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Poisonous plants can be beneficial  -  25 May 2007
Press & Sun-Bulletin,One the most commonly known of these poisonous plants in medicine today is foxglove, also known as digitalis. From this plant, the drug digoxin is derived,

Double trouble: Diabetes and heart failure bad for older women  -  May 16, 2007
TheHeart.Org,All were participants in the Digitalis Investigational Group (DIG) trial, a multicenter study funded by the US National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Diabetic Women at Higher Risk of Heart Failure  -  May 13, 2007
HeartZine,All the study participants were part of the Digitalis Investigational Group (DIG) trial, a multi-center trial funded by the National Heart Lung and Blood

Diabetes And Heart Failure Is Double Trouble For Older Women  -  May 13, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Patients in this study were participants in the Digitalis Investigational Group (DIG) trial, a multi-center trial funded by the National Heart Lung and

In praise of biennials  -  Apr 27, 2007
Peterborough Examiner,The scientific name for foxglove, Digitalis, refers to hoe easy it is to slip the flower onto a finger. The use of foxglove extract for the treatment of

Telford takes a toll on Chelsea  -  May 21, 2007
Shropshire Star,He was inspired by a Shropshire gipsy who made medicines for dropsy from the seeds and dried leaves of foxgloves (digitalis) she harvested from The Wrekin.

A conversation with the gardeners' nemesis  -  May 18, 2007
Pocono Record,Dr.: Well, goxglove, you know, digitalis — the heart medicine — stopped Uncle Buck's heart dead, no pun intended. We also don't like coreopsis, andromeda,

Judgment day  -  May 18, 2007
Times Online,I am filling this with plants associated with the heart, such as foxglove (ie, digitalis), heartsease, bleeding heart. Yes, I know, it sounds naff,

Merryspring's annual plant sale  -  May 11, 2007
knox.VillageSoup.com,Four easy-care foxgloves await gardeners, too: Digitalis ambigua, D. obscura, D. 'Apricot Beauty', and D. 'Spanish Peaks'. Peonies (herbaceous and tree

What Doctors Don't Know  -  May 11, 2007
The New York Review of BooksOpium, digitalis, quinine, and bromides (for the "nerves") were the mainstays. What else did physicians do during all those years that kept their patients

Aloe vera, no go area for diabetes patients  -  May 2, 2007
Nigerian Tribune,Aloe Vera is unsafe in those that have a heart problem and use any kind of digitalis medication product internally, as the interaction may cause irregular

Weill Cornell student in Qatar wins Harvard research award  -  Apr 25, 2007
Gulf Times,The second project, a review paper that he published in the Qatar Medical Journal in November 2006, covered the topics digitalis toxicity and fab fragment

GED test dates announced  -  Apr 25, 2007
Staunton News Leader,CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Virginia Center for Computer Music will present an evening of music and sonic art, Digitalis Under the Stars, at 8 pm May 1 on the

Weill Cornell student in Qatar wins Harvard research award  -  26 Apr 2007
Gulf Times,The second project, a review paper that he published in the Qatar Medical Journal in November 2006, covered the topics digitalis toxicity and fab fragment

GED test dates announced  -  Apr 25, 2007
Staunton News Leader,CHARLOTTESVILLE — The Virginia Center for Computer Music will present an evening of music and sonic art, Digitalis Under the Stars, at 8 pm May 1 on the

Medical Student from Jerusalem wins prestigious research award ...  -  Apr 24, 2007
أمينThe second project was a review paper that Subhi published in the Qatar Medical Journal in November 2006 about digitalis toxicity and fab fragment.

Feeding honey, marmite and PVA to 35mm film  -  Apr 23, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,Hamilton, who’s work has been described as "quite striking …like a teenage robot on a tense day at the microchip hurler" (Foxy Digitalis), has collaborated

New Strategies for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Evaluation and ...  -  Apr 23, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Depending on clinical presentation, patients with all types of PAH may benefit from use of oxygen, warfarin anticoagulation, diuretics, and digitalis.

Perennially Inviting  -  Apr 22, 2007
Seattle Times,The official name of this new foxglove is Digitalis purpurea 'Candy Mountain.' But when breeders recognized the plant's unusually strong upright structure,

Mayor Spencer Knight to kiss a pig for ball field charity  -  Apr 20, 2007
Morgan County Citizen,It seems that Digitalis is my heart medicine and is making me slightly toxic. So maybe Dr. Lowman, my heart doctor, can get this old lemon fixed up if

Plant the right flowers and birds will be humming  -  Apr 3, 2007
Hagerstown Morning Herald,Summer favorites include the native perennials beard tongue (Penstemon digitalis), cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and orange jewelweed (Impatiens

Who's been eating my agapanthus?  -  Mar 31, 2007
Monterey County Herald,Her list includes mostly familiar plants, including Montbretia (Crocosmia), Yellow Foxglove (Digitalis lutea), Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea),

Winter gives way to spring chores  -  Mar 31, 2007
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin,...at the nursery such as abutilon (flowering maple), alyssum, cleome, companula, convolvulus, digitalis, most herbs, marigolds, portulaca, rudbeckia and

Get out in the garden  -  Mar 30, 2007
Redlands Daily Facts,...such as abutilon (flowering maple), alyssum, cleome, companula, convolvulus, digitalis, most herbs, marigolds, portulaca, rudbeckia and sunflowers.

Pesticides can worsen whitefly infestation Sprays kill natural ...  -  Mar 28, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,...columbine (aquilegia), daffodil, daylily (Hemerocallis species), euphorbias, ferns (all but maidenhair fern), foxglove (digitalis species), gazania,

The Key to the Case  -  27 Mar 2007
California Literary Review,...window (with rusty nails) and throwing the digitalis pills into the shrubbery, challenging the reader to speculate how they will “get out of this one�.

The North Sea Readies Exquisite Idols Album  -  Mar 19, 2007
AngryApe,Brad Rose has numerous releases behind him under various guises and he also runs the experimental Digitalis and Foxglove labels.

Study simplifies pharmaceutical production  -  Mar 21, 2007
Science Daily (press release)...the sugars that power many front-line drugs, a team of Wisconsin scientists has enhanced the antic-cancer properties of a digitalis, a drug commonly .

Nutrition: Can Supplements Be Trusted?  -  Mar 15, 2007
RunnersWeb,One such example occurred a few years ago when an herbal “cleansing system� was found to be contaminated with the heart medication digitalis.

Shake The Foundations 5 From France to NZ  -  Mar 13, 2007
Scoop.co.nz,...'s/t' CD (Digitalis). The Nether Dawn.- 'Whiskey Mute Down'. CD (Last Visible Dog). Swagger Jack.- 'The Feral Blood of...' CD (LastVisibleDog)

Order seeds and plants for spring  -  Mar 13, 2007
Asbury Park Press,Blooms flower all the way around the sturdy stem — unusual for digitalis. Ideal for planting in drifts or creating a colorful mid-border display.

Planetarium is latest addition by starry-eyed islanders  -  Mar 8, 2007
Seattle Times,Daunted by the cost of a typical planetarium, they were pleased to find Digitalis, a Bremerton-based company selling a new kind of digital projector for a

Chagas heart disease: Four main predictors of death  -  Mar 8, 2007
TheHeart.Org,Some intermediate- and most high-risk patients are already given drugs such as amiodarone, ACE inhibitors, digitalis, diuretics, spironolactone, and,

Alkemists Pharmaceuticals Launches New Voluntary Random Analysis ...  -  Mar 5, 2007
NPIcenter (press release),...industry was faced with the responsibility for the serious health risk created by the adulteration of Plantain with Grecian Foxglove (Digitalis lanata).

Williamson’s taking a page from history  -  Mar 2, 2007
The Delaware County Times,For instance, growing in one of the four gardens are medicinal plants, such as fever few, digitalis, foxglove and strawberries. In another are plants like

GREEN THUMBS UP: A potpourri of exciting new plants – part two  -  Mar 1, 2007
Norwell Mariner,Foxgloves thrive in my garden and a new hybrid, Digitalis ‘Spice Island’ is near the top of my wish list. Promotional literature claims this new addition

Rumphius triumphs  -  25 Feb 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Thus the dark lines on the petals of the foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, are reminiscent of blood vessels, suggesting their potential for treatment of heart

The Inseide Dope: Hump Day decrepitude  -  Feb 23, 2007
Adirondack Daily Enterprise,Then I put one hand over my heart, a pained look on my face, and, taking a digitalis vial from my pocket, began downing a bunch of pills.

Local Scene: 2/22/07  -  Feb 21, 2007
Pittsburgh Post Gazette,Vinyl junkies should know that Zombi will have LPs of its latest album, "Surface to Air," as well as the "Digitalis" EP available at the show.

Rosehips to help wartime effort  -  Feb 23, 2007
Times & Star,And we all know about foxgloves (digitalis purperea) and its use in the manufacture of drugs to treat heart complaints.

Casino Royale Mistakes  -  Jan 28, 2007
MI6,When Bond is suffering from Digitalis poisoning, his heart rate is shown as 135 BPM, however, a symptom of Digitalis poisoning is low pulse rate.

ChromaDex and Alkemists Pharmaceuticals Partner to Increase ...  -  Feb 18, 2007
NPIcenter (press release),...industry was faced with the responsibility for the serious health risk created by the adulteration of Plantain with Grecian Foxglove (Digitalis lanata).

Get Planting!!!!  -  Feb 17, 2007
Opinion250 News,...impatiens, lobelia, snapdragons, salvia, etc. and many of the perennials such as poppies, columbine, carnations, delphiniums, digitalis to name a few.

New European Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease  -  Feb 15, 2007
Medscape (subscription)Nonsurgical candidates may be treated with digitalis, diuretics, ACE-inhibitors, or angiotensin-receptor blockers if they are experiencing heart failure.

Giving Answers On?Baby Boomer Retirees, Pregnant Smokers And ...  -  Feb 14, 2007
Evening Bulletin,Digitalis likewise is derived from foxglove, but the plant was originally used for everything from treating wounds to, as one herbalist put it,

Calling all artists for Run/Walk t-shirt contest  -  Feb 7, 2007
Mount Shasta Herald,1991; Wild Iris, 1992; Digitalis Foxglove, 1993; Cattails, 1994; Mariposa Lily, 1995; Sweet Pea, 1996; Western Azalea, 1997; Yellow Arrowleaf Groundsel,

Plant catalogs beckon gardeners to buy, buy, buy all the new items  -  Jan 30, 2007
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription),In the foxglove department, check out Digitalis 'Candy Mountain'. This foxglove has flowers that face upward instead of the usual hanging-down style.

Health Effects (CO2 - Plant Production of Health-Promoting Substances  -  Jan 30, 2007
CO2 Science Magazine,Effect of whole season CO2 enrichment on the cultivation of a medicinal plant, Digitalis lanata. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 164: 168-173.

eLearning at Double the Speed in Portugal as RapideL Partners with ...  -  18 Jan 2007
PR.com (press release),COM)-- Brainvisa, a leader in end-to-end learning solutions, has announced that Digitalis, a learning solutions company based in Portugal has been appointed

New Technique For Extracting Cardiovascular Drug Ingredient From ...  -  Jan 16, 2007
Science Daily (press release)A number of patented methods of preparing digoxin from Digitalis lanata with the use of natural enzymes are presently available.

Protherics PLC announces Regulatory Application  -  Jan 7, 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),In addition, Protherics recently announced an agreement with Roche to replace its digoxin antidote, Digitalis-Antidot(R), with DigiFabTM to facilitate its

Novel extraction method promises ecological low-cost cardiac ...  -  Jan 16, 2007
In-PharmaTechnologist.com,The method for extracting medicinal substances – glycosides – from foxglove (Digitalis lanata) to generate pure digoxin has been developed by a Moscow-based

BiDil for Heart Failure in Black Patients: The US Food and Drug ...  -  Jan 2, 2007
Annals of Internal MedicineThe Digitalis Investigation Group. N Engl J Med. 1997;336:525-33. [PMID: 9036306]. [Abstract/Free Full Text]. 13. Packer M, Carver JR, Rodeheffer RJ,

Natural Medicine Natural Methods for Health and Healing  -  Jan 2, 2007
American Chronicle,For example, opium, digitalis, quinine, and aspirin all have their roots in traditional medicine. Natural medicine can be considered as a lost art.

Drug unlikely cause behind skipped beats  -  Dec 31, 2006
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,...with selection based on the precise nature of the abnormality; they include calcium channel blockers, potassium channel blockers and digitalis.

Protherics' DigiFab(TM) to replace Digitalis Antidot(R) in Europe  -  Nov 28, 2006
PipelineReview.com (press release),Announces the transfer of market rights for Digitalis Antidot® from Roche to Protherics, with the intention of replacing Roche’s Digitalis Antidot® in the

Protherics' DigiFab to Replace Digitalis Antidot in Europe  -  Nov 27, 2006
PharmaLive.com (press release),Roche's Digitalis Antidot® is currently approved in France, Germany and Switzerland. Protherics has acquired the market rights for Digitalis Antidot® for a

Protherics says to market DigiFab in Europe replacing Roche's ...  -  Nov 27, 2006
Forbes,...company Protherics PLC said it acquired the market rights for its treatment of digoxin toxicity DigiFab replacing Roche's Digitalis Antidot from early

Digoxin dose chart removes guesswork  -  Dec 15, 2006
Science Daily (press release)Digitalis -- The term digitalis is also used for preparations containing cardiac glycosides, particularly digoxin, extracted from plants of this .

Gardening Q&A  -  Dec 7, 2006
Belleville News-Democrat,I have lost aconites and digitalis in the past. This previous summer, the roses were stunted with black leaves and the phlox, poppies and monarda did not

Small caps round-up: Transense, Protherics, Formjet  -  Nov 27, 2006
ShareCast,Protherics has acquired the market rights for Digitalis Antidot from Roche, with the intention of replacing it with its own digitalis antidote DigiFab from

Blame buck for maple damage  -  Dec 1, 2006
Cincinnati Post,Perennials: Achillea, hellebore, daffodil, mint, rohdea, salvia, black-eyed Susan, echinacea, bleeding heart (Dicentra) and foxglove (Digitalis).

Byline: Nuala Moran, BioWorld International Correspondent  -  Nov 29, 2006
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),LONDON -- Protherics plc bought out the rights to the dioxin-poisoning treatment Digitalis Antidot, or Digidot, from F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.,

Nature inspires maker of 'Robosapiens'  -  Dec 17, 2006
CNN InternationalThe "Piped Piper of Digitalis" has come along and marched all the kids into the sea ... when was the last child you saw who has had a screwdriver in their

Oh, deer, what can the matter be with that tree?  -  Dec 13, 2006
Charlotte Observer,Perennials: Achilleas, hellebores, daffodils, mints, salvias, black-eyed Susans, echinacea, bleeding heart (dicentra) and foxglove (digitalis).

Your Health Matters  -  Dec 7, 2006
Union Sentinel,Mistletoe: All parts of the plant contain toxic substances- digitalis-like compounds that slow the heart, and cause nausea and vomiting and stomach pain.

Is There A Link Between Epilepsy And Artistry?  -  Dec 4, 2006
WCCO,It represents a classic example of halos seen by someone suffering from the side effects of digitalis, a toxic drug he was treated with.

Rocking the Undead  -  Dec 2, 2006
Hartford Courant,...“Sapphire,� from their Digitalis release, has a perky disco groove, backbeat and popping synth sound, bringing into view a sequence of moments where a group

Protherics PLC announces GBP 38 million Fundraising  -  Dec 8, 2006
Genetic Engineering News (press release),...the filing of a Biological License Application in the US; and - the transfer of market rights for Digitalis Antidot(R) from Roche to the Company.

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