My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 29-Aug-2007 ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Data from a new Mayo Clinic (http://mayoclinic.edu) study suggest that dietary therapy using flaxseed can decrease hot flashes in postmenopausal women who do…
Public Release: 31-Aug-2007 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have found that nutrients in red wine may help reduce the risk of developing prostate…
Public release date: 30-Aug-2007 A drug that shuts down a critical cell-signaling pathway in the most common and aggressive type of adult brain cancer successfully kills cancer stem cells thought…
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…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nutrients taken from avocados are able to thwart oral cancer cells, killing some and preventing pre-cancerous cells from developing into actual cancers, according to researchers at…
Berkeley -- A compound found in broccoli and related vegetables may have more health-boosting tricks up its sleeves, according to a new study led by researchers at the University…
Public release date: 10-Aug-2007 PHILADELPHIA - Concentrated chemicals derived from green tea dramatically boosted production of a group of key detoxification enzymes in people with low levels of…
Public release date: 9-Aug-2007 According to a new study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Medicinal Foods, natural compounds in Concord grape juice protected healthy…
Public release date: 9-Aug-2007 Researchers from the New England Research Institutes found that while men using statins did indeed have lower blood levels of androgens such as…
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: 19-Aug-2007 Evidence from laboratory experiments on rats and on human colon cancer cells also suggests that anthocyanins, the compounds that give color to most red, purple…
Athens, Ga. – A new University of Georgia study finds that pectin, a type of fiber found in fruits and vegetables and used in making jams and other foods, kills…
Public release date: 20-Aug-2007 Johns Hopkins scientists have found yet another reason why you should listen to your mother when she tells you to eat your vegetables. Sulforaphane, a…
After lung and stomach cancer, liver cancer is the third largest cause of cancer deaths in the world. A new study on the relationship between coffee drinking and the risk…
In mice that were engineered with a genetic defect that caused prostate cancer, a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids beginning at birth reduced tumor growth, slowed disease progression and…
Public Release: 26-Jun-2007 Many cancer patients, suffering from fatigue and symptomatic anemia as side effects of their disease and its treatment, are prescribed ESAs—also known as EPO (epoetin alfa, or…
Public release date: 8-Jun-2007 The four-year clinical trial included more than one thousand women over the age of 55 in one of three supplement groups: 1) calcium (1400-1500mg) plus…
Public release date: 11-Jun-2007 Two new studies find the uninsured and people with certain types of public health insurance are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced cancer compared…
North Central Cancer Treatment Group reports on pilot ginseng study CHICAGO -- North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) researchers, based at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have generated preliminary data…
Public release date: 2-Jun-2007 DURHAM, N.C. -- Flaxseed, an edible seed that is rich in omega 3-fatty acids and fiber-related compounds known as lignans, is effective in halting prostate tumor…
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