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As the week draws to a close I find that I'm ready for that day of rest to get back to the Monday attitude and keep my brain and body healthy. How about you? Did you know that proper rest is necessary to having a healthy mind and body? Yes, it is extremely important in this day of stress and pleasure driven anxieties... Get at least one full day of rest and relaxation! Change of pace from the normal day will work...

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Court Says OxyContin Patent Is Invalid
By BARRY MEIER
June 8, 2005

A federal appeals court found yesterday that Purdue Pharma had deliberately misled the government to win patent protection for its powerful painkiller OxyContin. The ruling, which makes patents on the drug not enforceable, opens the door to increased generic competition, as well as potentially huge legal awards against Purdue.

The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington is a victory for Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, which is seeking to market a generic form of OxyContin.

Shares of Endo, based in Chadds Ford, Pa., closed yesterday at $24.63, up $4.60. Purdue Pharma is privately held.

OxyContin is a time-release formulation of a long-used narcotic known as oxycodone. Over the last five years, its annual sales have averaged about $1.5 billion. The drug also gained notoriety because it was widely abused.

Purdue Pharma, a company based in Stamford, Conn., said yesterday that it believed that it had properly obtained patent protection for OxyContin and that it planned to seek to have the court's full panel of 12 judges hear an appeal.

"Purdue believes that the court's decision is contrary to principles of patent law," the company said.

Yesterday's appellate decision surprised some analysts and lawyers because it upheld the most critical and damaging portion of a trial court ruling against Purdue Pharma last year.

The ruling last year, by Judge Sidney H. Stein of United States District Court in Manhattan, found that Purdue Pharma had intentionally deceived patent officials to secure OxyContin's patent by implying that the company had clinical evidence to show that OxyContin was easier for doctors to use to control pain, when in fact such data did not exist.

That finding of "inequitable conduct" invalidated Purdue's patent. The three-judge appeals panel also found, in reviewing the facts of the case, that Purdue had "failed to disclose material information that was inconsistent with its arguments for patentability."

The financial consequence of the decision could be significant for Purdue. Currently, 65 lawsuits have been filed by insurers and others seeking to force the drug maker to disgorge "monopoly," or excessive, profits as a result of the improper patent and the higher prices OxyContin commanded as a result of it.

Any damages awarded against Purdue in those cases could be substantial because OxyContin is an expensive drug and because the law allows for a potential tripling of any awards in such cases as a way of penalizing a manufacturer.

The Romantic Fruit

This fruit is probably the most used fruit for romantic interludes. Some chocolate covered others simply fresh? Little do they know how healthy strawberries are... This time of year will find this romantic fruit in our home, but not for long. We have a small strawberry patch but gives us a bowl full every week or so and taste so much sweeter than the ones I buy in the store. Of course they have no fertilizers, chemicals or pesticides on them which doesn't detract from the taste or nutrients.

This time of year Strawberries make their way onto may tables in the form of strawberry pie, shortcake and mixed with other fruits as smoothies or pureed and added to fruit punch the rest of the year. Making for a great sweets treat year round when frozen. Our grandkids love the berries frozen whole to eat like candy, which makes for a healthy body and strong teeth as well as regular bowel habits.

Strawberries contain these teeny tiny seeds that make up their mystic and crunchiness. These berries carry a huge portion of antioxidants. The nutrients known to prevent and/or kill cancers of various types. Loaded with minerals and vitamins that is healthy for every body!

Berries of many kinds have been used for centuries as a diarrhea and anemia treatment. Leading me to believe berries and in this instance strawberries are very important in preventing problems.

Horticulturists have always known that a seed holds the embryo of new life. Scientists are confirming that berry seeds contain high levels of life prolonging Essential Fatty Acids or EFA?s, just as effective as other EFA bearing nuts and fish, known to be an effective protection against heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Alternative Medicine has always said that health starts in the Intestinal system with absorbing while disseminating nutrients through out the body, as well as the intestinal systems ability to move along toxins before they can damage the body, and the faster this happens the better for your health. Speedy removal of toxins and dissemination of nutrients happen when the intestines contain the proper amounts of probiotic bacteria and the proper fiber is introduced, and these tiny little seeds move things along swiftly.

EFA's and Your Health

Essential fatty acids (EFA) found in berry seeds are linoleic, alpha linolenic and oleic acids. EFA's are abundant in the seed oil of berries. Also is a very rich source of alpha and gamma tocopherol as well as y-tocopherol. This tocopherol or Vitamin E rich composition is said to be important in the prevention of degenerative disease such as diabetes. Previous testing established the presence of ellagic acid, a cancer fighting polyphenolic, found and concentrated primarily in the teeny tiny seeds of the berries. Medical research programs studying ellagic acid and demonstrated its ability to inhibit the number and size of chemically induced tumors of the esophagus of rats. (Stoner and Mukhtar, 1995).

Fresh strawberries have a delicious naturally sweet taste but there's only about 50 calories in a whole cup! Strawberries are highly nutritious. Eight medium size fresh berries contains about 150% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C and 20% of folate. They're also high in potassium and a good source of dietary fiber.

Choose strawberries with a bright red color and fresh green caps. Since strawberries do not continue to ripen after they've been picked, don't buy berries that are partly white and unripe. The size of a strawberry is not a factor in determining the sweetness or taste. That's determined by the variety of strawberry, weather and growing conditions, and the degree of ripeness when picked. Fully ripe berries, large or small will be equally sweet and flavorful.

Do not wash fresh strawberries or remove the caps until you're ready to eat them or use them in a recipe. Store strawberries in a covered container in the refrigerator and use them as soon as possible after you buy them. To wash strawberries, place them in a large strainer or colander and rinse with cool water. Remove their green caps with the point of a paring knife or gently twist and pull them off.

Fresh Strawberry Pie

1 quart strawberries - washed and hulled
1 T. lemon juice
1/2 cup sugar
1 T. cornstarch
1 baked pie shell
whipped cream or whipped topping

Preparation -
Crush 1 cup strawberries in a food processor or blender. Pour the crushed berries in a saucepan. Add the lemon juice, sugar, & cornstarch. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture is thickened and clear. Remove from heat & chill. Fill pie shell with whole strawberries and when mixture has cooled pour over strawberries or you can add the strawberries to cooled mixture then pour into pre-baked pie shell. Chill for 1 to 2 hours before serving. Top individual servings with whipped cream or whipped topping. Enjoy!

Sadly food alone will not do the trick as it would in centuries past so we can't rely totally on our food intake, because of the lack of nutrients in our soils and the pollutants added in the form of air pollution, pesticides and fertilizers. Read the 1936 Report Click Here

Lena

Exercise Greatly Boosts Breast Cancer Survival

Previous findings have indicated regular physical activity reduces the risk of developing a number of diseases, including heart disease and various forms of cancer. Recent research, however, has taken the benefits of exercise a step further ...

Breast cancer patients who exercised moderately -- three to five hours a week -- reduced their odds of dying from the disease by about half, compared to sedentary women. In fact, according to the study's lead researcher, breast cancer patients have little to lose and much to gain from exercise.

These findings fuel the fire that healthy lifestyle factors, such as eating right and exercising regularly, induce significant health benefits.

The Study: Exercise Benefits

Researchers studied nearly 3,000 breast cancer patients, tracking their health and exercise habits for up to 18 years.

After following the women through 2002, researchers discovered any amount of weekly exercise increased a patient's odds of surviving breast cancer; the benefit remained steady regardless of whether women were diagnosed early or after their cancer had spread. Further:

Women who exercised for one hour to less than three hours a week had a risk of death from breast cancer that was about 20 percent lower than those who exercised less.

Only 20 out of 335 women who exercised three to five hours a week died from breast cancer.

Physical exercise was particularly beneficial to those with hormone-responsive breast cancer, the most common form of the cancer.

Journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 293, No. 20: 2479-2486

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US Official Edited Global Warming and Emission Link - Report
June 9, 2005

WASHINGTON - A White House official who previously worked for the American Petroleum Institute has repeatedly edited government climate reports in a way that downplays links between greenhouse gas emissions and global warming, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Philip Cooney, chief of staff for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, made changes to descriptions of climate research that had already been approved by government scientists and their supervisors, the newspaper said, citing internal documents.
The White House denied that Cooney had watered down the impact of global warming.

"That's false," spokesman Scott McClellan said. "The reports are based on the best scientific knowledge that we have at this time."

The newspaper said it had obtained the documents from the Government Accountability Project, a nonprofit group that provides legal help to government whistle-blowers.

The group is representing Rick Piltz, who resigned in March from the office that coordinates government research and issued the documents that Cooney edited, the Times said.

The newspaper said Cooney made handwritten notes on drafts of several reports issued in 2002 and 2003, removing or adjusting language on climate research.

White House officials told the newspaper the changes were part of a normal interagency review of all documents related to global environmental change.

"All comments are reviewed, and some are accepted and some are rejected," Robert Hopkins, a spokesman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy told the newspaper.

In a memo sent last week to top officials dealing with climate change at a dozen agencies, Piltz charged that "politicization by the White House" was undermining the credibility and integrity of the science program.

REUTERS NEWS SERVICE