European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page study diabetes Pill raises heart attack risk millions More taking diabetes drugs an Alert was issued monday that a widely prescribed diabetes sold As Vandia and is linked to a greater risk of heart the Only similar drug on the Market is sold As top diabetes drugs acts Vandia he Ava Damet sales 02 03 04 05 06 january through March source ims health a by Marilynn Marchione the associated press a widely used diabetes Pill raises the risk of heart attacks and possibly according to a scientific analysis that reveals what some experts Are calling another Viox like example of the government failing to protect the Public from an unsafe More than 6 million people worldwide have taken the sold As Vandia and since it came on the Market eight years ago to help control blood photos by Eric wildlife outreach specialist Nancy Brown walks a Trail at the Santa Ana wildlife Refuge near earlier this wildlife enthusiasts fear this site could be spoiled by the fences and adjacent roads the government plans to erect along the mexican Border Fence could harm environment Brown from a biological stand Point this area is really in some worry that the Barrier de scribed in some plans As triple layer Metal fencing will damage the tourism in by Lynn Brezosky the associated press Texas wildlife enthusiasts fear that the natural wonders of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas could be spoiled by the fences and roads the government plans to erect along the mexican Border to keep out illegal immigrants and environmentalists have spent decades acquiring and preserving acres of Texas scrub and Forest and protecting their now they fear the hundreds of Miles of Border fences will undo their work and kill some land Ani above an ocelot is on display at the Santa Ana below Mals by cutting them off from and on Flowers at the Rio the Only source Boca Conica of fresh Grande meets the Gulf of a Fence also could prevent Ani Mals from swimming across the water to mate with partners on the other if you have a Fence that runs several Miles if you Are a Tortoise or any animal that cant Fly Over or go through then you have a pretty Long distance that you have to go to get said Nancy Secretary Michael Chertoff has used his authority an outreach manager at the Santa Ana nato waive environmental regulations for Security tonal wildlife reasons in other and Knocke said he would the Rio Grande Valley contains 11 distinct eco do so in the Rio Grande Valley if Dusty along the Rio the wild reptiles and at least 500 species of Birds attract visitors from around the world who bring the impoverished re Gion million a de pending on How far Inland the Fence is it could create a no mans land North of the hurting while the department of Homeland Security has said it has not made final decisions on where the Fence will recent meetings with the Border patrol have wildlife officials convinced that some of the 70 Miles planned for the Rio Grande Val Ley will be erected on the string of wildlife refuges along the Bor Homeland Security spokes Man Russ Knocke said Environ mental concerns will be taken into account in the final Deci but Homeland Security sugar in people with the most common form of about 1 million americans use it pooled results of dozens of stud ies on nearly people revealed a 43 percent higher risk of heart attack for those taking Avan Dia compared to people taking other diabetes drugs or no diabetes according to the analysis published online Mon the published by the new England journal of medi also found a trend toward More hear related the findings Are frightening be cause two thirds of diabetics die of heart so a drug that boosts this possibility is especially hazardous for the actual risks to any sin Gle patient appear diabetics should talk to their doctors before stopping any medi said a statement issued by the american diabetes association and two groups of heart Doc Fra officials issued a safety Alert on monday and said they Likely would Convene an advisory but planned no immediate changes to the current Side effect warnings on the drugs package new Pill would mean the end of women menstrual bleeding by Linda Johnson the associated press women look ing for a simple Way to avoid their menstrual period could soon have Access to the first birth control Pill designed to let women suppress monthly bleeding the food and drug administration was expected to announce approval tuesday for by a drug from Wyeth which would be the first Pill to be taken a name meant to evoke would be the fourth new Oral contraceptive that Doest follow the Standard sched ule of 21 daily Active Fol Lowed by seven sugar pills a de sign meant to mimic a woman monthly among the Yaz and Loe Strin 24 shorten monthly periods to three Days or and an updated version of reduces them to four times a gynaecologists say Treyve been seeing a slow but steady increase in women asking How to limit and even Stop monthly surveys have found up to half of women would prefer not to have any most would pre Fer them less and a majority of doctors have prescribed contraception to prevent i think its the beginning of it being very said Leslie a University of Wash into Seattle obstetrician Gyne ecologist who runs a web site focused on suppressing Labrel you dont need a be while that can be done easily sometimes More cheaply by skipping the sugar pills or replacing birth control patches or Vagi Nal rings doctors say the trend is fuelled mainly by Advertis ing for the new they expect plenty for Lyarels july although based Wyeth says it will Market to doctors some women raise con Cerns about whether blocking Peri ods is Safe or dual purpose drugs some of the hormonal contraceptives that give women a Way to skip or shorten their periods sales of selected hormonal contraceptives in millions of dollars m 2005 Dep Provera 2006 j generic Dep Provera provided by manufacturer Loe Strin 24 no sales in 2005 in april december Only Mirena Yaz no sales in 2005 in augus december Only sources ims health Warner Chilcott a most doctors say theres no medical reason women need monthly bleeding and that it Trig Gers health problems from Ane Mia to epilepsy in Many they note women have been tink ering with nature since the and vent of birth control pills and now endure As Many As 450 compared with 50 or so in the Days when women spent most of their Fertile years pregnant or Mindy an of  in Little has Long advocated menstrual she has seen a big increase in the last year in patients asking about but has one concern that leads her to encourage younger women to take a break every 12 about 1 percent of Oral contraceptive users become preg Nant each and Young women taking continuous pills who have never been pregnant May not recognize the she they May not know it in time to do something about Wise Restin