My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public Release: 23-Mar-2015 Georgia State University ATLANTA--Roflumilast, a drug recently approved in the United States to treat severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), increases the production of a protein that…
For patients in the lowest risk group, the researchers calculated that doctors would need to treat 57-66 patients for 10 years to prevent one heart attack. In the intermediate…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0h2a9H4KTo] Statin Data Criminally Manipulated to Deceive Doctors = Their paper is an analysis of the data in the statin trials which led them to conclude that "statin advocates…
" The falls in serum cholesterol were significantly greater in the 'treatment' groups, but this did not seem to have any impact on the death rates from all causes or from…
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aoWR1ZDUQc] WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2015 -- Is there such a thing as love at first smell? There are hundreds of spray-on pheromone products that claim to put you on…
PUBLIC RELEASE: 13-JAN-2015 INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS -- An estimated 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. A new report by an independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health…
19 NOV 2013 Questions have been raised about the advice given to patients with a cold and sore throat, in research published in the British Medical Journal. A study carried…
01 NOV 2013 Fewer patients were studied as part of expedited reviews of new drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2008 and some safety questions…
05 OCT 2013 Prostate cancer screening using the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test is widely used in France despite a lack of evidence showing that it reduces cancer deaths. Now, researchers…
Public Release: 10-Dec-2014 A new study out today in the journal Neurology shows that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the pain associated with lumbar spinal stenosis, the most common…
17 May 2013 Marketing influenza vaccines involves marketing influenza as a threat of great proportions, argues Johns Hopkins fellow Promotion of influenza vaccines is one of the most visible and…
But limiting to over-65s may boost net health gain, suggest researchers The pros of giving healthy women regular low dose aspirin to stave off serious illness, such as cancer…
Study finds most older adults qualify for statin therapy under new cholesterol guidelines In a cohort of individuals aged 66-75 years, 97 percent now qualify for a statin MINNEAPOLIS, MN…
25 JAN 2013 Cancer expert remains to be convinced by breast screening review Michael Baum, Professor emeritus of surgery at University College London says that, while deaths from breast cancer…
Studies raise questions about traditional management of heart attack patients after discharge from hospital, reports The American Journal of Medicine Philadelphia, PA, November 10, 2014 - Beta-blockers have been a…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 27-Oct-2014 Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care releases updated guideline A new Canadian guideline recommends that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should not be used to…
02 NOV 2012 New research suggests that antibiotics are not effective in treating cough due to the common cold in children. The study, presented at CHEST 2012, the annual meeting…
05 OCT 2012 CHICAGO – Among patients with either coronary artery disease (CAD) risk factors only, known prior heart attack, or known CAD without heart attack, the use of beta-blockers…
27 SEP 2012 Although the mortality rate associated with ovarian cancer is high, the disease is rare, and the majority of women with a positive screening test will have a…
When it is strep, penicillin is the antibiotic of choice, say IDSA Group A Streptococcal Throat Infection Guidelines AT A GLANCE Most throat infections are not caused by Group A…
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