My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 29-Nov-2007 GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- What do suffering a traumatic brain injury and using club drugs have in common"University of Florida researchers say both may trigger a similar chemical…
Public release date: 1-Dec-2007 High-calorie foods tend to cost less than lower-calorie items and are less likely to increase in price due to inflation – a possible explanation for why…
Public release date: 2-Dec-2007 Washington, D.C. -- The compound sulforaphane whose natural precursors are found at high levels in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables has been hailed for its chemopreventive…
Public release date: 2-Dec-2007 Metabolic syndrome is a condition afflicting one quarter to one third of adult men and women and is an established pre-cursor to diabetes, coronary heart disease,…
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 Washington, D.C. -- A purified extract prepared from a common microbe and delivered to the lungs of laboratory mice in a spray set off a healthy…
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 A single dose of buckwheat honey before bedtime provided the greatest relief from cough and sleep difficulty compared with no treatment and an over-the-counter cough medicine…
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 (BRONX, NY) -- Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have shown that perchlorate—an industrial pollutant linked to thyroid ailments—is actively concentrated…
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 Research shows men experienced almost 100% increase of overall satisfaction For couples worldwide, erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the leading contributors to a man's inability…
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 LAS VEGAS – One type of over-the-counter product for topical wound care is more effective than others in killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, or MRSA, which…
Public release date: 3-Dec-2007 Complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) training for students in the health professions improves their ability to provide balanced, evidence-based advice to patients. Dr Evelin Tiralongo, a…
Public release date: 4-Dec-2007 A comparison of common treatments for acute sinusitis that included an antibiotic and a topical steroid found neither more effective than placebo, according to a study…
Public release date: 4-Dec-2007 Adults over age 60 who had higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness lived longer than unfit adults, independent of their levels of body fat, according to a…
Public release date: 4-Dec-2007 K-State researchers findings on E. coli Feeding cattle byproduct of ethanol production causes E. coli 0157 to spike MANHATTAN, KAN. -- Ethanol plants and livestock producers…
Public release date: 4-Dec-2007 Nearly 4,800 patient surveys and 100 covertly recorded visits by actors posing as patients revealed that empathy is lacking in many exam rooms around the Rochester,…
Public release date: 5-Dec-2007 A chemical found in household fittings has been found to affect the development of the mammary gland in rats and further studies will be required…
Public Release: 5-Dec-2007 The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant indigenous to the Arctic regions of Europe and Asia increased the lifespan of fruit fly populations, according to a…
Public Release: 5-Dec-2007 Pycnogenol® improved physical function by 52 percent GENEVA, Switzerland – Affecting more than 10 million Americans, Osteoarthritis of the knee (OA) is one of the five leading…
Public release date: 6-Dec-2007 Oral squamous cell carcinoma is a deadly cancer that, even when treated successfully, often leaves patients permanently disfigured. Other than radical surgery, there are few known…
Public release date: 6-Dec-2007 A commercially available nutrition drink reduces the growth of tumors in a mouse model of human prostate cancer by 25 percent in two weeks, according to…
Public release date: 6-Dec-2007 Your mom was right when she told you to eat your broccoli, or at least your broccoli sprouts. Researchers have found that this rich source of…
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