My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
- formation of dopamine-producing neurons during brain development in mice is dependent on the activation of a specific receptor in the brain by an oxidised form of cholesterol called oxysterol [PRESS…
Public release date: 6-Apr-2009 DURHAM, N.C. – Deft molecular detective work at Duke University Medical Center suggests that scientists may soon be able to resurrect niacin as one of…
Public release date: 23-Feb-2009 - the results of his study show that drugs that inhibit the liver from making cholesterol may also keep the brain from making cholesterol, which is…
Public release date: 26-Jan-2009 - statins lower Q10 levels because they work by blocking the pathway involved in cholesterol production – the same pathway by which Q10 is produced. Statins…
Public release date: 12-Jan-2009 - 75 percent of patients hospitalized for a heart attack had cholesterol levels that would indicate they were not at high risk for a cardiovascular event…
Public release date: 9-Dec-2008 Pregnant women or those hoping to start or extend a family should avoid using the cholesterol-lowering drugs statins, say scientists. Current clinical guidelines already recommend that…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2008 HILTON HEAD, SC—Statins are powerful drugs that reduce "bad" cholesterol and thus cut the risk of a heart attack. While these medications offer tremendous benefits…
Public release date: 26-Sep-2008 Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers at Penn State who conducted the first study…
Public release date: 25-Aug-2008 Low levels of LDL cholesterol as well as high levels are associated with cancer in patients with type 2 diabetes, found a prospective cohort study http://www.cmaj.ca/press/pg427.pdf…
Public release date: 3-Jul-2008 For the first time, an influential doctors group is recommending that some children as young as 8 be given cholesterol-fighting drugs to ward off future…
Public release date: 8-Jul-2008 ROCHESTER, Minn. -- A great deal of scientific evidence shows that cholesterol-reducing medications known as statins can help prevent coronary artery disease. Although the…
Public release date: 13-Feb-2008 University of Illinois study shows that exercise-trained mice get far fewer gallstones than sedentary mice and identifies potential mechanisms to explain why this occurs. The…
Public release date: 27-Nov-2007 Atrogin-1 gene mediates muscle toxicity of popular cholesterol-lowering drugs BOSTON – Statins, the popular class of drugs used to lower cholesterol, are among the most commonly…
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…
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