My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 4-Dec-2007 Nearly 4,800 patient surveys and 100 covertly recorded visits by actors posing as patients revealed that empathy is lacking in many exam rooms around the Rochester,…
WESTCHESTER, Ill. -- Physicians frequently prescribe medications for sleep difficulties in children in U.S. outpatient settings, according to a study published in the August 1st issue of the journal SLEEP.…
Public release date: 7-Nov-2007 More children taking chronic medications for blood pressure, cholesterol, asthma, depression and diabetes WASHINGTON, DC, November 7, 2007 – America’s tweens more than doubled their use…
Public release date: 7-Nov-2007 PORTLAND, Ore. –A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week by Oregon Health & Science University researchers suggests that timelines for…
Public release date: 8-Nov-2007 Interferon does not slow or halt the progression of chronic hepatitis C and advanced liver disease in patients who haven’t responded to previous attempts to eradicate…
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 XDR TB in South Africa traced to lack of drug susceptibility testing In South Africa, the 2001 implementation of the World Health Organization’s anti-tuberculosis program may…
Public release date: 12-Sep-2007 (updated 2004 figure’s) Lipitor - 9 Billion Zocor - 4.7 Billion Nexium - 4.2 Billion Prevacid - 2.4 Billion Zoloft - 1.9 Billion Plavix -…
Public release date: 18-Sep-2007 STANFORD, Calif. - Despite the huge publicity generated by a 2002 study on the potential dangers of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women, new research from…
Public release date: 24-Sep-2007 Drug companies control or shape multiple steps in the research, analysis, writing, and publication of a large proportion of the medical literature, and they do so…
Public release date: 27-Sep-2007 Research may explain why common drugs don't help ANN ARBOR, Mich. — People who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they…
Public release date: 27-Sep-2007 ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Most clinical trials for new diabetes drugs do not consider the impact medication will have on a patient’s quality of life or other…
Public release date: 1-Oct-2007 Pregnant women who have very low cholesterol may face a greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely than women with more moderate cholesterol levels, a team…
Public release date: 1-Oct-2007 New findings published by Drs. Kathleen Merikangas from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and Ronald Kessler from Harvard Medical School and colleagues in the…
Public release date: 22-Aug-2007 Nashville (Tenn.) - The reported failure of vitamin E to prevent heart attacks may be due to underdosing, according to a new study by investigators at…
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 -- Stonewalling by the Veterans Administration is putting U.S. cancer surveillance and research in jeopardy, according to many of the researchers involved in those fields. The…
Public release date: 4-Sep-2007 Internal medicine residents had low scores in a test of biostatistics knowledge, and about three-fourths of the residents surveyed indicated they have low confidence in understanding…
Public release date: 14-Aug-2007 A recent decline in breast cancer incidence is unlikely to be caused by a decrease in mammography screening, according to a study published online…
Public release date: 16-Aug-2007 BETHESDA, Md. – Scientists have shown that recently developed mouse breeds that mimic the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) may not be as…
Public release date: 16-Aug-2007 Are too many people now diagnosed as having depression? Two experts give their views in this week’s BMJ. Professor Gordon Parker, a psychiatrist from Australia says…
Public release date: 11-Jul-2007 Forty per cent of community pharmacists have dispensed an off-label drug to a child in the last month, according to research published in the July issue…
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