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A new non-opioid pain reliever developed in Japan shows early success in clinical trials, offering hope for safer pain management. If effective, it could help curb the opioid crisis by providing a powerful alternative. Credit: Stock The discovery of a new painkiller offers relief with fewer side effects. Morphine and other opioids are commonly used in medicine because of their …

In what it describes as a “fiercely sought-after deal,” HBO has nabbed the rights to develop the nonfiction book The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces by investigative journalist and military veteran Seth Harp. The series will be executive produced by Harp along with Len Amato, through his company Crash&Salvage. The search for a writer/showrunner is …

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI) — Medical science continues to develop new and innovative ways to boost health and well-being, but a relatively old drug — metformin — may hold the key to human longevity and preventing life-threatening illness, experts told UPI. Used to treat Type 2 diabetes since the 1950s, metformin has in recent years been touted as a …

Facebook Tweet Email Link A US Coast Guard cutter on Monday unloaded a record haul of illegal drugs that, if it had made it to the streets, would represent around 23 million deadly doses of cocaine, the service said. The cutter Hamilton offloaded about 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, around …

US orders more ships to southern Caribbean with eye on drug cartels, sources say  Reuters Venezuela sends troops to Colombia border as US ships join cartel operation  Al Jazeera Venezuela mobilizes its militia after US says it’s deploying military forces to waters around Latin America  CNN Trinidad endorses warship deployment, will help U.S. if asked, prime minister says  Miami Herald Housewives, retirees in Venezuela …

For decades, scientists have debated how metformin, the world’s most widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug, actually works. A new study from Baylor College of Medicine reveals a surprising player: the brain. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists found that metformin acts in the brain through Rap1 to control blood sugar. This insight could lead to more precise diabetes treatments. Metformin has been …

AbbVie targets psychedelic-based depression drug market with $1.2 billion deal  Reuters AbbVie to Acquire Gilgamesh Pharmaceuticals’ Bretisilocin, a Novel, Investigational Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder, Expanding Psychiatry Pipeline  PR Newswire AbbVie wagers more than $1B on Gilgamesh’s psychedelic drug  Yahoo Finance AbbVie to buy Gilgamesh’s psychedelic drug for up to $1.2 billion  statnews.com AbbVie to buy psychedelic drug from partner Gilgamesh  Endpoints News Source link

Founder of Sinaloa Cartel Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking  The New York Times Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, who led Sinaloa cartel with ‘El Chapo,’ pleads guilty to trafficking in US  CNN Mexican drug lord ‘El Mayo’ pleads guilty to racketeering in New York  The Guardian ‘El Mayo’ Faces Life in Prison, Forfeits $15 Billion After Plea  Bloomberg.com Mexican drug lord ‘El …

Mexican drug lord, Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, has entered a guilty plea to two drug smuggling and conspiracy charges in a court in New York, bringing an end to one of the longest and most notorious criminal careers in the history of organised crime. Zambada was not just any drug lord. He was the founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, for …

Facebook Tweet Email Link New York AP  —  Former Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, saying he was sorry for helping to flood the U.S. with cocaine and other illicit substances. “I recognize the great harm illegal drugs have done to the people in the United States and Mexico,” he said …