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Liv-A-Littles are healthy and natural treats for dogs and cats. Halo uses only high quality, human-grade, chemical-free ingredients. Available in chicken, beef, and salmon. USDA Approved 100% meat freeze-dried treats are the perfect snack, reward or food topper for your cat or dog.
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Ingredients - Freeze-Dried Whole Chicken
Guaranteed AnalysisCrude Protein (min) 80%Crude Fat (min) 3.0%Crude Fiber (min) 1.0%Moisture (max) 4%
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Guaranteed AnalysisCrude Protein (min) 70%Crude Fat (min) 10.0%Crude Fiber (min) 0.5%Moisture (max) 4%
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Excellent Special Treat
By Moose
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Comments about Halo Liv-A-Littles Freeze-Dried Meat Treats:
The expense is worth it. Excellent treat to keep around for a special, loving treat, including after administering meds, for training, and/or when kitty is not feeling or eating well. Great product!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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I am currently eating these. SO GOOD
By weird freak
from connecticut
Okay my aunt gives these to her cats and dogs and they all love it. Sometimes I give them out to the pets just for a little treat. I always thought, holy swiss cheese these things look good. So I took a bite. They taste just like a yummy piece of chicken...this is super weird...I am eating a jar of them right now...TASTY
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Merchant response: It's raw- so not intended for humans since our GI tract is MUCH longer!
Cat Loves These, & You Can Freeze Them
By Beth K.
from DeLand, FL
I keep these in the freezer so they'll keep much longer. I get out a few pieces, cut them into much smaller pieces, put them in her food dish & add a little water. I use them as a treat, and she gobbles them up every time. Adding water doesn't seem to be a problem. Cats are supposed to have plenty of water with dry food, and she's not a big drinker.
A healthy treat they love
By Ten Cats
from Northern Cambria, PA
Finally I found a healthy treat for my cats that they love to eat! I had tried to find a healthy treat to give my cats to get them off what I considered junk food treats, but never found any they loved as much until these. Some of my cats were getting food allergy reactions from the junk food treats because of the ingredients, so not only do I feel better giving them these treats, so do they.
cat loved loved loved these
By cherie
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The only problem was my cat stole the package off the table and took it under the bed and ate the whole thing....so keep it locked up! They just love this stuff.
A healthy treat they actually like!
By Rockymax
from Northern NJ
My furkids like the chicken, even my extremely fussy eater who usually snacks on King Crab legs! They are really messy, since you have to break them into small pieces & you get white powdery residue all over, but thats a small price to pay for a healthy treat that they will actually eat.
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my cats LOVE them
By Sheila
from San Ramon CA
I first began using these treats at cat shows for the cat I was showing. I sprinkle bits on top of canned cat food for a particular spay that is "picky" and she eats all of her food. Four get some at the end of the day as a treat!
Its like candy to cats!!!!!!!!
By sandrini
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My cats can't get enough of this stuff. I have 4 indoor cats and all but 1 love this stuff. It crumbles great onto of food or just by itself.
My cats love these treats!
By feline lover
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The only way I can get my cats to come in at night is to ask them if they wants "treats".They come running!
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from Texas
One of my cats eats anything...by my finicky eater only eats Halo Liv-a-Little. They love it. I just say treat and they come running! Don't know what I would do without this treat! It is healthy and easy to eat!
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Underway Monday morning, following this weekend's rough round of storms, falling trees and rising water are causing problems throughout metro Atlanta neighborhoods.Before sunrise, crews in metro Atlanta, including the Buckhead community, stayed incredibly busy cleaning up the mess of debris caused by fallen trees. In Stone Mountain, on Goldsmith Drive, a large tree crashed down overnight onto a truck.Fortunately, despite the damage, no one was inside of the vehicle at the time.Resident Elizabeth Smithgall said, "We heard a loud noise. It sounded like something had happened outside, fallen into our neighbor's yard."Elizabeth's words echoed reports of damage caused by severe weather from all around metro Atlanta. In the case of a fallen tree on Ridgeland Way in Buckhead, the tree and its limbs didn't damage property. But, that wasn't quite the case in northeast Atlanta.A local resident said, "When I went outside, I just saw that tree from across the street… actually smashed my car."The 100-year-old tree fell around about 2 a.m. Sunday. It fell down on wires and cars near 7th Street and Penn Avenue – just before the owners said they had a chance to cut it down.On Collier Road at Overbrook Drive, a tree fell across the roadway, knocking down power lines. It left quite a mess for Georgia Power crews to clean up.But, it was flood water – not fallen trees – that slowed these drivers down in DeKalb County. High standing water can easily be seen from South Hairston Road and Covington Highway as drivers plowed through trying to stall or get stuck.Residents of a Cobb County apartment community are being forced to stay somewhere else for a third straight day. On Saturday, the foundation of their building at the Ivy Ridge Apartments washed out due to heavy rain. They were evacuated by firefighters a short time later because of fears that the building would actually collapse.
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You wouldn't think grey rubber rain boots would be a fashion statement but you'd be wrong in Paris...
The windows at HELLO KITTY were full of grey... HELLO KITTY! Are you kidding me? Hey! do not turn up your nose. This shop is on Place Vandome down from THE RITZ. I admit I was a bit surprised too...ahem
The layered look toute en gris
It's all over this town up the whazoo. The KEY accessory is a metalic leather bag/sac...
Note this gold number with the grey stripped scarf flung over it...
Just stitch on a few odd buttons (grey of course) and you've got a fashion statement par excellance.
Or you could mix your metalics...plenty of flats are still out there.
Should I buy this one? Pas cher either - maybe 45 or 65 Euros. I forget which. I also forget where I took this picture :(
This was the piece de resistance of my GREY research and a "stolen shot" on the Metro too! A bag made entirely of pop can openers!
Tres chic non?
I had Sunday tea with another blogger at Dalloyau.
She's lived in Paris a few years, put forth an interesting point:
Americans come to Paris and desperately want to dress like the French. And Americans desperately want to pass as French. I was of course, wearing my correctly knotted French scarf + a ton of grey/gris, while she was wearing a white cable knit V-neck "tennis" sweater = very AMERICAN! Naturally the whole world wants to dress "FRENCH" but what do you think of this phenomenon?


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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - The Wisconsin Justice Department will enact a second round of emergency rules next week to make sure it can continue to issue concealed carry permits.
The rules put in place last year will expire next Saturday.
The agency has drafted a set of permanent regulations, but they need to be approved by the state Legislature. But neither the Senate nor Assembly have acted on the rules.
Leadership says that action will be taken when the new session starts next month.
The emergency rules don't need legislative approval.
As of two weeks ago, the state had issued a little over 143 thousand rules on issuing concealed carry permits.


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With Kenneth King out as chief judge at Detroit's 36th District Court, the question now is who will take his place? Aside from that, what is the long term plan for the court?
Judge Michael Talbot was appointed to fix the court's financial woes, including a $5 million budget shortfall.
"It's either one of the two. Either he really doesn't know what he's doing, or this is part of a bigger plan," King said.
He said that larger plan is to dissolve 36th District Court. He believes the writing is on the wall from the roughly 100 layoffs to the possible closure of the Probation Department, not to mention the newly formed out of county collection program.
"They're advertising in other district courts that you can collect on Detroit tickets and give Detroit half the money," King said. "This all appears to be some kind of scheme to dissolve our court. I pray to God that I'm wrong."
It may sound far fetched, but it happened with the Recorder's Court in 1997.
Fox 2 Legal Analyst Charlie Langton said dissolving the court would be disastrous.
"Detroit needs to have its own court. There's plenty of work to keep Detroiters busy, and when you go on a jury in Detroit, you want Detroiters," he said. "That's why Detroit should just keep its court."
"I would suspect that there are a lot of judges that want to be chief judge of the 36th District Court, but the key, though, is what judge can work with Michael Talbot."
"He is making administrative orders without the input of the duly elected officials," said Ray Paige.
The attorney has practiced in 36th District Court for 25 years. He has never seen morale so low.
"What difference does it make. As long as you got Michael Talbot there and the Supreme Court dictating policy, it doesn't matter who the successor might be," Paige said.
Talbot would not comment on King's removal or the long term plans for the court. However, a spokeswoman for the state Supreme Court said there are no plans to dissolve 36th District Court and no timetable for appointing a successor to King.
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Genetic Variant May Protect Against Breast Cancer
A consortium of breast cancer researchers reports that a variation in the gene caspase-8 (CASP8) may offer modest protection against the disease. This is the first common genetic variant to be definitively linked to breast cancer, and the researchers believe many others will follow in the years ahead.
The Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), an international group of about 20 research teams that includes scientists from NCI, made the discovery. Formed in 2005, the Consortium examines genetic associations reported in the scientific literature by pooling data from many studies, including unpublished findings. Read more
NCI Budget Update
Last Tuesday I gave members of the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) an update on the status of NCI's budget that I'd like to share with the entire cancer community.
Currently, NCI - like many other government agencies supported by the discretionary part of the Federal Budget - is operating under a continuing resolution (CR) which expires on February 15. A CR means current NCI operations are running at fiscal year (FY) 2006 budget levels. The House of Representatives has already passed a revised CR that would cover the remainder of FY2007. That bill will now be considered by the Senate and Congress is expected to pass a new CR under which the government will operate for the remainder of FY2007. Read more
Genetic Variant May Protect Against Breast Cancer
A consortium of breast cancer researchers reports that a variation in the gene caspase-8 (CASP8) may offer modest protection against the disease. This is the first common genetic variant to be definitively linked to breast cancer, and the researchers believe many others will follow in the years ahead.
The Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), an international group of about 20 research teams that includes scientists from NCI, made the discovery. Formed in 2005, the Consortium examines genetic associations reported in the scientific literature by pooling data from many studies, including unpublished findings.
The findings appeared online in Nature Genetics on February 11.
To assess CASP8, the researchers used data on 33,000 women from 14 studies. They found an 11-percent reduction in breast cancer risk among women with a single CASP8 variant, and a 26-percent reduction among women with two copies of the variant.
"Our results indicate that, while many reported genetic associations are spurious false-positives, some associations can be substantiated given a sufficiently large study," says Dr. Douglas F. Easton of Cancer Research UK Genetic Epidemiology Unit and a Consortium leader.
Mutations in genes such as BRCA1 account for less than 25 percent of the inherited risk of breast cancer. The remainder likely comes from more common genetic variants that individually confer relatively small amounts of risk.
Such variants are thought to play a role in many common diseases. But most single epidemiological studies lack the statistical power required to identify them.
"This study provides proof of principle that consortia like the BCAC are valuable for understanding the contributions of genetic factors in complex diseases," says Dr. Montserrat Garcia-Closas of NCI's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and a lead author.
To date, the Consortium has examined about 20 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). SNPs are locations in the genome where a single unit of DNA may vary from one person to the next.
The researchers caution that epidemiological data cannot prove that the SNP in CASP8, called D302H, is causing the reduced risk. They are investigating nearby variants, as well.
D302H is estimated to be present in 13 percent of women of white European ancestry. The new results will lead to studies of CASP8 in other ethnic groups.
The report has no immediate implications for women. But it suggests that researchers could use the same approach to identify panels of common genetic variants that collectively influence a woman's risk.
"A better understanding of the biology of breast cancer is likely to come from the identification of these variants and future studies that investigate the mechanisms underlying the associations," says Dr. Garcia-Closas.
CASP8 is involved in programmed cell death, a defense mechanism that allows cells to commit suicide rather than develop into a tumor. One hypothesis about D302H is that the variant may enhance the body's ability to clear cancerous cells.
The Consortium examined other genes, as well. They found some support for an association between breast cancer risk and a variant in the transforming growth factor gene TGFB1, which helps regulate the growth of cells, among other things.
Numerous variants are likely to be identified in the coming years from genome-wide association studies, says Dr. Jeffery P. Struewing in the Laboratory of Population Genetics at NCI's Center for Cancer Research and a co-author on the study.
Given how few genes have been examined in depth to date, Dr. Easton predicts that large numbers of breast cancer susceptibility variants will eventually be found.
"International collaboration is absolutely essential for these association studies to be successful," he adds. This study included women from 13 countries.
By Edward R. Winstead
NCI Budget Update
Last Tuesday I gave members of the National Cancer Advisory Board (NCAB) an update on the status of NCI's budget that I'd like to share with the entire cancer community.
Currently, NCI - like many other government agencies supported by the discretionary part of the Federal Budget - is operating under a continuing resolution (CR) which expires on February 15. A CR means current NCI operations are running at fiscal year (FY) 2006 budget levels. The House of Representatives has already passed a revised CR that would cover the remainder of FY2007. That bill will now be considered by the Senate and Congress is expected to pass a new CR under which the government will operate for the remainder of FY2007.
We have been working since last spring to prepare for the FY2007 budget, using the President's 2007 budget proposal, which called for a $40 million, or 0.8 percent, decrease over NCI's 2006 appropriation. This 0.8 percent decrease, plus the percentage decrease which results from inflation, has forced NCI to target reductions of at least an average of 5 percent. The NCI Executive Committee (EC) conducted an exhaustive portfolio review to identify areas where costs could be reduced or programs phased out, with the goals of accounting for the decreased revenues and creating a pool of money that could be redeployed to new and existing high-priority initiatives or projects.
The EC also completed a comprehensive review of the Office of the Director, which includes almost all of NCI's support structure, with a view to downsizing those programs, as well.
The EC's efforts established a redeployment pool of $60 million. The EC has, by consensus, identified the highest priority programs to receive these redeployment dollars.
However, if there is a CR for the entire FY2007, there may be substantial changes to the budget. For example, the House-passed CR has some important differences from the CR under which we are currently operating, namely, a $620 million increase for NIH over FY2006. It also includes language directing NCI and other Institutes and Centers (ICs) to retain funds that otherwise would have been directed to the NIH Roadmap and elsewhere, and covers part of the cost-of-living increases for federal employees. It further directs the ICs to spend half of the retained funds on competing Research Projects Grants (RPGs) and first-time applicants, setting targets for each.
If these changes are maintained in the bill passed by the Senate, it would provide a slight increase in NCI's 2007 budget over 2006, which would increase the payline and the number of competing RPGs we could fund. Thus, it is possible that NCI will fund approximately 1,310 competing grants in FY2007, an increase of 30 awards. Further details will be provided once the FY2007 budget has been enacted.
NCI's FY2006 Roadmap contribution was to be $43 million. This, plus the approximately $3 million previously tapped for other uses and the added cost-of-living adjustment dollars, would mean that NCI could have as much as $46 million in FY2007. While we needed $200 million just to stay even, these additional funds will help to address some critical needs.
Even though the FY2007 budget is not final, last week the President's FY2008 budget was announced. The NIH President's Budget (PB) request is $28.85 billion, which represents an increase. However, the FY2008 PB request for NCI is $4.78 billion, which is 0.2 percent less than all of the FY2007 budget scenarios. NCI is one of four ICs receiving a decrease and once again we will need to plan for budget reductions for FY2008.
The next step in the process is the House Appropriations Hearing. I am scheduled to accompany Dr. Zerhouni when he testifies on March 6.
As I told the NCAB, there is no question that we have more opportunities than resources to fund them. We are committed to appropriately managing the resources we have and to leveraging those resources by working with partners in the public and private sector.
NCI will continue to make its funding decisions based on science, not target measures of success rates or paylines. Where there is good science, we will do everything we can to support it and ensure the continued progress the cancer community and the American people have come to expect. Nothing less would be acceptable.
Dr. John E. Niederhuber
Cancer Remains More Lethal to African Americans
"African Americans have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial and ethnic group in the U.S. for most cancers," reports the American Cancer Society in Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2007-2008. The report cites a number of factors based in economic and social gaps that may contribute to the disparity, including access to insurance, health care, and health education.
The report comes in the context of the second consecutive year of declining cancer deaths, a trend for the overall U.S. population that also applies to the 13 percent who are African American. However, the inequity between whites and African Americans persists, with black men facing a 35-percent greater risk of death from cancer than white men, and black women 18 percent more likely to die of cancer than white women. More than 62,000 African Americans are expected to die of cancer in 2007.
The report also details statistics on risk factors and the use of screening tests, as well as the cancer sites that are most threatening. Lung cancer is the leading killer of both African Americans and whites, though it is more common among African American men and is increasing among African American women. Colorectal cancer strikes African Americans of both sexes more frequently than their white counterparts and is more lethal, as well. Black women are far less likely to have breast cancer than white women, yet far more likely to die from it.
Hematopoietic Drugs During Chemo May Raise Leukemia Risk
To address the diminished supply of white blood cells that results from chemotherapy, patients can receive granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSFs) or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors (GM-CSFs) during treatment. A study led by researchers from Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, published February 7 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), shows that these stimulating factors may be linked to an increased risk of subsequent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
The cohort study included 5,501 women aged 65 or older who had received chemotherapy within 12 months of their breast cancer diagnosis. The researchers examined retrospective patient-chart data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program, as well as claims from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
They found that women who received either G-CSFs or GM-CSFs were twice as likely to develop AML or MDS as women who did not receive the drugs. The overall incidence, however, was rare: 1.8 percent versus 0.7 percent within 48 months of the treatment.
The authors warn that it's not clear whether these factors caused the leukemia, or whether the higher doses of chemotherapy that often require G-CSFs or GM-CSFs for recovery are to blame, but they note that the risk should be considered for older patients and that more research is needed.An accompanying editorial goes further: "Only when such studies are coupled to genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism analysis or comparable approaches to identify genes involved in leukemia predisposition will it be possible to predict whether G-CSF treatment of normal hematopoietic stem cell donors or cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy should be avoided in certain individuals."
Heart Attack Mortality Risk Increased After Hodgkin Disease Treatment
British researchers found that patients with Hodgkin disease who were treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy regimens had an increased risk of death from myocardial infarction, according to study results published in the February 7 JNCI.
Dr. Anthony J. Swerdlow of the Institute for Cancer Research in Sutton, UK, and colleagues conducted a collaborative cohort study of 7,033 patients who were registered between November 1, 1967, and September 30, 2000, in the clinical databases of the British National Lymphoma Investigation, the Royal Marsden Hospital, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, and Christie Hospital.
The researchers examined the myocardial infarction mortality risk associated with four treatment regimens: chemotherapy with supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy, chemotherapy without supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy, chemotherapy without supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy or anthracyclines, and radiotherapy without anthracyclines.
Myocardial infarction accounted for 166 of 2,424 cohort deaths, which was more than expected. The mortality risk associated with myocardial infarction was 2.5 times that of the general population of England and Wales. Researchers also found that risks were increased significantly for patients who had been treated with supradiaphragmatic radiotherapy or with anthracyclines or vincristine. However, these results may not reflect the risks for patients currently being treated for Hodgkin disease, as several of the treatments analyzed in this study are no longer in use.In an accompanying editorial, Dr. John D. Boice, Jr., of the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, MD, wrote, "One challenging aspect of the analyses, however, was that so many patients receive both radiotherapy and different combinations of chemotherapy that it is difficult to tease out the contribution of a single agent."
Many Advanced Cancer Patients in Phase I Trials Using CAM
More than one-third of advanced cancer patients enrolled in phase I clinical trials reported using "biologically based" complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) such as vitamins and supplements, a new study reports. The finding, the study's authors argue, suggests that CAM use could be compromising the results of phase I trials.
"We believe our results have potentially serious consequences with regard to the reliability of early phase trial results," wrote lead author Dr. Christopher K. Daugherty and colleagues from the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center.
To conduct the study, the researchers interviewed 212 patients with advanced cancer enrolled in phase I clinical trials at their institution - 80 percent of all patients participating in phase I studies there. Patients were interviewed about their use of biologically based CAM. Of the 72 patients who admitted to using such products, approximately half reported taking vitamins and minerals such as vitamins A, C, D, E, selenium, and zinc; the remainder took herbal preparations such as cat's claw, St. John's wort, and echinacea.
CAM users were younger than nonusers, they found, with a median age of 55 years for users compared to 62 for nonusers. In addition, patients with more pessimistic views of their prognosis were more likely to report CAM use.
Among the authors' chief concerns about CAM use by patients in phase I trials is their potential to "affect the reliability" of toxicity data. They pointed to the examples of St. John's wort and high-dose vitamin C, both of which "are known to have potentially significant interactions with chemotherapy."
They called for patients being considered for phase I trials to be closely questioned about CAM use. They also suggested excluding patients known to be taking CAM from phase I trials of experimental agents "because they create unknown risks to themselves and other potential trial participants, and lead to potentially unreliable clinical data."
FDA Clears Test to Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a diagnostic test, for use in conjunction with other clinical information and laboratory tests, to assess the recurrence risk for women with early-stage, lymph node-negative breast cancer. The clearance is the first in a category of diagnostic device called an in vitro diagnostic multivariate index assay (IVDMIA).
The test - MammaPrint, developed by the Netherlands-based Agendia - predicts the likelihood of breast cancer returning within 5 to 10 years after a woman's initial cancer diagnosis, based on a microarray analysis of a panel of 70 genes in a sample from a patient's tumor.
The approval follows earlier studies - including a validation study involving more than 300 women published last September in JNCI - that showed gene signature scores on MammaPrint were predictive of time to distant metastases and overall survival.
NCI is sponsoring a trial called TAILORx that will use the results of a similar test, Oncotype DX, that measures the activity of a 21-gene panel in tumor samples from women with early-stage, estrogen receptor-positive, node-negative, invasive breast cancer to assign participants to their treatment regimen.
Unlike MammaPrint, explains Dr. Sheila Taube from the NCI Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, Oncotype DX has been tested on samples from clinical trials and shown to predict the likelihood of a patient benefiting from certain types of chemotherapy as well as of breast cancer recurrence.
Agendia applied for FDA clearance for the MammaPrint test even though it was not required to do so. However, FDA recently released a draft guidance document that suggested tests like MammaPrint and Oncotype DX may require formal FDA approval. Genomic Health, which developed Oncotype DX, currently offers the test under so-called home brew rules that don't require FDA clearance as long as samples are only being tested at a single, company-operated laboratory. The MammaPrint test also is currently conducted only at a single, company-operated laboratory.
Tumor Profiling Moves Closer to the Clinic
A new method of identifying certain cancer-causing mutations in tumors could make it possible for physicians to routinely test for these changes. If the experimental method can be adapted for clinical use, it might be a cost-effective way to identify some of the underlying genetic changes in cancer.
The method is new, but the basic technology is not. Researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues adapted mass spectrometry genotyping, which has long been used to analyze normal variation in DNA, for the purpose of large-scale tumor profiling.
A pilot study to test the method on 1,000 tumors found it to be a reliable and relatively low-cost way to detect known mutations in cancer-causing genes, or oncogenes. The findings were reported online in Nature Genetics on February 11.
"Profiling oncogene mutations with mass spectrometry was not only faster and cheaper but also more sensitive, accurate, and specific than the traditional Sanger method," says former Dana-Farber researcher Dr. Roman Thomas, the first author of the study.
The Sanger method of sequencing DNA is used in laboratories around the world.
The new method could potentially help guide decisions about treatments in real-time, notes Dr. Thomas, who is now a principal investigator with the Max Planck Institute for Neurological Research in Cologne, Germany.
The study was conducted in part because the researchers anticipated a tremendous need to profile large numbers of clinical samples as current and future cancer genome projects neared completion. The profiling would have to be done rapidly and at reasonable cost.
An ideal method would capture information on oncogene mutations across the genome.
The catalog of genetic alterations in cancer keeps growing. Last year, researchers at Johns Hopkins published an analysis of 13,000 genes in colon and breast tumors. They identified 189 mutated genes, most of which had not been linked to cancer previously.
The Cancer Genome Atlas Pilot Project, a large-scale NCI effort, will soon begin to catalog genomic changes in lung, brain, and ovarian cancers.
"We need to know the essential alterations across cancer, but we also need ways to glean the relevant clinical information from every patient who walks through the door," says Dr. Levi Garraway of Dana-Farber, who led the new study.
His team tested the method by screening the 1,000 tumors for the presence of 238 known mutations in 17 oncogenes.
They focused on three types of mutations - those that are common (such as mutations in the RAS gene family), those that have clinical implications (such as mutations in the genes KIT and EGFR), and those that may interact with targeted therapies (such as those in the genes EGFR, KIT, or BRAF).
The tumors that were screened were "high-quality" samples. A potential problem in adapting the method for clinical use is that tumor specimens often degrade when they are preserved in paraffin.
Another limitation of the method is that it detects known mutations. "You have to know what you're looking for," says Dr. Garraway. But the researchers did see several instances of oncogene mutations in tumors where they had never been reported before.
"This told us that if such diagnostics did exist, you could get very useful information on every patient," says Dr. Garraway. Such information could potentially lead to a more focused and effective use of existing and emerging therapies, he adds.
The researchers also identified an unexpectedly high number of co-occurring mutations in some tumors.
An example of how tumor profiling might benefit patients was the discovery of two KIT gene mutations in a gastrointestinal tumor. The patient's tumor had relapsed after treatment with imatinib (Gleevec), and the profiling revealed that one of the mutations was D816H, which is associated with resistance to imatinib.
Physicians who know whether a tumor contains mutations associated with drug resistance may be able to select appropriate therapies for patients.
"This study focused on how best to apply the available information on the biology of the disease to the care of patients," says Dr. Frederic Kaye of NCI's Center for Cancer Research and a co-author of the study."This is a novel application of a well-established technology that deserves further study," adds Dr. Kaye.
By Edward R. Winstead
Comparing Treatments for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
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Why This Trial Is Important
However, imatinib does not work for some patients, and it sometimes stops working if CML cells develop resistance to it. Therefore, researchers are interested in determining whether the standard dose of imatinib used as initial therapy for CML should be changed, or if a different targeted drug might be more effective.
In this trial, doctors will compare the effectiveness of imatinib at the standard dose versus an increased dose and against a new drug called dasatinib (Sprycel). Dasatinib binds to the Bcr-Abl protein more readily than imatinib and has demonstrated the ability to kill CML cells that have become resistant to imatinib.
"The current standard treatment for CML is 400 mg of imatinib a day," said Dr. Druker, "and that produces a response in about 90 percent of patients. Treatment for this disease is evolving rapidly, however, and newer, more potent drugs are now available. With this trial, we hope to define the best treatment options for patients newly diagnosed with CML."
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An archive of "Featured Clinical Trial" columns is available at http://cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/ft-all-featured-trials.
OLA Sponsors Understanding NCI Teleconference Series
The first teleconference is scheduled for February 20 from 1:00-2:00 p.m., EST, on "The Importance of the NCI Bypass Budget & Strategic Plan for Patient Advocates" with guest speaker Cherie Nichols, director of NCI's Office of Science Planning & Assessment. Within the U.S., the teleconference can be accessed toll free at 800-857-6584; the passcode is BUDGET. Toll-free playback will be available through March 20 at 800-756-0715.
If Memory Serves...
NCI's budget in 1938 was $400,000, with $200,000 designated by Congress for the purchase of radium. Within 10 years, the budget increased to $42 million. (Read more).
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Sister Study Seeks Participants
"Woman by woman…sister by sister…we can make a difference."That slogan is the unifying theme of a unique effort mounted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), a long-term research project known as the Sister Study. Researchers are recruiting 50,000 women aged 35 to 74, with one crucial trait in common: They all have a sister who developed breast cancer.
Such women are known to be at higher risk of developing breast cancer themselves. Sister Study participants will provide researchers with valuable prospective data because of their links with their sisters: shared genes, a common diet and environment in youth, or even common gene-environment interactions.
Jean Peelen is one of them. In 2001, her younger sister Lynn was diagnosed with breast cancer. "We were all shocked. With no cancer of any kind in our family background, we naïvely thought we were somehow bulletproof," she explains. "Far from it. My older sister Lois was diagnosed a few years ago, and then my older daughter." Both Ms. Peelen and her younger daughter are enrolled in the Sister Study, more committed than ever after Lynn died in 2006. "We still can't explain it," she says. "That's the part that nags at me and why we are doing our bit to help researchers answer the 'Why me?' question." Ms. Peelen is also actively advocating and helping to recruit older women.
Though more than 32,000 women have enrolled, researchers are pushing hard to recruit the remaining 18,000 women by the end of 2007. "Many women have heard about the project, but they haven't signed up yet, and we really need them now," says Dr. Dale Sandler, NIEHS Epidemiology Branch chief and principal study investigator. "Physicians know very little about how the environment may affect breast cancer, which is why the Sister Study is so important."
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It sounds a lot like arguments DH and I have, that go around in circles and just make things worse. I wish I knew how to help you but we have the same problem. I'm sorry you're going through this
I'm so sorry, Lydia. I wish you didn't have to feel so sad.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
L, I missed your post but saw the earlier one. I've been thinking about you a lot and my heart goes out to you. I wish I could be helpful.
L, I missed your post but I'm thinking of you and hope you can get through your issue.
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Well, I just texted my friend who first contacted me about the adoption. I just said, "Do you know if your daughter's friend is interested in adoption? K and I have been talking about it." She replied with "Yes do you want her number? She is 21." I answered that I'd rather contact her first be email as I wasn't sure this was something we could even make happen, but I'm interested in pursuing it.
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Eeek! is right! I am glad you are at least following up to get more information. I look forward to hearing updates, Gwenn.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Well, first update is that the mother is apparently working with an adoption agency, and I have the info to contact the agency. Which I think is great for her. I'm wondering, though, if it would change things from our end. Seems like the agency can set her up with a list of parents who are already waiting, so why would she use us? Well, we'll see. I'll probably contact the agency tomorrow.
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"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
You could always have a second anonymous account.
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It's not like what I wanted to say was so bad, I just like to keep my private life kind of private, and I specifically know that dh knows about this room, so even if I came on anonymously and talked about a disagreement, he would know it was me talking about us if he cared to look. He is usually really good about allotting me privacy, but who knows if he might be curious in this particular situation? Or my sister is a huge snoop, and I know she googles family members because she sends me articles about other people she finds. Right after I posted the last thing, I looked at the list of users to see who was looking at what, and out of everyone I saw 5 guests browsing Secular Confessions and it made me nervous. I have to confess, though, it drives me crazy when people post things and then remove them, so I apologize to you all.
I'm doing better today. Yesterday I just felt awful, just physically and emotionally wrung out. I'm also super-busy today, but only have one child and not as much screeching (thank goodness).
Anyway, I'm sorry I've been so caught up in my own stuff I haven't been paying as much attention to all of yours. Chrissy, wash your backpack and put carpet shampoo on the surrounding area right away before your cat decides to make a habit of it!
Mandy, keep us posted! I'm sure you have a zillion things going through your head, too.
No worries, L; we're here for ya, lady.
Anyone heard from Kate? I haven't seen a post from her on here...that's just me being nosy.
We had beautiful weather here today! It was like 70 degrees and the sun was shining, so I took my 2 boys and SIL took her 3 kids to the pub across the field from our house....it was a much longer walk than it needed to be, but it was fun. And the boys enjoyed eating potato chips (or crisps as they call them here) and a drink of sodie pop as we sat under a tree on a hill outside the pub...I love days like this.
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Just wanted to pop in and say
Things have been super crazy with Nolan's appointments and I'm doing a course in prep for the new semester so free time has been nonexistent
Mandy that is So exciting! I've got my for you!
L I'm sorry your so stressed
Bridget to your man! Lying is unneccesary and trying to justify it is even worse AND You are an awesome mom!
Chrissy I'm sorry your having such a hard time lately. My DH will get distracted when he goes off to do things as well. Something that "should" take less than 30mins takes him a couple hours Men! and I agree with L I would probably wash that backpack and surrounding ASAP before the kitty makes it his/her new spot!
Thanks for thinking of me, Ash. I've been here, not sure how vocal I've been but I'm here. Things are just bad around here. I had my therapist appt. today and I can't say she was a big help. She gave me a couple psychiatrist rec's if I want to go on medicine, which I do, but for which of the myriad of problems I have, I'm not sure. She suggested we take Josh to a dr. who specializes in kids that age so we can get to the bottom of what is making him fight us on everything but I feel kind of bad about doing that; although I know in my heart there should be no stigma in asking for professional help when it comes to parenting, it feels like everyone around me copes just fine and doesn't need to take their kid to a child psych. I mean I look at you guys handling multiple kids and multiple problems, much bigger problems than a 4 year old who likes to argue and I feel like I just suck at coping with life. I just feel like a huge failure in so many things right now.
Kate, you aren't a failure. I think you're a really good mom who has a kid who just isn't easy. Not your fault in the least, and nothing wrong with getting help! Maybe there is something the doctor can do for Josh.
I'm thinking of you. I hate that you sound so down about yourself.
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That's what my therapist says but I really don't think I'm a good mom. Of course I'm not at the end of the spectrum with those who hurt their children but I just feel like I have no clue most of the time.
I left him with my friend from church while I went to the appt. and when I went to pick him up he threw a fit because I said he couldn't have popcorn in the car. First of all they didn't even offer him a snack for the ride, he just expected it. Then when they said he could bring some crackers or something he refused. He just wanted their popcorn. Well he had a drink already and I didn't want him to have popcorn, actually I really didn't want him to have a snack at all because we were 10 minutes from home and I don't usually let him eat in the car. But he had his juice and I had to basically drag him out of their house because he kept running upstairs when everyone else was outside. It was embarassing. I'm sure he was an angel while I was gone and the second I show up it's like he's a different kid.
Kate, that doesn't mean that YOU made that happen, whether he was an angel or not. I've often thought Josh has a hard time transitioning from one thing to the next and what you just described is an excellent example of that. That has NOTHING to do with your parenting. That's something that's just a part of Josh.
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Some of the things we use are visual schedules, timers, and giving notice in advance of changes to come (like "1 more minute to play, then clean up, then lunchtime"). That way they don't get hit with change without time to mentally prepare for it. I can google some good visual schedule resources for you if you'd like.
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Thing is I really hate schedules. The day just doesn't work like that. Sure, if we have a class or playdate scheduled that's fine but other than that we do what works for us, like when we eat or when we go for a walk or go to the park. I can't predict what we'll want to do at what time. Do I really have to? LOL
Well, you don't have to have a fixed schedule, but you do certain things in a certain order, right? Like when you pick him up, he knows he has to get in the car and then you go home and eat lunch (or out to eat lunch, either way car then lunch then play). Visual schedules work more like that, letting him know the sequence of things that will happen, than like a schedule you would use for a list of college classes or something. Make sense?
I apologize because my internet died for a while there but I'm watching a video online about visual schedules and if I like it, I'll link to it. Trying to see how much of it would apply to you.
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Here's a mystery type movie. Yeah.
Cherry Crush (2007)
A high school kid gets busted for taking racy pictures of fellow students and is kicked out of school. Then, he's seduced and a murder plot develops, or something.
So Cherry Crush is presented like some kind of sexy, smart thriller, complete with a classic BUM-BUM-BUUUUMMMM piano track. A rich kid named Jordan gets thrown out of a private school for taking naked pictures of his female classmates. He gets shipped off to a public school, where he meets a sassy, yet brilliant girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and almost instantly falls in love. "She wore her defiance like a badge of honor," says Jordan's irritating voice-over as he watches the girl, Shay, openly smoke a cigarette at a school football game. "I knew I had to photograph her."
"OK, NOW we're getting somewhere!" I thought...but, NO -- that wasn't meant to be. Sure, he does get to photograph her, but it's not the point of the movie, and we never see any nudity, which basically kills this film's only shot at being worth watching. In fact, the whole erotic photographer backstory is rather misleading, as Jordan's REAL purpose here is to get involved in some kind of murder-blackmail plot. See, Shay is having an affair with a prominent local attorney, and she tries to extort money from him for tuition at a big-time music school. Things go wrong, and the lawyer winds up dead. Jordan helps Shay cover it up, and yada yada yada.
Anyway, the best thing about Cherry Crush is that the sleazy lawyer is played by none other than THE Frank Whaley, my favorite actor. I love that guy! He pops up in the most unexpected places, and his presence must be the reason why I queued this one.
Sadly, however, not even Frank can save Cherry Crush. It's just a flat out stupid, pointless movie. First of all, every plot device and character here have used a million times before in better movies, and I wonder why anyone would bother to make something so unoriginal. Even the teen audience, who I suspect this film was aimed at, should be able to see every twist about a mile away. Why devote the time to shooting it? Couldn't these people have done something else? An afternoon posting on Facebook would be more rewarding than making a movie like this. It has nothing to offer.
Look at the characters: Jordan is an annoying whiner, and Shay is hard to swallow as a tough girl cello player. There's also a blond friend who doesn't do anything and, of course, Frank Whaley dies after a few scenes. Of all the cliched personalities in this movie, though, none made me slap my forehead harder than the jaded detective who lurks around throughout the entire ordeal, always up to what Jordan has done, but never actually busting him. He pulls Jordan aside in the school photo lab, and smugly hints at what he knows. Circling Jordan slowly, the cop mutters cryptic bits of advice and vague threats. He even pauses at the door on his way out, Columbo-style, with an "Oh, one more thing..." line. This guy was ridiculous, and I'm glad he finally got shot.
Even more annoying are the previously-mentioned voice-overs. Jordan has to directly explain EVERYTHING in this movie, which I've always thought was a cheap narrative trick to compensate for bad writing and acting. "She had a body to die for; I was instantly smitten"....Why do we need him to directly tell us that? It gets old very fast, and never seems to let up. Cherry Crush is not a classic film noir (even if it wants to be), and Jonathan Tucker is no Humphrey Bogart. No one wants to hear this kid's monotonous voice for 90 minutes. Nothing he says is witty or interesting, even though we're apparently supposed to think it is. The dialogue uttered by other characters is equally stupid. My favorite line came from Shay: "I have two talents, and the second one is knowing what the first one is."That's classic!
Cherry Crush is a poorly made, poorly acted, poorly written waste of time. Don't be fooled by the DVD description: it is neither thrilling, nor sexy. It's just lame.
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Shoulder instability occurs when the upper-end of the arm bone, known as the humerus, slides partially or completely out of the shoulder socket.
The disorder is classified by how much the humerus moves and the direction of the movement:
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Factors that increase the risk of shoulder instability include:
Symptoms may come on suddenly or develop over time. Symptoms may include:
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. Special attention will be given to your shoulders. Your doctor will determine your range of motion and try to move the humeral head within the socket.
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There was a last ditch effort Wednesday to save Oakman Elementary and Orthopedic School, a Detroit public school that services a high number of disabled and special needs children.Last month, DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts announced a plan to close or consolidate 28 Detroit schools. That number was later reduced to four, but Oakman remained on the list."We prayed in blood, sweat and tears to have a school that would address our students with the kind of needs that these students have. We're not going to just walk away after all the money that's been poured into this school," said Sandra Hines.DPS says most Oakman students, special and general education, will transfer to Noble Elementary School, which is 1.4 miles away. A smaller group of third to fifth graders considered physically or health impaired will be relocated to Henderson Academy, which is 2.5 miles away. Transportation will be provided based on district policy.Angry student and parent protesters marched from Oakman to Noble, the same walk the kids will take next school year past abandoned houses and poorly constructed roads.A spokesman for Detroit Public Schools said enrollment is down 50 percent at Oakman since 2009. The building needs flooring and bathroom repairs, and mechanical and security upgrades would cost the district more than $900,000.In a statement, a spokesman for DPS said, "Operating buildings like this does not help to achieve our end goal of providing quality education to all of our students because it pulls limited resources away from the classroom. Relocating the Oakman students to two better facilities will allow the district to better utilize its resources for improving educational equality."DPS has assigned special care agents to assist parents in the consolidation process, including helping to match children with special needs programs already in place at Noble and Henderson. Both schools are prepared to make renovations to accommodate new students.Detroit Schools told us they are working to keep as many teachers as possible, but some could be laid off because of declining enrollment across the district. Any teachers laid off would be eligible for rehire when a position opens.
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