| Report: Jose Guillen, Matt Williams bought performance-enhancing drugs
Williams was a five-time All-Star during his 17-year major league career with San Francisco, Cleveland and Arizona. He was playing for the Diamondbacks in 2002 when records indicate he purchased $11,600 worth of growth hormone, steroids and other drugs, the Chronicle reported.
Williams' final season in the majors was 2003.
The Chronicle reported that Williams, in an interview Monday, said a doctor advised him to try growth hormone to heal a severe ankle injury he sustained during spring training in 2002.
Williams is now a broadcaster for the Diamondbacks.
"We obviously just learned of this," team president Derrick Hall said in a statement Tuesday. "Matt informed us that a doctor recommended its use to help heal his ankle injury. It was a substance that he was not familiar with at the time, and according to him, did not like its effects after sampling.
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Baltimore tries to break free of Rust Belt image
Baltimore left the Rust Belt behind years ago, but local economic development marketers think the metro area has yet to shed the reputation of a struggling manufacturing hub.
They want to get out-of-town companies and locals to think of the Baltimore region as an equal of affluent Seattle, Denver and San Diego, rather than besieged Cleveland and Detroit, its historical peers.
The Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore, a nonprofit partnership between government and business to encourage economic growth, released a "progress report" last night that makes the argument by marshaling facts about changes in the Baltimore area since the start of the decade.
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Belfast buried under 21 inches of snow
Coastal areas bore the brunt of the storms with 7,700 power outages reported in Rockland, Brunswick and Portland areas, according to Central Maine Power Co., which generates electricity for 80 percent of Maine's population.The first storm New Years Eve dropped 10 inches of snow on Belfast, according to Robert Richards, director of the Department of Public Works, who measures the accumulation at the public works garage and transfer station on Congress Street.The second storm on New Years Day landed an additional 11 inches of snow on the city, Richards said. .
Behind the Edwards Surge: Right Message at the Right Time
Much was made of Illinois Senator Barack Obama's superb speech to a huge crowd of Iowa Democrats at the mid-November Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines. Without a doubt, it helped to propel Obama ahead of New York Senator Hillary Clinton in polls conducted in the weeks after the event. But Obama's speech in November may not turn out to be the definitional statement of the fight for Iowa. What could turn out to be the most critical comment of the campaign came from John Edwards in the last debate between the Democratic contenders — and the former senator from North Carolina may well claim the caucus-night victory that is the reward for delivering the right message at the right time. It wasn't a great rhetorical flourish. It wasn't even a new statement.
USA's Economic Disaster Tsunami Is Under Way. Ordinary Solutions Won't ...
Then the bankers repackaged the loans and lied to the buyers. The hedge funds took billions off the top, and left their holders with more paper lies. Like having a tenth mortgage based on a subprime note. When the subprime borrower stopped paying, all the other lies became exposed. Pure fraud, but again, acceptable under our laws. This is the price we pay for accepting lies. Even OpEdNews suffers, because as readers finally understand, they have little left to pay the messenger for the wonderful education. by EdUCate (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 162 comments) on Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 10:46:55 AM .
Aton Pharma Introduces Expanded Distribution of Lacrisert(R ...
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Aton Pharma, Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has launched an expanded, comprehensive distribution program that incorporates sampling, reimbursement assistance and patient education resources, for the dry eye medication Lacrisert(R) (hydroxypropyl cellulose ophthalmic insert). Lacrisert is a unique preservative-free, once-daily*, sustained release prescription insert that helps to retain moisture, stabilize the tear film, and lubricate the eye. "As part of Aton's mission to ensure patient access to important therapies, we have established supply chain and commercialization processes to make certain Lacrisert is well-supported and readily available to patients," said Michael G. Wells, Chief Executive Officer of Aton Pharma.
Organon's Asenapine Further Demonstrates Efficacy in Reducing Mania ...
VIENNA, Austria, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- New data show that asenapine -- a psychopharmacologic agent being developed by Organon -- is effective in treating acute manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder. These results, from two Phase III clinical studies, were presented this week at the 20th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) Congress. "The results of these clinical trials add to the body of evidence supporting the clinical efficacy and safety of asenapine," said Roger S. McIntyre, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto and Head of the Mood Disorders Psychopharmacology Unit at the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada. "The complex nature of bipolar disorders suggests that we should have many treatment options available to physicians and patients.
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