMNEW DELHI: A tough task awaits the National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel next week when it starts hearing sportspersons reported for adverse analytical findings in dope tests since August-end.
  • Harbor BioSciences Apoptone® For Prostate Cancer Shows A Partial Overall Response Wednesday, September 15, 2010 @ 7:03AMHarbor BioSciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:HRBR) a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, metabolic and inflammatory diseases, today released new positive data from its ongoing Phase I/IIa clinical trial with Apoptone® (HE3235) for castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) - also referred to as hormone resistant prostate cancer.
  • Kavita exonerated Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 2:21PMNEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Disciplinary panel has exonerated a 14-year-old girl wrestler, Kavita Chaudhary, who tested positive for steroid nandrolone in an out-of-competition test last January.
  • Renubala tests positive, handed suspension Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 2:36PMNEW DELHI: Renubala Mahanta, who competed in the World junior athletics championships last month, has tested positive for a steroid. She has been provisionally suspended by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
  • Leben Peeved Akiyama Almost Turned Him Down Thursday, July 1, 2010 @ 12:04PMIt angers Chris Leben to hear that Yoshihiro Akiyama resisted accepting a bout with him as a late replacement after Wanderlei Silva withdrew from the co-headlining bout last week with a torn ACL and broken ribs.
  • Harbor BioSciences Apoptone(R) for Prostate Cancer Shows Activity at All Doses Tested Monday, June 7, 2010 @ 1:19PMCHICAGO -- Harbor BioSciences, Inc. today presented new positive data from its ongoing Phase I/IIa clinical trial with Apoptone for castration resistant prostate cancer -- also referred to as hormone resistant prostate cancer -- at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting.