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Betamethasone may improve prostate cancer radiation therapy: Study

A new study suggests that the common steroid betamethasone could be used to reduce unwanted side effects of radiation treatments for prostate cancer.

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Medina Spirit's ashes interred at Old Friends Farm

Mr. Blowen runs Old Friends Farm in Georgetown, which is the retirement home for former racehorses. It’s also the final resting place for many of them, a list that now includes Medina Spirit.

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Kendis Gibson and Lindsey Reiser Report-20210605-10:57:00

happening here. the second test, obviously this prompted the banning for baffert. medina spirit also not able to race today. but this also makes it much-more likely that medina spirit's title for the kentucky derby win will be stripped and go to the second-place finisher that day. but baffert has cited questioning the results, cited an anti fungal cream they had been applying to medina spirit. he says that could be the source of the betamethasone. they have asked for a third-party lab to analyze the results. baffert's attorneys have pointed to his long history in this sport and his hall of fame status. listen here. >> he only had two suspensions in a 46-year career and none in the last 25, 26 years. when you look at those individual particular issues, the facts and the evidence of those issues on many of them, mr. baffert has prevailed.

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The Betamethasone Fallout: Second Test Positive, Churchill Downs Bans Bob Baffert For Two Years, Win Bets On Mandaloun Won't Be Honored

The second set of Medina Spirit's blood test results, announced on June 2 by, are positive for betamethasone, raising a host of questions about the method of contamination. Churchill Downs banned the beleaguered trainer for two years. The bad news for Baffert is, the saga is now just beginning.

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New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar-20210603-10:43:00

in his career. can i just ask you how it seemed to some that baffert was blaming everyone else after the first failed test of medina spirit. listen. >> we didn't treat him with that. we don't even use that. contamination is the only way. the horse was not treated by anybody. and we're going to investigate who touched the horse, who was near him. >> you know. and then baffert blamed fake news and media here. he said no one ever treated him. the bottom line is the horse was treated with something that had betamethasone. >> what the horse was not given was an injection of betamethasone. this ointment and cream was prescribed by a veterinarian, and one of its ingredients turned out to be beta meth sohn. and to go back to one of your points earlier, we will be able to, i believe, scientifically prove this came from the cream and ointment because there are

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New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar-20210603-10:39:00

gram. >> only ten picograms is allowed. >> that's correct. but just because that that's the rule doesn't mean that it's a proper rule. and the reason why it's not a proper rule is that at that level, there would be zero pharmacology in a horse, zero. and it would have had no effect on this race. one thing you haven't heard and you will not ever hear is an equine pharmacologist come out and say that 21 picograms, 25 picograms would have any pharmacology in a horse. they're not going to say that because they can't say that. >> mr. robertson, yes or no, did the horse break the rules? was the amount of the drug beyond the rules? >> as i said, the kentucky rules do not allow the finding of any betamethasone. >> so, yes, it was beyond the rules. was bob baffert aware of the

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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt-20210603-00:41:00

to save others >> hey, can you hear me >> reporter: miguel almaguer, nbc news late today churchill downs suspending the trainer of kentucky derby winner medina spirit after the horse failed a second drug test here's meagan fitzgerald >> reporter: tonight churchill downs announcing famed trainer bob baffert suspended from entering a horse at the kentucky derby for the next two years after weeks of controversy around his horse, medina spirit, winner of the derby. >> medina spirit has won the kentucky derby! >> reporter: today a second blood test coming back positive for betamethasone, increasing the colt's risk of being stripped of his derby title >> it now kicks off the process of possibly having him disqualified and the money returned in the kentucky derby >> reporter: baffert >> it's not in the barn so there's no way that we gave it >> reporter: before walking it back and saying a topical ointment used on the horse may have contained the drug the trainer saying in a statement through his attorney that they expect "additional

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New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar-20210603-10:40:00

rules? >> yes, mr. baffert is aware of the rules. >> so he broke the rules. >> listen. let's be clear on another thing too, okay? the rules here are designed to prevent a horse from getting an injection of betamethasone -- that i don't think that that's true. the rules specifically state the amount of beta meth sohn in the blood. it doesn't matter the manner with which it appears in the blood. >> i respectfully disagree with you on that and the evidence will show the rules were related to the injection of betamethasone and failed to address how the betamethasone got into the horse here, which was through an ointment and cream that was used to treat a dermatological condition. >> i understand that's what you're saying here. you're going to have a hard time

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New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar-20210603-10:38:00

in broad strokes generally, you know, this has been a very difficult time for mr. baffert. he has worked hard all of his life and has achieved the pinnacle of the sport. basically bob baffert is the michael jordan of horse racing. to now have, you know, his life's work questioned the way that it has has been very difficult. >> look. bottom line is the second test came back and the levels of betamethasone were too high, right? you don't dispute that the betamethasone levels were higher than the lab. >> kentucky's rules do not allow beta meth sohn on any horse on race day. they foenlund 20 picograms. >> i think it was 25. >> correct. a picogram is a trillionth of a

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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt-20210603-00:42:00

testing to confirm the presence of the betamethasone was from the topical ointment otomax and not an injection. >> the initial decision will be made by a three-member stewards panel at churchill downs. from there he can appeal whatever the decision is. >> reporter: a three-member panel at churchill downs will determine if medina spirit keeps the winning title, but baffert can always appeal that decision kate >> all right, meagan, thank you. and more big news from the world of sports legendary duke university coach mike krzyzewski plans to retire next year he is the winningest coach in division 1 men's basketball history, leading the blue devils to five national titles. now to the crisis at the border. nbc news getting rare access with border patrol agents trying to manage the record migrant surge. the biden administration insists the border is closed, but our team found a very different story julia ainsley reports. >> reporter: it's nighttime in the rio grande valley. these are some of the record number of migrants border patrol

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