My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 12-Nov-2007 “Dragon’s blood” may sound like an exotic ingredient in a witch’s brew or magic potion. But researchers in China are reporting that the material — which…
Public release date: 12-Nov-2007 Men who take beta carotene supplements for 15 years or longer may have less cognitive decline, according to a report in the November 12 issue of…
Public release date: 13-Nov-2007 DURHAM, N.C. -- A diet low in carbohydrates may help stunt the growth of prostate tumors, according to a new study led by Duke Prostate Center…
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 Johns Hopkins researchers and colleagues have found a previously unrecognized role for tiny hair-like cell structures known as cilia: They help form our sense of touch.…
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 Americans are less willing to pay more for healthy dishes, less knowledgeable about healthy menu items, and more likely to consider healthy items bland tasting, finds…
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: 22-Oct-2007 A team of Johns Hopkins scientists reports in this week’s issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that humans can be protected against…
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 BOSTON — When elderly nursing home residents contract pneumonia, it is a blow to their already fragile health. Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD of the Jean…
Public release date: 22-Oct-2007 Just three months of daily, vigorous physical activity in overweight children improves their thinking and reduces their diabetes risk, researchers say. “Is exercise a magic wand…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 New research investigates a possible link between iron deficiency in women and idiopathic cough. Italian researchers evaluated 16 healthy, non-smoking women, all of whom had normal…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have released a new study, examining the relationship between sleep fragmentation and lipid profiles. Both normal and…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 A new study evaluates the roles of gender and body measurements in the severity of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) requirements.…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 New research shows that antioxidants—vitamins A, C, and E—may help improve lung function in people who smoke. Researchers from Bangladesh compared the lung function of 200…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 When people living in many parts of the world move their clocks forward one hour in the spring in observance of daylight saving time (DST), their…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for illness…
Public Release: 24-Oct-2007 – It used to be dogma that the brain was shut away from the actions of the immune system, shielded from the outside forces of nature. But…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 “AT THIS point I’ll try anything I can to have a child,” says Emma*, a 38-year-old teacher from London. Emma faces a similar problem to many…
Public release date: 24-Oct-2007 CLEVELAND – Scientists at Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine have published in the Journal of Inflammation a remarkable discovery with a natural product derived…
Public release date: 26-Oct-2007 For the first time, a new screening method shows promise for identifying new human tumor viruses, as well as determining which cancers are caused by infection…
Public release date: 28-Oct-2007 Exercise may reduce, and even reverse, bone loss caused by hormone and radiation therapies used in the treatment of localized prostate cancer, thereby decreasing the potential…
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