A selection of meth seized by the Pennington County Sheriff s Office s narcotics enforcement team in South Dakota.
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As rates of methamphetamine overdose soar in the United States, one of the biggest challenges for both people who use stimulants and clinicians is that there are no approved treatments for this type of addiction unlike the three medications authorized to treat opioid use disorders.
But in a new study, researchers found that a combination of two existing drugs one, a treatment for opioid addiction, and the other, an antidepressant can help some people who use methamphetamine regularly cut back. In a clinical trial, the researchers reported Wednesday, 13.6% of participants treated with the two drugs had repeated urine tests free of methamphetamine, compared to just 2.5% of those who were given placebos.
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The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation announced that seven scientists with novel approaches to fighting cancer have been named 2021 recipients of the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. Five initial grants of $400,000 over two years were awarded to early career scientists whose projects have the potential to significantly impact the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Each project will have the opportunity for up to two additional years of funding (four years total for $800,000). This year, Stage 2 continuation support was granted to two awardees who demonstrated significant progress on their proposed research during the first two years of the award.
The Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award funds cancer research by exceptionally creative thinkers with high-risk/high-reward ideas who lack sufficient preliminary data to obtain traditional funding. The awardees are selected through a highly competitive and rigorous process by a scientific committee
On This Day: 6 killed, 13 injured including Rep. Giffords in shooting
On Jan. 8, 2011, six people were killed and 13 others, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., were injured when a gunman armed with a semiautomatic pistol opened fire at a political meeting in Tucson.
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Pima County, Ariz., Sheriff s deputies stand guard at the entranceway to the assassination site one day after a gunman shot and killed six people incuding U.S District Judge John Roll and critically injured U.S Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson on January 8, 2011. File Photo by Gary C. Caskey | License Photo
On January 8, 2016, Mexican authorities captured Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, the Sinaloa drug cartel kingpin who led police on a months-long manhunt. File Photo by Jose Mendez/EPA
UT Southwestern Medical Center Elevates its Campus Parking Experience with a Park Assist Parking Guidance System
Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:54 PM
Park Assist, recently merged with TKH Security, has been awarded the Parking Guidance System (PGS) contract for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW Medical Center) in Dallas, Texas. UTSW is one of the premier academic medical centers in the nation. With over 15,000 employees and faculty and over 2.7 million outpatient visits per year, UT Southwestern is the largest medical school in the University of Texas System and the state of Texas. TKH Security (Park Assist) will install its proprietary camera-based M4 smart sensor system in the Clements Visitor Garage, one of 15 parking facilities on campus. This will be the first parking guidance system to be utilized on the UTSW campus.