Suit claims Parkinson’s drug turned Frenchman into gay sex addict, gambler
Paris, France (AHN) – A Parkinson’s disease-afflicted father from France is suing GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that its drug Requip turned him into a gay sex addict and gambler.
Didier Jambart, 51, claimed Requip is defective for turning him into a gay sex addict, cross-dresser, gambler and thief after he began taking the drug in 2003.
According to Jambart, he also suffered psychological trauma after being raped.
In his suit, Jambart claims he developed an addiction to Internet gambling and started stealing money from his family to fund his casino games.
When he stopped taking Requip in 2005, Jambart said his addiction ended.
Jambart is seeking $610,000 in damages from the pharmaceutical company.
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Chronic Statin Therapy Associated With Reduced Postoperative Mortality
Statin drugs were first introduced to lower blood cholesterol concentrations; however, research is now discovering other benefits. A new study from France, published in the January 2011 issue of Anesthesiology, is the first to analyze the impact of preoperative chronic statin therapy on postoperative adverse events in surgical patients…
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Student activists occupy vacant Paris building to highlight housing lack
Paris, France (AHN) – Activist students trying to keep an affordable roof overhead in Paris have riled the president by squatting in a vacant insurance building.
About 30 activists from the group Black Thursday (Jeudi Noir) are squatting in a vacant building at 22 Avenue Matignon, which was a former office of Saint Honore Assurance. Now owned by a company related to Axa, the building has been vacant since 2006.
Student activists call themselves Black Thursday after the day of the week when young French people who need a place to live search the classified newspaper ads. Landlords usually advertise new rentals on that day in advance of the weekend.
Paris rents are prohibitively expensive for both students and ordinary workers. Student activists are occupying empty buildings to provide themselves with a place to live while also attracting attention to the numerous vacant buildings in Paris.
Black Thursday wants the government to create more state housing and cap rents.
Estimates of the number of vacant buildings in Paris vary widely between 21,000 and 136,000. Some people blame laws that forbid evicting tenants during the winter and say that some landlords find it cheaper to leave buildings vacant. In other cases, absentee owners say they are in the middle of renovating properties. However, critics say that such renovations can sometimes go on for decades with little or no work being performed for years on end.
In October, a group of activists took control of a 403-year-old historic monument at 1b, Place de Vosges. The 87-year-old owner, who lives in a nursing home, claimed the house is her main residence and that she is renovating it. However, the group said that after they pushed a deteriorating door open and were inside, that they found no evidence of renovations. They found old plaster board covered with dust stacked near a fireplace, and wires protruding from unpainted walls. The owner is trying to get a court to order the squatters to leave.
Nevertheless, vacant buildings are not the only thing creating a shortage of apartments, particularly affordable units.
Landlords can get more money for an apartment by renting it out furnished to tourists on a short-term basis for a few nights, a week or a month. Tourists can save money over renting a hotel room, have more space and save money on meals by cooking sometimes. Laws that discourage short-term rentals are not vigorously enforced.
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France: Hundreds Of Deaths Caused By Diabetes Drug
Paris, France (AHN) – A French health agency issued a statement Tuesday saying anyone who took the diabetes drug Mediator should get tested for heart valve damage.
The statement was issued by the French medical watchdog agency l’Afssaps.
A reports by CNAM, France’s national health insurance entity, showed that over 30 years approximately 500 patients may have died from complications related to the drug.
Mediator had been prescribed to diabetic patients and overweight patients.
The drug was discontinued in November of last year. Before then, it was issued to more than 300,000 patients, according to health officials. It was discovered to have caused heart complications for some.
The French General Practitioners Union has been notified of the issue and is ready to test patients who have been taking the drug for more than three months during the last four years. A monitoring committee will also be established to aid in keeping track of those who have been or are taking the drug.
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The Startling Truth About Cholesterol
* Cholesterol is produced by almost every cell in the body.
* Cholesterol in cell membranes makes cells waterproof so there can be different chemistry on the inside and the outside of the cell.
* Define “good” and “bad” cholesterol.
LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is known as “bad” cholesterol because it can build up in the walls of your arteries and form a thick, hard plaque that clogs your arteries and blocks the flow of blood to your heart and brain. HDL (high-density lipoprotein) cholesterol is called “good” cholesterol because it helps eliminate bad cholesterol from the body.
* Where does cholesterol come from in the body?
Your body produces cholesterol naturally. Your liver makes cholesterol, as do other individual cells throughout your body. Once cholesterol is produced, it can make its way into your bloodstream.
* What does this process mean to you?
Take the cholesterol your body makes and add it to the cholesterol you get from food. Now you can see how easily cholesterol can build up in your bloodstream and how your overall cholesterol level can increase.
* Cholesterol is nature’s repair substance, used to repair wounds, including tears and irritations in the arteries. Many important hormones are made of cholesterol, including hormones that regulate mineral metabolism and blood sugar, hormones that help us deal with stress, and all the sex hormones, such as testosterone, estrogen and progesterone.
* Cholesterol is vital to the function of the brain and nervous system. Cholesterol protects us against depression; it plays a role in the utilization of serotonin, the body’s “feel good” chemical. The bile salts, needed for the digestion of fats, are made from cholesterol.
* Cholesterol is the precursor of vitamin D, which is formed by the action of ultra-violet (UV-B) light on cholesterol in the skin.
* Cholesterol is a powerful antioxidant that protects us against free radicals and therefore against cancer. Cholesterol, especially LDL-cholesterol (the so-called bad cholesterol), helps fight infection.
Hyperlipidemia is a key factor associated with an increased risk of the development of cardiovascular disease. Also referred to as high cholesterol, dyslipidemia, and lipid disorder, hyperlipidemia is a
condition by which unhealthy levels of cholesterol circulate in the blood.
The human body obtains cholesterol in two ways:
up to 80% of the cholesterol is produced endogenously in the liver; the remainder is obtained from the diet in the form of animal products such as meats, fish, eggs, and dairy.
While there is not a readily accepted level of cholesterol in the human body that is considered ‘safe’, most clinical guidelines list Total Cholesterol levels under 200 mg/dl as desirable.
Eating healthy food is the first step toward health.
The next step is seeing to it that the body has optimal ability to digest and metabolize that food.
Fortunately, healthy food is much easier to digest and assimilate, especially when properly prepared so that the enzyme systems are intact. At Capture Your Health, we can identify supplements you might need to assist digestion, assimilation and absorption of food. You may benefit from beginning with a program to detox the body.
Myths & Truths about Cholesterol
Myth: People with high cholesterol are more prone to heart attacks.
Truth: Young and middle-aged men with cholesterol levels over 350 are slightly more at risk for heart attacks. Those who have cholesterol levels just below 350 are at no greater risk than those whose cholesterol is very low. For elderly men and women of all ages, high cholesterol is associated with a longer lifespan.
Myth: Cholesterol & saturated fat clog arteries.
Truth: There is very little cholesterol or saturated fat in the arterial plaque or clogs. Most of the material is a calcium deposit akin to lime and most of the fatty acids are
unsaturated.
Myth: Eating saturated fat and cholesterol-rich foods will cause cholesterol levels to rise and make people more susceptible to heart disease.
Truth: Many studies show no relationship between diet and cholesterol levels; there is no evidence that saturated fat and cholesterol-rich food contribute to heart disease. As Americans have cut back on saturated fat and cholesterol-rich foods, rates of heart disease have gone up.
Myth: Cholesterol-lowering drugs have saved many lives.
Truth: In the two most recent trials, involving over 10,000 subjects, cholesterol-lowering did not result in any improvement in outcome.
Myth: Countries that have a high consumption of animal fat and cholesterol have higher rates of heart disease.
Truth: There are many exceptions to this observation, such as France and Spain.
Furthermore, an association (called a “risk factor”) is not the same as a cause. In wealthy countries where people eat a lot of animal foods, many other factors exist that can contribute to heart disease.
Please contact your health care provider should you have any questions concerning cholesterol, and please know your numbers.
Author: Bud Tarreto
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
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