My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 28-Apr-2008 Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a report in the April…
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 Aspirin-like compounds (salicylates) can claim another health benefit: increasing the amount of insulin produced by otherwise healthy obese people. Obesity is associated with insulin resistance, the…
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 Contaminated heparin, a blood thinner used in dialysis and other treatments, has been connected to 81 deaths and 785 severe allergic reactions, said Rep. Bart…
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 CHICAGO | Experimental blood substitutes raised the risk of heart attack and death, yet U.S. regulators allowed human testing to continue despite warning signs, a scathing…
Public release date: 1-Apr-2008 Could Botulinum Toxin Be Bad for You? Botulinum toxins (BoNTs) are used increasingly to treat maladies from spasms and migraines to obesity and wrinkles. It…
Public release date: 1-Apr-2008 Some of the oxygen we breathe today is being produced because of viruses infecting micro-organisms in the world’s oceans, scientists heard today (Wednesday 2 April 2008)…
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 Eating Feta cheese made from raw milk in small seaside tavernas when you are on holiday in Greece could be a good way to combat food…
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 STANFORD, Calif. - Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step…
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to Alzheimer's disease. A study in the open access…
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 Contrary to popular opinion, not all trans fats are bad for you. University of Alberta researcher Flora Wang found that a diet with enriched levels…
Public release date: 3-Apr-2008 Most women in the US consume too little choline Park Ridge, Ill. (April 3, 2008) Choline, an essential nutrient found in foods such as eggs, is…
Public release date: 4-Apr-2008 CHAPEL HILL – Young children who lead inactive lifestyles are five-to-six times more likely to be at serious risk of heart disease, with that degree of…
Public release date: 4-Apr-2008 Unless a researcher has stock ownership in a company whose drug is being tested, telling potential research volunteers about an investigator’s financial interests is unlikely to…
Public release date: 6-Apr-2008 NEW ORLEANS, April 6, 2008 — Mud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists in Arizona report that minerals…
Public release date: 6-Apr-2008 Taking daily recommended dosages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen caused a substantially greater increase over placebo in the amount of quadriceps muscle mass and muscle…
Public release date: 6-Apr-2008 Inflammation, body fat, weight gain and blood cholesterol all lower in rats fed cherries on top of high-fat, Western style diet ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Tart…
Public release date: 7-Apr-2008 Mice given caffeine equivalent to a human drinking six to eight cups of coffee a day were protected from developing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), the…
Public release date: 7-Apr-2008 SAN DIEGO, CA — Green tea is high in the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3- gallate) which helps prevent the body’s cells from becoming damaged and…
Public release date: 9-Apr-2008 Quebec City, April 9, 2008—A study supervised by Université Laval researchers Gina Muckle and Éric Dewailly reveals that omega-3 intake during the last months of pregnancy…
Public release date: 10-Apr-2008 If you are getting forgetful as you get older, then a research team from the University of Reading and the Peninsula Medical School in the Southwest…
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