My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2012) — Dogs with hemangiosarcoma that were treated with a compound derived from the Coriolus versicolor mushroom had the longest survival times ever reported for dogs with…
Powerful new anti-cancer drugs based on green tea could soon be developed after scientists found an extract from the beverage could make almost half of tumours vanish. By Stephen Adams,…
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…
Contact: Bonnie Cameron bonnie.cameron@stjude.org 901-495-4815 St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Special modification of reverse genetics created at St. Jude allowed vaccine to be custom-made within weeks of emergence of virus…
Long-term methadone treatment can cause changes in the brain, according to recent studies from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The results show that treatment may affect the nerve cells…
Vegetables that prevent may ultimately cure some cancers COLLEGE STATION - Broccoli, cabbage, turnips and mustard greens. A dose a day keeps most cancers away. But for those who develop…
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…
Reposting Breakthroughs as current, to respark attention (From 2008) UC Irvine starts clinical trial on nicotinamide effect in Alzheimer's patients Irvine, Calif. — An over-the-counter vitamin in high doses prevented…
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…
Health Technology Research Synopsis 118th Issue Date 17DEC2011 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm Editors Top Five: 1. Ecstasy drug produces lasting toxicity in the brain 2. How…
Public release date: 11-Jan-2010 COLLEGE STATION – Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It’s been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast…
Public release date: 17-Nov-2009 - Patients generally reported adverse symptoms earlier, more frequently, and with greater severity than their clinicians - patient-reported adverse symptoms should be collected in clinical trials…
Public release date: 2-Nov-2009 - Use of zinc was found to be safe, with few side-effects, and did not affect the use of traditional treatments for diarrhea. - Clinical trials…
Public release date: 5-Nov-2009 - The researchers assessed clinical response in oral pre-malignant lesions and found 58.8 percent of patients at the highest doses displayed clinical response, compared with 18.2…
Public release date: 19-Jun-2009 - Patients consumed four capsules containing Polyphenon E until the day before surgery — four capsules are equivalent to about 12 cups of normally brewed concentrated…
Public release date: 26-May-2009 - The majority of individuals who entered the study with enlarged lymph nodes saw a 50 percent or greater decline in their lymph node size.” ROCHESTER,…
Public release date: 11-May-2009 -“We’ve been able to show that Kava offers a natural alternative for the treatment of anxiety, and unlike some pharmaceutical options, has less risk of dependency…
Public release date: 11-May-2009 - PLoS Medicine a year earlier suggested that widely used SSRIs, including Prozac, Effexor and Paxil, offer no clinically significant benefit over placebos for patients…
Public release date: 23-Apr-2009 New research provides evidence for a link between vitamin D insufficiency and asthma severity. Serum levels of vitamin D in more than 600 Costa Rican…
Public release date: 28-Apr-2009 People with depression often excluded from clinical studies and tend not to fare as well as study participants PITTSBURGH, April 28 – Findings from…
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