My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 11-Apr-2008 Macadamia nuts included in a heart healthy diet reduced low-density cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and should be included among nuts with qualified health claims, according to researchers.…
Public release date: 13-Apr-2008 Researchers at Emory University are learning how vitamins and minerals in the diet can stimulate or prevent the appearance of colon cancer. Emory investigators will…
Public release date: 14-Apr-2008 Older men who take loop diuretics, commonly prescribed drugs for heart failure and hypertension, appear to have increased rates of hip bone loss than men who…
Public release date: 14-Apr-2008 Increased use of antidepressants and decreasing suicide rates: A population-based study using Danish register data The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10…
Public release date: 14-Apr-2008 The French parliament's lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites…
Public release date: 23-Mar-2008 Contact: David Ong david.ong@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9049 University of California - Davis Health System Animal study reveals mechanism behind rise in salmonella bacteremia in AIDS patients (SACRAMENTO, Calif.)…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Maja Fiket fi.maja@googlemail.com 773-702-6241 University of Chicago Medical Center Following free drug sample receipt, patients who receive these samples have significantly higher out-of-pocket prescription costs…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Jann Ingmire 312-464-2499 JAMA and Archives Journals In an editorial published early online today, JAMA Editor-in-Chief Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., and JAMA Editorial Counsel…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Suzanne Wu suzanne.wu@usc.edu 213-740-0252 University of Southern California In the current issue of The RAND Journal of Economics, USC researchers provide a challenge to the…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Sean Wagner swagner@bos.blackwellpublishing.com 781-388-8550 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Middle-aged patients are hardest hit Hepatitis C-related deaths in the United States increased by 123 percent from 1995…
Public release date: 25-Mar-2008 Contact: Liz Savage jncimedia@oxfordjournals.org 301-841-1287 Journal of the National Cancer Institute Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for peri- and postmenopausal symptoms increases disease recurrence in breast cancer…
Public release date: 25-Mar-2008 COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new study reviewing 75 group-randomized cancer trials over a five-year stretch shows that fewer than half of those studies used appropriate…
Public release date: 25-Mar-2008 MADISON, WI, March 24, 2008 -- Can organic cropping systems be as productive as conventional systems? The answer is an unqualified, "Yes" for alfalfa or wheat…
Public release date: 25-Mar-2008 Contact: Leslie Orr Leslie_Orr@urmc.rochester.edu 585-275-5774 University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester researchers showed for the first time that a natural antioxidant found in grape skins and…
Public release date: 25-Mar-2008 Contact: Carmen Leibel carmen.leibel@ualberta.ca 780-492-0436 University of Alberta While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Amy Lavoie amy_lavoie@harvard.edu 617-496-9982 Harvard University Fast-tracked medications more likely to face later regulatory action to remedy safety concerns CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Many medications are…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Sue Taylor staylor@kellencompany.com U.S. Apple Association WASHINGTON - The apples and apple juice you consume may have positive effects in one of the most unlikely…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Paul Francuch francuch@uic.edu 312-996-3457 University of Illinois at Chicago Mercury is a large component of dental fillings, but it is not believed to pose immediate…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Dr. Cristina Campoy Folgoso ccampoy@ugr.es 34-958-023-419 University of Granada This release is available in Spanish. New recommendations published by international experts in the Journal of…
Public release date: 27-Mar-2008 Contact: Christa Poole christa.poole@utoronto.ca University of Toronto TORONTO, ON. – There is new promise on the horizon for those who suffer from REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder…
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