�Many health problems can buoy be efficaciously treated and managed if they are caught early enough. But until now, diagnosing the early stage of degenerative joint disease - the often cripplingly painful disease that causes damage to the joints and is thought to affect around 8.5m Brits - has been tricky. That's because diagnosing currently relies on x-ray photograph evidence and physical interrogatory, both of which may not spot signs of the disease until it's in its later stages.
However scientists have just now announced the development of new medical imaging engineering science that hindquarters spot signs of degenerative arthritis even in front it starts causing junction damage.
Dr Alexej Jerschow, from New York University, is behind the new diagnosis method acting, and presented his findings at the recent yearly meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia (i). Dr Jerschow uses an MRI scanner - already unremarkably used in hospitals - to step levels of a substance called glycosaminoglycan (GAG). GAG is a polymer that holds a large amount of water and helps make gristle tough and elastic. Indeed, a low-pitched concentration of GAG is linked to the attack of osteoarthritis and other cartilage disorders.
"Our methods have the potential of providing early warning signs for gristle disorders like osteoarthritis, thus potentially avoiding surgery and physical therapy later on," says Dr Jerschow.
Nutritional help
Another benefit of the new applied science is that it could help discover how effective new and existing osteoarthritis drugs are at combating the disease. A growth number of studies, however, suggest that a nutritionary substance called glucosamine - which is commonly used by degenerative arthritis sufferers - is effective at both building novel cartilage (ii) and helping to relieve joint pain (iii).
Glucosamine makes up 50 per centum of the lubricant found within the synovial fluid - the fluid that surrounds your joints - so it's involved in protecting against joint wear and snap. It helps your body make collagen and wield healthy conjunction tissues, all of which is requisite for rebuilding and repairing cartilage.
Glucosamine is an active fixings in supplement called OmegaFlex (www.vegepa.com). OmegaFlex uses a vegetarian course of glucosamine called glucosamine hydrochloride, which is the most bio-available form (ie. the nearly easily absorbed). Until late, most glucosamine supplements were derived from shellfish.
OmegaFlex also contains omega-3, 6 and 9 fatty acids, all of which ar considered to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties.
- Omega-3 butterball acids come in the form of EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) from marine fish oil, which some studies have shown reduces inflaming and the pain associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Virgin evening primrose oil colour provides GLA (gamma-linolenic acid, an omega-6 fatty blistering), which experts believe whitethorn improve joint pain and tenderness, addition morning stiffness.
- CLA - or conjugated linoleic acid - another omega-6 fatty acid fatty acidulent may help oneself relieve pressure on joints by reduction body fat.
- Meanwhile virgin olive oil (or oleic bitter), an omega-9 fatty blistering, is as well thought to have anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory drug properties.
OmegaFlex is priced at �16.95 for 60 high-strength capsules, presently available aim from Igennus on 0845 1300 424 or hTTP://www.igennus.com.
References
(i) For a report of the findings on the American Chemical Society website, see here
(ii) S. Wang, S. Laverty, M. Dumitriu, A. Plaas, M. Grynpas."The effects of glucosamine hydrochloride on subchondral osseous tissue changes in an creature model of osteoarthritis". Arthritis & Rheumatism May 2007, Volume 56, Issue 5, Pages 1537-1548
(iii) Braham R, Dawson B, Goodman C. "The effect of glucosamine subjunction on people experiencing regular knee painful sensation." BR J Sports Med 2003; 37:45-49. See also Houpt J, McMillan R, Wein C. "Effect of glucosamine hydrochloride in the treatment of painfulness of osteoarthritis of the knee." Journal of Rheumatology 1999; 26:2423-2430. See also Richy F, et al. Structural and diagnostic efficacy of glucosamine and chondroitin in knee osteoarthritis: a comprehensive meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med 2003; 163:1514-1522.
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Thursday, 28 August 2008
World mourns Dubliners' Ronnie Drew, 'King of Ireland'
When the Pogues� Shane MacGowan sings your praises, you know you�re influential.
Ronnie Drew surely was.
The leader of the Irish folk group the Dubliners died at age 73 Saturday after a lengthy bout with cancer.
Famed for a voice described as sounding like coal being crushed under a door, Drew�s booming vocals and bushy beard - along with those of his associate Dubliners isthmus mates - became the image well-nigh associated with the revitalization of Irish folk in the �60s and �70s. The answer to the Clancy Brothers� bouncy melodies and neat Aran fisherman sweaters, the Dubliners grew out of Guinness-soaked backroom sessions at O�Donoghue�s Pub in their namesake city.
Throughout his prolonged career Drew accompanied himself on Spanish guitar, spell sharing vocal duties in the Dubliners� classic lineup with the late Luke Kelly. Kelly provided the balladeer�s touch, while Drew�s voice set the groundwork for the group�s livelier selections.
With his gruff, pebbly tone, he delivered definitive versions of such Irish folk tunes as �Finnegan�s Wake,� �McAlpine�s Fusiliers� and �Seven Drunken Nights.�
Drew was beginning to suffer from health issues when his wife of 40 geezerhood, Deirdre, died last June. After organism diagnosed with throat genus Cancer, his health steadily declined.
An all-star gathering of Irish musicians, including surviving members of the Dubliners, members of U2, Sinead O�Connor,Oscar winner Glen Hansard, Bob Geldof, Christy Moore, MacGowan and a handful of others wrote and recorded �The Ballad of Ronnie Drew� in January. The song, which paid tribute to Drew�s influence on Irish music and culture, topped the Irish singles charts and proceeds benefitted the Irish Cancer Society.
�Build you a statue on St. Stephen�s Green, no fairer monument ere to be seen,� went the lyrics, �the statue of Ronnie Drew retention the hand of a girl with her hair in a black velvet band.�
The song borrowed a chorus from Drew�s 1978 recording �Easy and Slow,� this time interpreted by Hansard and MacGowan.
Drew lately recorded with Boston punk-rockers the Dropkick Murphys, loaning his see and snarling baritone to �Flannigan�s Ball� from the band�s �The Meanest of Times� CD.
The Dubliners originally started out as the Ronnie Drew Group in 1962 with Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna and Ciaran Bourke. John Sheahan and Bobby Lynch joined a short time later and, at Drew�s urging, the group changed its discover to the Dubliners. He was a member of the Dubliners from 1962 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1995.
Drew - labeled �The King of Ireland� by Bono and posthumously referred to as �the last of the Irish rovers� - was laid to rest side by side to his late wife after a two-day wake in County Wicklow.
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Monday, 18 August 2008
Post-Partum Suicide Attempt Risks Studied
� Although maternal felo-de-se after giving birth is a comparatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often stimulate long-lasting personal effects on the family and the babe. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers compared two populations of mothers and found that a chronicle of psychiatric disorders or substance ill-use was a strong predictor of postnatal suicide attempts.
Using the hospitalization and birth records from Washington State, USA, from 1992 to 2001, the researchers found that 335 women had been hospitalized for suicide attempts. Another 1420 women wHO had disposed birth only had not been hospitalized for a suicide try served as a control group.
After adjusting for fetal or infant death and former variables, women who had been antecedently hospitalized for psychiatric disorders were more than 27 times as likely to attempt suicide as women without this medical chronicle. Women with a history of kernel abuse were six multiplication as potential to attempt suicide, while psychiatric hospitalization and substance abuse together increased the risk by 11 times.
Writing in the article, Katherine A. Comtois, PhD, lead tec from the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, states, "In the current study, we focused on preexisting psychiatric risk factors for postpartum suicide attempts resulting in hospitalization. Most importantly, a prior psychiatrical or substance use diagnosis among postpartum women significantly increased the risk of a serious postpartum self-destruction attempt. One implication of this study is that screening for past story of psychiatric and substance use diagnoses as part of number prenatal maintenance may be a means of identifying women at high risk of postnatal suicide attack, although a recent recapitulation of antenatal screening for depression cited insufficient evidence to recommend screening as a means to meliorate outcomes."
A recent passport from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggested covering for psychosocial risk factors, including depression during prenatal care. This article emphasizes the want for more careful followup of postpartum women with current or past psychiatric diagnoses or substance employment. The authors continue, "Future studies should evaluate the effectiveness of screening for psychiatric and substance purpose disorders on decreasing untoward outcomes such as self-annihilation attempts during the postnatal period. If found to be effective, such interventions may keep the withering impact associated with postnatal suicide effort."
"Psychiatric risk factors associated with postpartum suicide attack in Washington State, 1992-2001"
Katherine A. Comtois, PhD; Melissa A. Schiff, MD, MPH; and David C. Grossman, MD, MPH.
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 199, Issue 2 (August 2008).
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This work was supported by a grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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Using the hospitalization and birth records from Washington State, USA, from 1992 to 2001, the researchers found that 335 women had been hospitalized for suicide attempts. Another 1420 women wHO had disposed birth only had not been hospitalized for a suicide try served as a control group.
After adjusting for fetal or infant death and former variables, women who had been antecedently hospitalized for psychiatric disorders were more than 27 times as likely to attempt suicide as women without this medical chronicle. Women with a history of kernel abuse were six multiplication as potential to attempt suicide, while psychiatric hospitalization and substance abuse together increased the risk by 11 times.
Writing in the article, Katherine A. Comtois, PhD, lead tec from the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine, states, "In the current study, we focused on preexisting psychiatric risk factors for postpartum suicide attempts resulting in hospitalization. Most importantly, a prior psychiatrical or substance use diagnosis among postpartum women significantly increased the risk of a serious postpartum self-destruction attempt. One implication of this study is that screening for past story of psychiatric and substance use diagnoses as part of number prenatal maintenance may be a means of identifying women at high risk of postnatal suicide attack, although a recent recapitulation of antenatal screening for depression cited insufficient evidence to recommend screening as a means to meliorate outcomes."
A recent passport from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists suggested covering for psychosocial risk factors, including depression during prenatal care. This article emphasizes the want for more careful followup of postpartum women with current or past psychiatric diagnoses or substance employment. The authors continue, "Future studies should evaluate the effectiveness of screening for psychiatric and substance purpose disorders on decreasing untoward outcomes such as self-annihilation attempts during the postnatal period. If found to be effective, such interventions may keep the withering impact associated with postnatal suicide effort."
"Psychiatric risk factors associated with postpartum suicide attack in Washington State, 1992-2001"
Katherine A. Comtois, PhD; Melissa A. Schiff, MD, MPH; and David C. Grossman, MD, MPH.
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Volume 199, Issue 2 (August 2008).
Click here to hear Featured Article online
This work was supported by a grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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Friday, 8 August 2008
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Ben Affleck Heads to the Congo
Ben Affleck is expanding his horizons--literally. The actor has signed up to join Nightline as a special correspondent reporting on the humanitarian crisis in the Congo.
Affleck,35, who's first essay airs Thursday on ABC, took a Nightline crew into Africa with the goal of spreading the word on a story that gets relatively little notice in the U.S.
''It's fairly clear that in the modern age that there is a currency to celebrity, or celebrity is a currency, really,'' Affleck said on Wednesday. ''I've discovered that you can spend it in a lot of ways, or you can squander it. You can be taxed, as well. I really started thinking long and hard about how to use that currency as long as I had it.''
Affleck, who is married to Jennifer Garner and is father to the couple's 2-year old daugther Violet, has been to the Congo three times in the past year. He said his motive was to learn about the war and hunger that have killed thousands of people per month in the past decade in hopes that the outside world would be moved to help, and his celebrity opened some doors.
His representatives approached Nightline with the idea of reporting on his journey. Affleck said he was impressed by Nightline stories in 2005 where Hotel Rwanda actor Don Cheadle visited that country.
In his first essay, Affleck says, ''I want to try to bring people along to learn and if they might not tune into this unless there was some celebrity involved in it, either because they're interested in the celebrity or because they want to see the celebrity kind of make a fool of himself, then so be it."
He doesn't act as a reporter, Nightline executive producer James Goldston says, but rather presents the story as a personal journey, following Affleck as he met with survivors of the conflict, relief officials and even some warlords.
''I was quite persuaded by how candid he was about the cliche of it, or the potential cliche,'' Goldston said
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Sunday, 22 June 2008
Michel Delpech
Artist: Michel Delpech
Genre(s):
Pop
Folk
Other
Discography:
Michel Delpech &
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Ce Lundi-La Au Bataclan
Year: 2005
Tracks: 13
Les Annees Barclay
Year: 2002
Tracks: 20
Toutes les Chansons
Year:
Tracks: 29
The Best Of
Year:
Tracks: 16
Ses plus grands succes
Year:
Tracks: 29
Les Grandes Chansons
Year:
Tracks: 22
Michel Delpech's self-examining songs, sensible arrangements, and bored still archly advanced vocals virtually defined the French pop accent during the seventies. Born January 26, 1946, in the Paris suburban area of Courbevoie, Jean-Michel Delpech drew his earlier influence from traditional French chansons like Charles Aznavour and Gilbert Bécaud. As a teenager, he formed a little orchestra with a mathematical group of schoolmates, and at 17 signed with the Vogue label to cut his debut solo single, "Anatole." In 1964 Delpech began writing with composer Roland Vincent, inaugurating the virtually significant creative collaboration of his career. Later that same year, he asterisked in the musical clowning Copains-Clopants, which ran in Paris for half a dozen months ahead mounting a national spell. Delpech's signature identification number, "Chez Laurette," chop-chop emerged as an consultation favourite. In 1965 he issued the vocal as a single, and it proved his point of launching into the French pop charts, speedily followed by the strike "Inventaire 66." After exiting Copains-clopants, Delpech toured in support of Leny Escudero before opening for Jacques Brel during the French pop giant's series of farewell concerts at Paris' renowned L'Olympia. In 1967, he signed with showman Johnny Stark, wHO installed Delpech as the opener on a Mireille Mathieu circuit that spanned from the U.S. to the U.S.S.R. Months afterward Delpech vaulted to superstardom, claiming the Grand Prix du Disque and the Académie Charles-Cros Prize for the 1968 run into "Il y a diethylstilbesterol Jours où on Ferait Mieux de Rester au Lit."Subsequent smashes including 1969's "Wight Is Wight" (a jubilation of the Isle of Wight rock fete) and "Paul Chantait Yesterday" (a testimonial to the Beatles) followed, and in 1971 Delpech and Vincent teamed for the signature hit of the singer's vocation, the graeco-Roman "Pour un Flirt." Delpech opened 1972 with a three-week headlining stint at L'Olympia, and patch he continued his collaboration with Vincent, he likewise partnered with writers including Jean-Michel Rivat, Pierre Papadiamandis, and Michel Pelay, reeling off a train of blockbusters including "Les Divorcés," "Que Marianne Était Jolie," "Le Chasseur," and "Quand J'étais Chanteur." However, in 1975 Delpech divorced his married woman, Chantal, and patch the subsequent "Le Loir-et-Cher" proven some other enormous hit, he shortly entered a period of vivid clinical depression that in effect halt his creative momentum. After seeking recourse in Buddhism, he afterward off to Catholicism, and even explored his search for personal and spiritual substance in a deeply introverted memoir, L'Homme Qui Avait Bâti Sa Vie Sur le Sable. Delpech recorded and performed seldom during this period, and afterward issue the 1977 LP 5000 km he virtually disappeared from the French pop landscape. Finally, he resurfaced in 1983 with the single "Animaux, Animaux," that same year dropping in honey with cougar Geneviève Garnier-Fabre, wHO became his married woman two years later. Their romance seemed to reignite Delpech's passion for devising music, and in 1985 he issued Loin d'Ici, his number one new LP in shut to a x. While Delpech ne'er recaptured the commercial regard he enjoyed during the better portion of the 1970s, he maintained a devoted audience and never rested on past times honour. For 1989's J'étais un Ange, he teamed with composer Dider Barbelivien, and terzetto age later reunited with Vincent for Les Voix du Brésil, which updated their signature sound with influences careworn from across the breadth of reality euphony. Delpech renowned the record's handout with a string of dates at L'Olympia, his number one appearances at the legendary locus in 2 decades. He even so retreated from acting for five long time, eventually reversive in mid-1997 with a self-titled LP that summarized his mind-set on life and art as he entered his 1950s. Despite its autumnal themes, the record's modern-day pop sensibilities base favour with critics and audiences likewise, and in September he headlined a seven-day outride at the Casino de Paris. Delpech's render to the calcium light again proven brief, however, and he worn-out the remainder of the decade collaborating with married woman Geneviève on a novel, De Cendres et de Braises, published in 2000. Late that same year he issued the retrospective J'étais un Ange, celebrating its release with a brief French circuit highlighted by node appearances by the likes of Alain Chamfort, Marc Lavoine, and Claude Nougaro. Finally, in 2004 Delpech released the roots music-inspired Comme Vous, his number one new LP in heptad age. Two eld afterward, he launched &, a collection of perennial fan favorites re-recorded as duets alongside Alain Souchon, Bénabar, and others.
Sunday, 15 June 2008
Madame Tussauds defends planned Hitler display in Berlin
BERLIN — Madame Tussauds on Tuesday defended its decision to include a wax likeness of Adolf Hitler at its new Berlin museum, arguing that it would make little sense to ignore his role in German history.
Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit had urged the museum to carefully consider whether to include Hitler and, if it does, to ensure that he not be shown as a "cult figure."
In a statement, the museum said Hitler's rule "stands for an important, though also appalling, turning point in the development of modern Europe."
"To ignore Hitler's role in this era would allow a strange gap to develop in the German and Berlin history that we show from [19th-century chancellor Otto von] Bismarck to the present day," the museum added, stressing that Madame Tussauds is "nonpolitical."
Madame Tussauds Berlin, which opens June 9, will feature many prominent Germans, including former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, current Chancellor Angela Merkel and scientist Albert Einstein — who left Germany shortly before Hitler took power in 1933, never to return.
The museum's statement Tuesday said market research showed that Hitler was among the figures both Berliners and tourists believe significantly marked German history, and visitors expect to find him at the new branch.
The museum said it would portray Hitler "with regard to possible sensitivities and far from any glorification," as he would have looked shortly before his 1945 suicide.
The likeness will be displayed behind glass, preventing visitors from having their pictures taken with it, and the exhibit will be constantly monitored by video cameras.
Stephan Kramer, general secretary of Germany's Central Council of Jews, said the figure must be accompanied by information on Hitler and the Nazi era.
However, he told the Netzeitung online newspaper that the exhibit may help "demystify" Hitler.
"Trying to erase Hitler from history doesn't work and is counterproductive," he said.
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Tuesday, 3 June 2008
Nino D'angelo
Artist: Nino D'angelo
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
Delux Collection
Year:
Tracks: 20
Futureheads set to play one-off New York show
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
"Iron Man 2" set for summer 2010
By Georg Szalai
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Following the film's
blockbuster opening weekend, Marvel Entertainment is planning
an "Iron Man" sequel for 2010 after a 2009 without feature
releases.
In its earnings report Monday morning, the company unveiled
its film release plans for the next three years. They are
designed "to focus its attention on maximizing the success of
an 'Iron Man' sequel and the launch of 'Thor' in the summer of
2010," it said.
The company has set April 30, 2010, as the release date for
"Iron Man 2" and confirmed that it will not have a new film out
next year.
"Thor" is slated for June 4, 2010. Marvel also is planting
its feature film stakes for 2011 with an Avengers-themed
summer.
The May 6, 2011, release of what is now going under the
working title "The First Avenger: Captain America" will be
followed by "The Avengers" in July.
"Because Marvel believes that the summer is the optimal
time to launch a new property, the company will not release a
self produced film in 2009," the company said.
"Iron Man," the first self-financed production from Marvel
Studios, topped box-office expectations by grossing nearly
$100.1 million in its opening weekend in North American ticket
sales.
The film starred Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire
industrialist and playboy Tony Stark, who invents a high-tech
suit of armor that transforms him into a superhero.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Following the film's
blockbuster opening weekend, Marvel Entertainment is planning
an "Iron Man" sequel for 2010 after a 2009 without feature
releases.
In its earnings report Monday morning, the company unveiled
its film release plans for the next three years. They are
designed "to focus its attention on maximizing the success of
an 'Iron Man' sequel and the launch of 'Thor' in the summer of
2010," it said.
The company has set April 30, 2010, as the release date for
"Iron Man 2" and confirmed that it will not have a new film out
next year.
"Thor" is slated for June 4, 2010. Marvel also is planting
its feature film stakes for 2011 with an Avengers-themed
summer.
The May 6, 2011, release of what is now going under the
working title "The First Avenger: Captain America" will be
followed by "The Avengers" in July.
"Because Marvel believes that the summer is the optimal
time to launch a new property, the company will not release a
self produced film in 2009," the company said.
"Iron Man," the first self-financed production from Marvel
Studios, topped box-office expectations by grossing nearly
$100.1 million in its opening weekend in North American ticket
sales.
The film starred Robert Downey Jr. as billionaire
industrialist and playboy Tony Stark, who invents a high-tech
suit of armor that transforms him into a superhero.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Dawn Of Relic
Artist: Dawn Of Relic
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Discography:
Lovecraftian Dark
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Celebrity Hijack nominations announced
Thursday, 8 May 2008
Junior Cartel
Artist: Junior Cartel
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
Renegade Recordings (RR51)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Nu Directions (NU12019)
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
Monday, 28 April 2008
Zeta-Jones to play the older woman
Zeta-Jones to play the older woman
Catherine of Aragon Zeta-Jones is to star topology in a new, as-yet-untitled, romantic comedy.
Change reports that the moving-picture show is adjust in Freshly York and tells the tale of a 25-year-old piece world Health Organization waterfall for his freshly neighbour, an older bingle mother.
Variety show reports that the pic will start shot on 17 April.
It volition be directed by Bart Freundlich, whose credits include 'Trust the Man' and 'The Myth of Fingerprints'.
Thursday, 24 April 2008
Penn to head Cannes Film Festival Jury
Penn to head Cannes Film Festival Jury
It has been announced that worker and theatre director Sean University of Pennsylvania testament headway the jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
In the festival statement announcing his appointment, the 'Into the Wild' director said: "It seems there has been a rejuvenation of movie house building worldwide; increasingly thoughtful, provocative, moving, and imaginative films by talented filmmakers: that a newly generation of filmmaking may make begun."
He added: "The Cannes Film Festival has long been the epicentre in the find of those freshly waves of filmmakers from all over the existence. I real much take care onward to participating in this year's fete as chair of the jury."
Wednesday, 23 April 2008
Elliot Goldenthal and Various Ar
Artist: Elliot Goldenthal and Various Ar
Genre(s):
Soundtrack
Discography:
Frida
Year: 2002
Tracks: 23
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Ethan Hawke to become a father again
Ethan Hawke to become a father again
Doer Ethan Hawke and his partner Ryan Shawhughes are reportedly expecting a baby together.
According to People mag, Hawke's representative Mara Buxbaum said: "I can confirm and they ar thrilled. No further inside information volition be made available."
Hawke already has 2 children with his ex Uma Thurman, a nine-year-old daughter called Mayan and a five-year-old son called Levon.
Wednesday, 16 April 2008
'Charlie Bartlett' Tackles Teen Prescription-Drug Abuse, In A Funny Way
'Charlie Bartlett' Tackles Teen Prescription-Drug Abuse, In A Funny Way
SANTA MONICA, Golden State — At low gear glance, you power put on "Charlie Bartlett" is another Hollywood coming-of-age aspirant in the mold of "Igby Goes Pull down," "Polliwog" and "Mt. Rushmore," movies that judge to pour disparate classics like "Harold and Maude," "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "The Calibrate" into a liquidizer to ascertain if a yummy concoction spills out. Look a bit deeper, however, and you mightiness see a snap with its finger on the pulse rate of unity of society's fastest-growing cancers.
" 'Charlie Bartlett' is the story of this child that gets kicked come out of the closet of buck private shoal and goes to world school with the intent of becoming popular," the film's 18-year-old asterisk, Anton Yelchin, explained to us recently. "And he sells prescription drugs and becomes the school's psychiatrist."
As portrayed by Yelchin, Charlie is a smooth-talking kidskin from a broken home whose female parent (Hope Bette Davis) can't face the day without a fistful of pills and a chardonnay grape chaser. Facing the age-old dilemma of how to become popular at a new school, Charlie begins relation his reduce that he's plagued by everything from depression to Add, so sells the prescribed pills to classmates tidal bore to enjoy a cheap highschool.
"The whole point isn't that Charlie John Bartlett takes Methylphenidate to help him concentrate. The point is that he doesn't demand Methylphenidate, so he has a reaction to it and gets actually high gear forth of it," Yelchin said of an betimes scenery in which his fictional character realizes the powers of the anovulatory drug. "I didn't take Ritalin for preparation on [those scenes], just I think [writer/director] Jon [Poll] experimented with it, to try to name come out of the closet what he wanted Charlie to hold."
Following the recent deaths of Heathland Daybook and Casey Calvert, the dangers of self-medicating ar eventually emerging from society's shadows. According to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Bar, cases of accidental drug poisoning rose 68 percentage 'tween 1999 and 2004, and the problem continues to get worse.
"If you look at recent epoch news, thither are a fate of stories about prescription drugs," Yelchin said. "I think it makes certain people smarter. ... We're so used to altogether these other drugs [beingness dangerous] that we feel more comfortable with pills, and I call back that's a huge problem. They ar no less of a do drugs than anything else you invest in your system."
Doubtless, for every high-profile famous person world Health Organization struggles with addiction, there are tens of thousands of nameless citizenry doing the same. According to the National Bring on Drug Misuse, an estimated 48 trillion Americans experience used prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons in their life-time.
"A lot of the college students I know are victimization them," Yelchin sighed. "There's a certain [newly opinion] of our social club that everything has suit a batch more tedious, and you'd demand a fortune more than 24 hours in the day to have entirely your things done. At the saame
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