My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 31-Jul-2008 Arlington, VA—A federal decision to permit the State of Michigan to spray the state's apple orchards with gentamicin risks undermining the value of this important…
Public release date: 3-Aug-2008 Study says harm from prescription drugs growing, cites fatal flaws in drug testing, approval and marketing BOSTON — Americans are likely to be…
Public release date: 14-Jul-2008 Nine out of ten regular food items aimed specifically at children have a poor nutritional content – because of high levels of sugar, fat or…
Public release date: 22-Jun-2008 UCLA researchers discovered that an FDA-approved drug reverses the brain dysfunction inflicted by a genetic disease called tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). Because half of TSC…
Public release date: 3-Jun-2008 Although the childhood pneumococcal conjugate vaccine has been a boon in reducing the incidence invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), the public and the medical community must not…
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 Intravenous administration of isotonic fluids is the standard emergency treatment in the U.S. for patients with severe blood loss, but UC San Diego bioengineering researchers have…
Public release date: 23-May-2008 Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) berries are well known for their cholesterol busting properties, but scientists in India say that its leaves are also rich in…
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 Contaminated heparin, a blood thinner used in dialysis and other treatments, has been connected to 81 deaths and 785 severe allergic reactions, said Rep. Bart…
Public release date: 29-Apr-2008 CHICAGO | Experimental blood substitutes raised the risk of heart attack and death, yet U.S. regulators allowed human testing to continue despite warning signs, a scathing…
Public release date: 1-Apr-2008 Could Botulinum Toxin Be Bad for You? Botulinum toxins (BoNTs) are used increasingly to treat maladies from spasms and migraines to obesity and wrinkles. It…
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 STANFORD, Calif. - Proposed guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would allow companies to market more drugs for unapproved uses and are a step…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Amy Lavoie amy_lavoie@harvard.edu 617-496-9982 Harvard University Fast-tracked medications more likely to face later regulatory action to remedy safety concerns CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Many medications are…
Public release date: 6-Mar-2008 Good news for chips lovers everywhere – new research in SCI’s Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows that pre-soaking potatoes in…
Public release date: 18-Mar-2008 Pneumococcal disease rates down significantly post-vaccine Since the approval of a vaccine against pneumococcal bacteria for young children in 2000, rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD)…
Public release date: 18-Feb-2008 ATLANTA - The flu season is getting worse, and U.S. health officials say it's partly because the flu vaccine doesn't protect against most of the…
Public release date: 18-Feb-2008 WASHINGTON - GlaxoSmithKline Plc's rotavirus vaccine is associated with increased pneumonia-related deaths and other adverse reactions, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents posted on Friday.…
Public release date: 1-Feb-2008 According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, the food industry has made progress in reducing the trans fat content in its products since…
Public release date: 1-Feb-2008 Amid concern that people in the United States are consuming inadequate amounts of iodine, scientists in Texas have found that 53 percent of iodized…
Public release date: 15-Jan-2008 A University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute study has found that a popular class of osteoporosis drugs nearly triples the risk of…
Public release date: 16-Jan-2008 PORTLAND, Ore. - Selective publication in reporting results of antidepressant trials exaggerates the effectiveness of the drugs, according to a report in the January 17…
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