The Buddhist Punk Reforming Drug Rehab
Now sober, he's trying to reform drug rehab through Buddhism and punk music. Every Sunday morning, about 15 addicts … For the past year, Gilman has been home to a motley crew of misfits ranging from teenagers to seniors, interested in recovery from … Read more on Daily Beast

Searching for treatment options that work
But money for the development of such vaccines is scarce, said Janda, professor of chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, who has studied vaccines for drugs of abuse for 25 years. "Billions of dollars are being spent on … Read more on The News Journal

Sinner to saint — the many faces of Angelina Jolie
By the age of 20, she had tried “just about every drug possible,” including heroin. At her first wedding, to British actor Jonny Lee Miller when she was just 20, she wore black rubber trousers and a white T-shirt, upon which she had written the groom's … Read more on Vancouver Sun

De La Rosa Helps Red Sox Shut Out Twins
"I don't want to think about that," a smiling De La Rosa said after pitching seven innings of one-hit ball in leading the offensively challenged Red Sox to a 1-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Topics · Baseball · Professional …. Red Sox 3B Will … Read more on Hartford Courant

How much should we pay for medicines?
So when Gilead Sciences, the manufacturer of sofosbuvir, which goes by the brand name Sovaldi, announced its new drug was ready for prime time, doctors who treat patients with the disease cheered. Results of clinical trials showed side effects appeared … Read more on Ag Journal

Learning from the Kelly Thomas case
The broader problem is the lack of a comprehensive, treatment-based response to mental illness and the default decision to treat the symptoms and side effects — drug abuse, erratic behavior or homelessness — as entry points into the criminal justice … Read more on Los Angeles Times

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (LJPC): La Jolla Pharmaceutical – Can This …
After recently working at Reata Pharmaceutical working on the development of bardoxolone methyl for the treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), she has come to La Jolla to continue CKD research. Reata's phase 3 BEACON trial for bardoxolone methyl in … Read more on Seeking Alpha

Hot New Biotech Knows Roller-Coaster Feeling
By last Friday, the 45-person firm was the hottest company in the biotechnology sector, its market capitalization having soared more than sixfold over the course of one week, to $ 8.6 billion from $ 1.4 billion, after its liver-disease drug performed … Read more on Wall Street Journal