My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 1-Oct-2009 Bethesda, MD (Oct. 1, 2009) — When used “off-label,” the antidepressant amitriptyline works just as well as placebo in treating pain-predominant gastrointestinal disorders in children,…
Public release date: 6-Oct-2009 - antivirals used for herpes simplex offer no benefit for people with Bell’s palsy - Drugs widely prescribed to treat facial paralysis in Bell’s palsy are…
Public release date: 25-Aug-2009 - , neoadjuvant HT use was associated with nearly twice the risk of all-cause mortality (26.3 percent vs. 11.2 percent). Men with coronary artery disease-induced congestive…
Public release date: 16-Jun-2009 - was done despite Lilly’s access and knowledge of at least seven studies that showed the drug was apparently ineffective for the treatment of dementia -…
Public release date: 11-May-2009 - PLoS Medicine a year earlier suggested that widely used SSRIs, including Prozac, Effexor and Paxil, offer no clinically significant benefit over placebos for patients…
Public Release: 25-Mar-2009 - found that one of the genes commonly thought to promote the growth and spread of some types of cancers is in fact beneficial in bladder cancer…
Scans to examine the build-up of calcium in the arteries were far better at identifying patients who would suffer a cardiac event, researchers found. The US study found that 35…
Public release date: 12-Mar-2009 - Our review of 142 patient cases found that medications had little if any beneficial effect on five-year survival or rehospitalization for heart problems among elderly…
Public release date: 20-Feb-2009 New York, NY, February 20, 2009 – Although widespread Prostate-Specific-Antigen (PSA) testing has undoubtedly decreased prostate cancer mortality, is there a point of diminishing returns?…
Public release date: 23-Feb-2009 - the results of his study show that drugs that inhibit the liver from making cholesterol may also keep the brain from making cholesterol, which is…
Public release date: 12-Jan-2009 - 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event…
Public release date: 5-Jan-2009 - Commonly used pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines do not appear to be effective for preventing pneumonia - When only high quality trials were included, there was no…
Public release date: 9-Dec-2008 There are no clear benefits to using long-acting beta2-agonists (LABAs) for treatment of asthma in children, a new study concludes. In an overview of recent Cochrane…
Public release date: 26-Nov-2008 - Serious side effects of nifedipine in pregnancy are rare, Lyell said, but even a low risk isn’t worthwhile if the drug has no benefit. STANFORD,…
Public release date: 1-Dec-2008 - When averaged over all the seasons, flu vaccination was associated with a reduction of one-half day (½ a day) of illnesses - In addition, for…
Public release date: 4-Dec-2008 - researchers found no difference in the rate of progression of liver disease among patients who received interferon and those who did not DALLAS — Dec.…
Public release date: 17-Sep-2008 Ithaca, N.Y. – September 17, 2008 – Lipitor has been the top-selling drug in the world and has accounted for over $12 billion in annual sales.…
Public release date: 25-Aug-2008 Three regulatory warnings of serious adverse events slowed the growth of use of atypical antipsychotic drugs among elderly patients with dementia, but they did not…
Public release date: 31-Jul-2008 SEATTLE—A Group Health study in the August 2 issue of The Lancet adds fuel to the growing controversy over how well the flu vaccine protects the…
Public release date: 3-Aug-2008 Study says harm from prescription drugs growing, cites fatal flaws in drug testing, approval and marketing BOSTON — Americans are likely to be…
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