My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
In lab tests, the antimicrobial ingredient triclosan spurs growth of breast cancer cells Public Release: 23-Apr-2014 Some manufacturers are turning away from using triclosan as an antimicrobial ingredient in soaps,…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 22-Apr-2014 Acupuncture at Waiguan improves activation of functional brain areas of stroke patients Both acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) and sham acupuncture can activate/deactivate several brain regions in…
Biting into Whole Foods can Make Children Rowdy Brian Wansink, Francesca Zampollo, Guido Camps & Mitsuru Shimizu. (2014) Biting versus Chewing: Eating Style and Social Aggression in Children. Eating Behaviors,…
Public release date: 19-Oct-2011 IQ, the standard measure of intelligence, can increase or fall significantly during our teenage years, according to research funded by the Wellcome Trust, and these changes…
Public release date: 19-Oct-2011 Scientists have been unclear for some time about how most probiotics work. A new study has found a scientific ‘design’ for a probiotic that could be…
Public release date: 19-Oct-2011 Many other congenital conditions, including autism, may one day prove to be related to environmental pollutants AUSTIN, Texas — Pesticides and pollutants are related to an…
Public release date: 20-Oct-2011 Cincinnati, OH, October 20, 2011 – Frequent spitting up, irritability, and unexplained crying in infants can be very distressing to parents. Pediatricians often prescribe acid-suppressing drugs…
Public release date: 20-Oct-2011 BOSTON, MA (October 20, 2011) – Results from a comprehensive multi-site clinical trial demonstrated that the use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care unit rooms reduced…
Public release date: 20-Oct-2011 A healthy diet is especially important during the menopause – a period in which the risk of suffering from health problems increases. Various studies analyse the…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3xT_qYDiU] Highlights: - "We found prenatal SSRI exposure was nearly 3 times as likely in boys with ASD relative to typical development, with the greatest risk when exposure took…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYq0nyZBbn4] Highlights: - About 80 per cent of the 2012 whooping cough cases in Australia studied by the team were caused by pertactin-free strains. Pertactin is one of the…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPUneSGxXQM] Highlights: - Thirty patient families chose antibiotics alone and 47 opted for surgery. Those in the non-operative group were admitted to the hospital and received IV antibiotics for…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwIZncC7gME] Highlights: - discovered that tomatidine generates changes in gene expression that are essentially opposite to the changes that occur in muscle cells when people are affected by muscle…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 21-Apr-2014 ATLANTA--Ginseng can help treat and prevent influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a respiratory virus that infects the lungs and breathing passages, according to research findings…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 20-Apr-2014 Discovery of previously undefined molecular pathway is step toward novel clinical trial Most drugs used to treat lung, breast and pancreatic cancers also promote drug-resistance and…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 21-Apr-2014 Mitochondrial repair may be to blame for muscle weakness in mitochondrial diseases and in long-time alcoholics (PHILADELPHIA) -- Muscle weakness is a common symptom of…
Public release date: 20-Oct-2011 Even though previous studies have been shown the link between regular exercises and improved health the exact dose-response relation remains unclear. Guenther Samitz, researcher in physical…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2011 Alcohol can reduce asthma risk Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Drinking alcohol in moderate quantities can reduce the risk of asthma, according to Danish researchers. The study, which…
Public release date: 26-Sep-2011 (CHICAGO) – Older people with low blood levels of vitamin B12 markers may be more likely to have lower brain volumes and have problems with…
Public release date: 26-Sep-2011 The risk of depression appears to decrease for women with increasing consumption of caffeinated coffee, according to a report in the September 26 issue of Archives…
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