My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Re-Post 2008 Contact: Michele Fisher 732-235-9872 JAMA and Archives Journals A therapy that involves depriving the prostate gland the male hormone androgen is not associated with improved survival for elderly…
Editors Top Five: 1. Environmental pollutant has sex-skewing effect 2. Stomach bug appears to protect kids from asthma, says NYU study 3. Cranberry juice creates energy barrier that keeps…
Repost for Filing 2008 Contact: David Sampson david.sampson@cancer.org American Cancer Society Certain biases may exist in observational studies that compare outcomes of different cancer therapies, making the results questionable. That…
Full Report at www.healthresearchreport.me Editors Top Five: 1. Study Finds How BPA Affects Gene Expression, Anxiety; Soy Mitigates Effects 2. Vitamin B3 may offer new tool in fight against…
Reposted at Request from 26-Nov-2001 Contact: Rob Harrill rharrill@u.washington.edu 206-543-2580 University of Washington Two bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among…
Contact: Hema Bashyam hbashyam@rockefeller.edu 212-327-7053 Journal of Experimental Medicine The cancer drug Avastin (bevacizumab) is used to treat advanced bowel cancer in combination with chemotherapy. This drug targets a protein…
Editors Top Five: 1. Purple pigments and obesity 2. Fake malaria drugs made in China; how the winter vomiting virus evolves3. Study finds patients with complex fibroadenomas can…
Contact: Liz Savage jncimedia@oxfordjournals.org 301-841-1287 Journal of the National Cancer Institute Sex hormones circulating in the blood do not appear to be associated with prostate cancer risk, according to data…
Health Technology Research Synopsis 24th Issue Date 06 FEB 2008 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano Editors Top Five: 1. Sex hormones unrelated to prostate cancer risk2. Over-the-counter eardrops may cause…
21st Health Research Report 26 DEC 2007 – Reconstruction (link below) In This issue: 1. Elective Caesareans carry increased risk of breathing problems2. Cholesterol-lowering drugs and the risk of hemorrhagic…
A commercially available nutrition drink reduces the growth of tumors in a mouse model of human prostate cancer by 25 percent in two weeks, according to researchers from the University…
Contact: Kathleen Phillips ka-phillips@tamu.edu 979-845-2872 Texas A&M AgriLife Communications Citrus shows promise for certain childhood cancer COLLEGE STATION – Orange juice and cancer don't mix. In fact, the popular citrus…
Health Technology Research Synopsis 135th Issue Date 10 AUG 2012 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.healthresearchreport.me www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm www.facebook.com/vitaminandherbstore www.engineeringevil.com Editors Top five: Dangerous experiment in fetal engineering Creatine aids women in outmuscling major…
Health Technology Research Synopsis 121st Issue Date 27JAN2012 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm Editors Top Five: 1. Compounds in mate tea induce death in colon cancer cells 2. …
Health Technology Research Synopsis 114th Issue Date 21OCT2011 Compiled By Ralph Turchiano www.vit.bz www.youtube.com/vhfilm Editors Top Five: 1. New buzzwords 'reduce medicine to economics' 2. Teachers, children mistake…
Public release date: 27-Jan-2010 - "This discovery is exciting, since it shows how an over-the-counter supplement such as Vitamin D could help people defend themselves against Crohn's disease," Canadian…
Public release date: 28-Oct-2009 - statin therapy could lead to transient or permanent cognitive impairment - simvastatin reduced the expression of the cholesterol transporter ABCA1 by approximately 80% in astrocytes,…
Public release date: 6-Jul-2009 - They found significant muscle injury in patients who had taken statins, including several who had discontinued medication before the biopsy. Structural muscle damage may be…
Public release date: 23-Mar-2009 - has found that inhibiting an enzyme known as 11-beta-HSD2 (both genetically and using an extract from licorice) blocks COX-2 activity in human and mouse colorectal…
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…
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