In the laboratory, green tea proves a powerful medicine against severe sepsis
MANHASSET, NY – A major component of green tea could prove the perfect elixir for severe sepsis, an abnormal immune system response to a bacterial infection. In a…
Drug company funding of drug trials greatly influences outcome – 35x Better Outcome if Funded by the Drug Company
Contact: Wallace Ravven wravven@pubaff.ucsf.edu 415-476-2557 University of California - San Francisco Drug company funding of drug trials greatly influences outcome In head-to-head trials of two drugs, the one deemed better…
FDA Says No to Dying Patients Seeking Access to Experimental Drugs or Treatments
An important new bill addresses this situation. Action Alert! On July 25, famed civil rights attorney Jonathan Emord will be hosting a briefing on Capitol Hill about the FDA’s refusal…
Fizzical harm: Drinking sugary drinks doesn’t just pile on the pounds – it changes your body so it’s harder to lose weight
By Rob Waugh Drinking sugary drinks for just a month alters body chemistry More difficult to lose weight Body grows to 'prefer' sugar to digesting own fat Drinking sugared fizzy…
117th Health Research Report 02 DEC 2011
Health Technology Research Synopsis 117th Issue Date 02DEC2011 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm www.engineeringevil.com www.facebook.com/vitaminandherbstore www.healthresearchreport.me Editors Top Five: 1.NOW EU SAYS BOTTLED WATER CAN KEEP YOU COOL (BUT IT DOESN'T PREVENT…
Omega fatty acid balance can alter immunity and gene expression
Public release date: 28-May-2009 Appearing in the June 5 issue of JBC For the past century, changes in the Western diet have altered the consumption of omega-6 fatty acids…
Stinky” drywall imported from China raises health and safety concerns ( 2009 )
Public Release: 5-May-2009 Chemical & Engineering News Homeowners throughout the nation are complaining of stinky odors, copper pipe and wire corrosion, and respiratory problems in an ongoing crisis that officials…
Questions of ethics and quality cloud globalization of clinical trials
Public release date: 18-Feb-2009 - Glickman says social ecology and genetics may also play a role in trial outcomes, and may limit their applicability to patients who do not share…
HHS Report Slams FDA’s Conflict of Interest Oversight
Public release date: 13-Jan-2009 - 42% were missing the required financial disclosures on the investigators. - Most often, the sponsors said the investigators could not be located or failed to…
New evidence that people make aspirin’s active principle — salicylic acid
Public release date: 22-Dec-2008 - Vegetarians had much higher levels, almost matching those in patients taking low doses of aspirin. - The results reported in the study suggest that people…
Honey helps to heal wounds
Public release date: 7-Oct-2008 - Honey was more effective in reducing healing time compared to some gauze and film dressings that are often used to treat moderate burns Honey may…
Half of trials supporting FDA applications go unpublished
Public release date: 22-Sep-2008 Over half of all supporting trials for FDA-approved drugs remained unpublished 5 years after approval, says new research published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The…
Hot peppers really do bring the heat / ATP energy is given off as heat. This uncoupling, known as thermogenesis
Public release date: 6-Aug-2008 Chili peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in…
Researchers find cancer-inhibiting compound under the sea / we’ve found a compound in nature that may one day surpass a currently marketed drug or could become the structural template
Public release date: 7-Aug-2008 GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered a marine compound off the coast of Key Largo that inhibits cancer cell growth…
Documentary Evidence Reveals Motives of Pharmaceutical “Seeding” Trials / pharmaceutical company framed a marketing effort as a clinical trial
Public release date: 17-Aug-2008 Clinical studies that are designed by pharmaceutical companies to promote use of their drugs are called "seeding" trials. While much has been written about the marketing…
FSU researcher: As gas prices climb, employee productivity plummets ( 2008 )
Public release date: 5-May-2008 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Rising gas prices are affecting more than the family budget. More pain at the pump results in more employee stress on the…
Clinical trial volunteers mostly indifferent — but not blind to — researchers’ financial conflicts
Public release date: 4-Apr-2008 Unless a researcher has stock ownership in a company whose drug is being tested, telling potential research volunteers about an investigator’s financial interests is unlikely to…
Solving the drug price crisis – “in 50 years only hedge fund managers will be able to afford prescription drugs”
Public release date: 17-Mar-2008 The mounting U.S. drug price crisis can be contained and eventually reversed by separating drug discovery from drug marketing and by establishing a non-profit company to…
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