My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 17-Dec-2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Visual Antidepressant! (CC) (Photo credit: Purple Sherbet Photography)[/caption] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of older Americans taking an antidepressant for the…
- 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…
Public release date: 7-Sep-2010 - analyzed dozens of ghostwritten reviews and commentaries published in medical journals and journal supplements that were used to promote unproven benefits and downplay harms of…
"Many men get treated unnecessarily – and risk life-altering side effects including impotence and incontinence"Pathologist Richard Ablin discovered the PSA antigen 40 years ago. He says it should never have…
Public release date: 17-Aug-2010 - they spend two to three times more on marketing than on research to persuade doctors to prescribe these new drugs- Doctors may get misleading information…
- Furthermore, the study shows that 22% of screen detected breast cancers were over-diagnosed - During the 25 year study period, 3,250 women in the mammography arm and 3,133 in…
Public release date: 25-Jul-2010 - sugar molecule common to chimpanzees, gorillas and other mammals * but not found in humans * provokes a strong immune response in some people, likely worsening conditions…
Conflicts of Interest - A joint investigation by the BMJ and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism has uncovered evidence that raises troubling questions about how WHO managed conflicts of interest…
Public release date: 1-Jun-2010 - men younger than 50 and women younger than 60, who have diabetes but no other major risk factors, probably not use aspirin. [caption id="" align="aligncenter"…
Public release date: 17-May-2010 - Studies published as early as 1947 demonstrated nearly every thyroid gland might be found to have a cancer if examined closely enough - 20-year survival rate…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adN8VeJFe8A] Highlights: -Physicians for Integrity in Medical Research says in its federal complaint against Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg - best-case scenario showed that roflumilast reduced the…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 6-Jan-2014 - Parents should be made aware that their child might develop a fever following simultaneous influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations - children who received simultaneous influenza and…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 24-Dec-2013 - Antidepressants are not superior to placebo and other medication in short-term, and long-term use of antidepressants cannot achieve higher response and remission rates of bipolar…
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