My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
30 Jan 2012 PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness The solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) widely used in industry and to dry clean clothes is a…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 18-May-2014 A form of bacteria responsible for respiratory illness, including the deadly pneumonia known as Legionnaire's disease, may be able to grow in windshield washer fluid and…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 12-May-2014 MINNEAPOLIS – People who are exposed to paint, glue or degreaser fumes at work may experience memory and thinking problems in retirement, decades after their exposure,…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 11-May-2014 Coeliac UK, the national charity for coeliac disease announces today, 12th May 2014, new research from the University of Nottingham that has found a fourfold increase…
Public release date: 9-Nov-2011 Finfish, shrimp, and seafood products are some of the most widely traded foods and about 85 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. A…
Public release date: 14-Nov-2011 Symptoms of disease may appear 10 to 40 years following exposure A novel study in twins found that exposure to trichloroethylene (TCE) — a hazardous organic…
- iodoacetic acid, bromoacetic acid and chloroacetic acid " we did not know how they caused toxicity before this study " Public release date: 24-Oct-2011 University of Illinois scientists report the first…
Public release date: 31-Oct-2011 Washington, DC — The lack of readily available information about cosmetic ingredients may cause patients with celiac disease who use lip, facial or body products to…
Public release date: 11-Oct-2011 Environmental toxicants such as dioxins, PCBs, and pesticides can pose a risk for cardiovascular disease. For the first time a link has been demonstrated between atherosclerosis…
- By the time a child in the US or other developed countries reaches the age of 18, s/he has already had on average 10-20 doses of antibiotics Public release…
Public Release: 8-Apr-2014 - environmental factors such as insufficient dietary supplementations of fatty acids, exposures to infections, various chemicals or drugs can change gene expression and contribute to autism.…
Public release date: 25-Jul-2011 Erionite in North Dakota roads may increase risk of mesothelioma Honolulu, HI—As school buses drive down the gravel roads in Dunn County, North Dakota, they stir…
Public release date: 4-May-2011 Experts suggest new policy to reduce toxic chemical exposure and subsequent burden of disease In three new studies published in the May issue of the journal…
Arsenic poses far higher health risks than any other known environmental exposure, say Professors Allan Smith and Craig Steinmaus from the University of California, Berkeley, in an accompanying editorial. Yet…
Public release date: 30-Apr-2011 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450"] English: GULF OF MEXICO (May 16, 2010) An oil containment boom deployed by U.S. Navy Supervisor of Salvage and Diving personnel…
Public release date: 22-Feb-2011 In a preliminary study, researchers found that 50-minute cell phone use was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism (a marker of brain activity) in the region…
13 January 2011 by Debora MacKenzie - entered the brain directly through nasal nerves [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] A diagram of Prion Propagation (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] You catch flu by…
Public release date: 8-Dec-2010 - report suggests that animal manure accounts for 90 percent of estrogens in the environment Contrary to popular belief, birth control pills account for less than…
Public release date: 2-Nov-2010 - UV filters were present in 85 percent of human milk samples of a research published in Chemosphere [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Signatories…
Public release date: 24-Aug-2010 - atrazine, a widely used herbicide, are more likely to develop prostate inflammation and to go through puberty later than non-exposed animals - prostate inflammation went…
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