My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 27-Jul-2011 Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology is ineffective in finding breast tumors, and appears to increase a woman’s risk of being called back needlessly for additional testing following…
Public release date: 6-Jun-2011 To fully optimize a drug therapy for osteoporosis and low bone mineral density (BMD), patients should maintain vitamin D levels above the limits recently recommended by…
- Later studies found only a one- to three-month delay in breast cancer growth. And no studies showed Avastin extended the lives of patients with advanced breast cancer. Public release…
Public release date: 3-May-2011 Limitations of evidence base for prescribing aripiprazole in maintenance therapy of bipolar disorder - The evidence base for the prescribing of aripiprazole in maintenance treatment of…
Public release date: 1-May-2011 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Avandia (Photo credit: neofedex)[/caption] System in brain — target of class of diabetes drugs — linked to weight gain …
Public release date: 28-Mar-2011 Summary of study being published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology March 28 finding that men in their seventies had prostate cancer screening nearly…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2011 Prescribing antibiotics for patients with discoloured phlegm caused by acute cough has little or no effect on alleviating symptoms and recovery, a Cardiff University study…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 19-Mar-2014 - half of the U.S. population between the ages of 40 and 75 - adults free of cardiovascular disease who are over age 60, with 77…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2014 WASHINGTON — A study of more than 15,000 men with early stage prostate cancer finds that those who received androgen deprivation as their primary treatment instead…
Public release date: 18-Jan-2011 - statins reduced the risk of dying from 9 to 8 deaths for every 1000 people treated with statins each year.- The researchers point out that…
Drosophila intestines provide 'ready-made stem cell microenvironments' that are 'difficult-to-impossible' to create in petri dishes, offering an unconventional screen that allows researchers to test drugs in vivo. Credit: University of…
Public release date: 15-Dec-2010 In a study that the authors describe as lending credence to the idiom, “by the skin of your teeth,” scientists are reporting that the protective shield…
- since screening was introduced in Norway, the rate of discovery of breast cancer in the early stage among women aged 50-69 has almost doubled- while there has been virtually…
- Between 20-50% of patients with incurable cancers undergo chemotherapy within 30 days of death. - although most patients with metastatic cancer choose to receive chemotherapy, evidence suggests that most…
Public release date: 16-Nov-2010 - Our findings reinforce the existing knowledge that the best antibiotic treatment for common childhood ear infections may be no antibiotic treatment at all - Of…
Public release date: 13-Sep-2010 - While a man in the United State has about a one in six chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, his risk…
Public release date: 22-Sep-2010 - On average, the antibiotic group had longer hospital stays and higher mortality rates than the non-antibiotic group. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] English: Original description: "This…
Public release date: 23-Sep-2010 - New evidence surfaced in 2009 that suggested GSK hid important information about the drug's safety from officials - Wyeth's diet drug Fen-Phen stayed on the…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94nJP4KMJlQ] Highlights: - Annual screening in women aged 40-59 does not reduce mortality from breast cancer beyond that of physical examination - .Canada decided to compare breast cancer incidence…
Public release date: 31-Aug-2010 - “It is difficult to discern a credible rationale for keeping this medication on the market,” they wrote. - A person taking Meridia had a 1-in-70…
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