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Vulture Victims
aboutMyPlanet.com | August 20th 2008 by Bart Dabek
Vultures play an important role in ecosystem recycling. Feeding on carcasses, they clean up decaying material that would otherwise feed less-welcome scavengers. In recent years, it has become apparent that a veterinary drug, diclofenac, has been pois read more
Possible Counterfeit Drugs at Two Baltimore Pharmacies
Whole Food And More | August 15th 2008 by robin
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers who filled prescriptions at The Medicine Shoppe pharmacies located at 8035A Liberty Road and 5900 Reisterstown Road in Baltimore that they may have received drugs that were either expired or read more
Vultures, Diclofenac, Rabies, and Ecological unravelling
charliesbirdblog | August 14th 2008
A friend of mine just mailed me and asked me to blog about the latest research regarding the disappearance of India’s vultures. As it’s something I get particularly excised about I’m happy to do so. We’ve actually posted a num read more
Adjunctive diclofenac and spinal manipulation did not speed recov…
Evidence-Based Medical Blog | June 7th 2008 by Leandro Nunes Azevedo
Adjunctive diclofenac and spinal manipulation did not speed recovery of acute low back pain, published at Evidence-Based Medicine 2008;13:75. The review of EBM was based on the article published at Lancet 2007;370:1638–43.; which title and auth read more
Satwa Hampir Punah Egyptian Vulture
cegah satwa punah | May 28th 2008 by arif udc
Egyptian Vulture, lima spesies dari burung pemangsa, termasuk Egyptian, telah direklasifikasi ke tingkat keterancaman yang lebih tinggi semenjak tahun 2006. Asian Vultures, telah mengalami penurunan populasi secara drastis selama delapan tahun belaka read more
Planet Earth 2020
Crafty Green Poet | May 5th 2008
In this derelict valley where old satellite photos showthere were once forests and fertile plainsfarmers scratch a poor living and hide from packs of rabid dogs.Vultures once cleaned up the deadanimals that now pileacross the land. The last vulturesd read more
Indian Vultures to become extinct?
Its all about the world | May 4th 2008 by srini
Experts say that Indian Vultures may become extinct within a decade.Birdlife International says that a livestock drug continues to kill vultures after entering the food chain. The toxic substance Diclofenac enters the body of vultures through the dea read more
Loose Feathers #148
A DC Birding Blog | May 2nd 2008
American Black Duck / Photo by Steve Maslowski (USFWS)Bird news and linksContinuing research posits a chemical mechanism that helps birds navigate according to Earth's magnetic field. The finding is based on laboratory experiments and has not been co read more
Ora sotto accusa Moment e Voltaren
Abdumama ...Il Blog | February 12th 2008 by Abdumama
Tempi duri per chi soffre frequentemente di mal di testa, dolori reumatici o forti dolori mestruali e ricorre spessissimo agli antidolorifici. Dopo la messa al bando del Vioxx e di tutti i farmaci a base dello stesso t read more
The milk of human blindness
The Green Ogre | February 5th 2008
Hard to imagine that the near extinction of three species of Gyps vultures has to do with something mammalian.Milk.Medicine to mammals, toxin to vultures, the antibiotic drug Diclofenac was widely administered to livestock. When vultures fed on anima read more
Guardi che quella è una supposta, non una puntura!!
CastenasoForever | January 28th 2008
Io SPERO che facesse il finto tonto... invece credo proprio che non lo facesse...In breve mi trovo davanti a questo con- 1 antibiotico (ketek) in capsule- 1 anti-dolorifico (bentelan) in fiale per far le punture- 1 anti-infiammatorio/dolorifico (dicl read more
NEPAL TO SAVE VULTURES
¡Hasta la Victoria Siempre! | January 18th 2008 by Nigel Wintergreen
GOVERNMENT SAYS BREEDING PROJECT IS FOR THE BIRDSNepal will open its first vulture breeding centre to try to save the birds from extinction. Of the eight species of vultures found in Nepal, the white-rumped and slender-billed vultures are critically read more
Colorado State Study Finds Surpass Cream Beneficial to Both Treat…
Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog | January 16th 2008 by Fran
(Original text was provided by Colorado State University)FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University Equine Orthopaedic Research Center scientists have discovered that a topical cream may be the first cream available to both treat osteoarthritis and rel read more
Blame it on the PMS
something to talk about... | January 5th 2008 by morina
PMS really exists. I'm saying it to all those skeptics who think it's just an excuse for us women to behave madly. Hell! No it's not an excuse. The proof of this is my previous post. Today when I woke up with all the pain and all and I looked at my read more
New Topical Treatment for Osteoarthritis
Current Arthritis News and Research | December 18th 2007 by Timothy
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) medication, such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, and a newer one called celecoxib (which we wrote about yesterday, have been prescribed as oral medications for the treatment of arthritis pain. There are some conce read more
Arthritis Clinical Trial to Begin in Scotland
Current Arthritis News and Research | December 17th 2007 by Timothy
Pfizer pharmaceuticals, by way of an independent research grant, is funding a 3 year trial into the effectiveness of traditional non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, and a newer one called celecoxib. Pfize read more
Vultures
Crafty Green Poet | December 12th 2007
Scrawny necked, ugly birds of death,feeders on carrion and rotting things.Somewhere in Nepal,they leave their dead for you,on ice-cold mountainsides,and watch you take the flesh,the bones,the heart,the soulHeavenward.An article in the current issue o read more
Diclofenac - the “vulture-killing drug” - on sale in Africa
charliesbirdblog | November 1st 2007
Used by veterinarians to treat inflammation in cattle, Diclofenac is responsible for 99% population declines of three once common Asian vulture species in less than a decade. BirdLife has the details. [...] read more
The Indian vulture population has declined from between 20-40 mil…
Envirostats! | October 13th 2007 by Minh
This probably sounds like a rather uninteresting statistic very specific to India and vultures, not exactly two of the highest profile environmental concerns, but it is a fascinating story about how everything fits together and how cultural contexts read more
The Facts Of NSAIDs
Medpharm | September 29th 2007 by Farhan Khan
Pain and inflammation sometimes occur in a circadian rhythm (daily rhythmic cycle based on a 24 hour interval). Therefore NSAIDs may be more effective at certain times. NSAIDs are divided into two groups: those with plasma (blood) half-lives less tha read more
Voltaren Emulgel a must of school first aid kit
Students Corner | September 14th 2007 by Seena Vincent
Students are most prone to personal injuries in their daily life. The play grounds, the friendship meets are places for personal damages. A student’s life is much of a celebration in class rooms, play grounds an home. Their vigor and energy may for read more
Drug rehab for Asian vultures
Progressive Wednesday | April 26th 2007 by Progressive Wednesday
This comes out of Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine: In an effort to save its dwindling Asian vulture populations, India has announced it will ban veterinary use of the drug diclofenac. Lindsay Oaks of the Washington State Un read more
Arthritis Pain Killer
My home | April 11th 2007 by ika
Do you feel pain on your hinge ? Maybe you've got arthritis. But don't worry, because there are many treatment to reduce your pain. Two kind of treatment i.e farmacological or non-farmacological. The farmacological one is NSAID such as aspirin, k read more
Man lernt nicht aus
Mein Name ist Haase | February 26th 2007
Für alle Erkältungskranken mit schlecht durchlüfteten Neben-, Stirn- und Kieferhöhlen ( begründet durch zum Beispiel, wie in meinem Fall, einen Knick in der Nasescheidewand) ein Rat mit schönem Gruß von meinem HNO-Facharzt: Schleimlösende Mit read more
Cambodian Vulture Colony Discovered
Magnificent Frigatebird | February 15th 2007
A remote colony of about 100 Slender-Billed Vultures was discovered earlier this month by the Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia. The birds are critically endangered. A dramatic decline in vulture numbers is due to the use of diclofenac in cattle read more
Merck with Another Painkiller
FDA in the News | October 28th 2006
Merck is currently fighting the world's largest civil action suit over its COX-2 painkiller Vioxx, which is being blamed for causing heart failure, sometimes fatal. So far, the courts seem to agree with the patients and their families.However, Merck read more