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By matt | Published: February 4, 2010
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Statement by Steve Mister, President and CEO, CRN:
“The responsible dietary supplement industry represents the health and wellness interests of more than 150 million Americans who use dietary supplements each year. The number one priority for CRN and our members is to ensure that our consumers have access to safe, beneficial products that they can incorporate into their daily wellness regimens. We have consumers’ health and best interests at heart because we recognize that without our consumers, we would not exist as an industry.
Over the past several years, CRN has successfully lobbied to increase the regulation under which the supplement industry operates, working to ensure that dietary supplement manufacturers are required to report serious adverse events to FDA; to get FDA to issue and implement supplement-specific good manufacturing practices; to remove anabolic steroids from the supplement market; and to increase funding for FDA’s enforcement efforts. CRN also has publicly supported most of the recommendations from the GAO report, including the recommendation for an annual registration of dietary supplement facilities as well as mandatory recall authority for FDA — both of these provisions are included in the Senate Food and Drug Administration Food Safety and Modernization Act legislation, S.510, that CRN supports and hopes to see pass this year. [more...]
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By matt | Published: February 3, 2010
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A new weight loss supplement called the tri-pepper blend has been found to burn as many calories as 20-minute walk.
It contains black pepper, caffeine and a concentrated form of capsaicin that makes red peppers hot.
According to Joel T. Cramer, assistant professor of exercise physiology from University of Oklahoma, the study showed energy expenditures of three to six percent, results that are statistically significant enough to validate product weight-loss claims. [more...]
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By matt | Published: February 3, 2010
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The former owner of a Colorado Springs pharmacy has been convicted of illegally importing and distributing anabolic steroids and Chinese-made human growth hormones.
A federal jury deliberated for parts of three days before convicting Thomas Bader on 31 counts Tuesday. The charges included conspiracy and the distribution of human growth hormones. Bader is expected to be sentenced April 29.
Prosecutors say that while Bader was the owner and operator of College Pharmacy he sold anabolic steroids and growth hormones from China that were not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. [more...]
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By matt | Published: February 3, 2010
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By Donna Miller,
A jury found Cleveland police Lt. Anthony Tuleta guilty Tuesday of drug possession and theft for illegally purchasing steroids over the Internet and billing his insurance company.
Tuleta, 51, bought the from Dr. Ramon Scruggs, 62, of Santa Ana, Calif., and submitted bills totaling $95,000 to Medical Mutual.
Tuleta was found guilty by a Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court jury of all charges — six counts of drug possession and one count of theft. He was suspended in November without pay from his job after 27 years with the police department. He faces dismissal at a meeting with the Public Safety Director Martin Flask. The meeting had not been scheduled as of Tuesday afternoon.[more...]
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By matt | Published: February 2, 2010
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A spot of sunbathing may be just the thing to lift a man’s libido, say experts after an Austrian study finds testosterone is boosted by vitamin D.
The bulk of this essential nutrient is made by the skin on exposure to sunlight. The rest comes from the diet.
A study in Clinical Endocrinology journal of 2,299 men found those with enough of the vitamin had more of the male sex hormone than those with less.[more...]
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By matt | Published: February 2, 2010
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Pressure to have the perfect physique is fuelling a “worrying” increase in steroid abuse across the North East, according to a drugs charity.
The Lifeline Project says it has seen a 60% annual increase in steroid users seeking help.
In the past year, 868 users from Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland contacted the organisation, compared with 539 in the previous 12 months.[more...]
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By matt | Published: February 2, 2010
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A new warning for patients who take heart medications along with herbal supplements: Experts from the Mayo Clinic say mixing the two may increase heart risk for some patients or increase the chance of dangerous side effects.
The study published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology showed Saint John’s Wort could make blood pressure and cholesterol pills less effective.
Ginkgo biloba, typically used to sharpen the mind, could interact with coumadin or aspirin to increase the risk of internal bleeding. [more...]
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By matt | Published: February 1, 2010
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By Kay Lazar
The Olympic drug police are preparing just as hard as the skiers, boarders, and skaters for the Vancouver Olympic Games, armed with more methods than ever to catch cheaters who try to inject or ingest their way to a gold medal.
But just as quickly as scientists develop sophisticated tests, athletes driven to win discover ways around them.
Antidoping authorities readily admit that cheating probably will occur, and that they won’t be able to detect it in all cases. Some of the most promising technologies for discerning banned performance-enhancement activities won’t be ready or in wide use for these Games, which begin next week. [more...]
