My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
[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…
Quick rebuttal to the inaccurate statement that nutritional supplements are an ineffective tool against heart disease. The CBS Doctor Tara Narula reading from a scripted source ... Made the inaccurate statement…
Public release date: 6-Sep-2010 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] GlaxoSmithKline: Where Billions in Fines Don't Dent the Bottom Line (g1a2d0050c1) (Photo credit: watchingfrogsboil)[/caption] Rosiglitazone: What went wrong A…
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…
Public release date: 7-Sep-2010 - Infants who received heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccination (PCV-7) at 2, 4, and 11 months were more likely than unvaccinated controls to have nasopharyngeal acquisition of…
Public release date: 9-Sep-2010 - Taking medications to treat insomnia and anxiety increases mortality risk by 36% - respondents who reported having used medication to treat insomnia or anxiety at…
"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 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="350"] English: Symptoms of ADHD described by the literature (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] EAST LANSING, Mich. — Nearly 1 million children in…
Public release date: 12-Aug-2010 HRR: This is not humor, this is a real article. - published in the Sunday 15 August issue of the American Journal of Cardiology 2010 -…
Public release date: 16-Aug-2010 - HRR: UPDATE As of 15 FEB 2014 ProAmatine or generic versions are still on the market being prescribed - According to the GAO, the FDA has…
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 HRR: How a drug company intentionally kills thousands for profit and no one goes to jail. - the agency decided to keep the drug on the market —…
- 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: 7-Jun-2010 - At three years after treatment, 82 percent of patients with HPV-positive tumors were still alive - compared with 57 percent of patients with HPV-negative tumors…
One in Five adults take prescription psychiatric drugs Prescription drugs are the second most common substances to be abused 27,000 unintentional drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States 250million…
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: 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…
Public release date: 26-May-2010 -“There is no ‘deeply rooted’ historical tradition of unfettered access to foods of all kinds.” [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="198"] Dictatorship (Photo credit: FasterDix)[/caption] -“Plaintiffs’ assertion of…
Public release date: 22-Apr-2010 -60% of prostate cancers detected with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests could represent overdiagnosis -50% of lung cancer detected they estimate could represent overdiagnosis -25% of breast…
[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…
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