My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 21-Apr-2008 Commonly used chemotherapy drug causes healthy brain cells to die off long after treatment has ended and may be one of the underlying biological causes…
Public release date: 23-Apr-2008 “FOR the life of the flesh is in the blood. No soul of you shall eat blood.” So says the Bible’s book of Leviticus, and it…
Public release date: 28-Apr-2008 ST. PAUL, Minn. – Young women who took the commonly used epilepsy drug phenytoin for one year showed significant bone loss compared to women taking other…
Public release date: 28-Apr-2008 Alendronate, a medication used to prevent fractures in women with osteoporosis, may be associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation, a type of abnormal heart…
Public release date: 28-Apr-2008 Postmenopausal women taking hormone therapy appear to have an increased risk of stroke regardless of when they started treatment, according to a report in the April…
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 A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to Alzheimer's disease. A study in the open access…
Public release date: 2-Apr-2008 Contrary to popular opinion, not all trans fats are bad for you. University of Alberta researcher Flora Wang found that a diet with enriched levels…
Public release date: 3-Apr-2008 Most women in the US consume too little choline Park Ridge, Ill. (April 3, 2008) Choline, an essential nutrient found in foods such as eggs, is…
Public release date: 6-Apr-2008 Inflammation, body fat, weight gain and blood cholesterol all lower in rats fed cherries on top of high-fat, Western style diet ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Tart…
Public release date: 11-Apr-2008 Macadamia nuts included in a heart healthy diet reduced low-density cholesterol (bad cholesterol) and should be included among nuts with qualified health claims, according to researchers.…
Public release date: 13-Apr-2008 Researchers at Emory University are learning how vitamins and minerals in the diet can stimulate or prevent the appearance of colon cancer. Emory investigators will…
Public release date: 14-Apr-2008 Increased use of antidepressants and decreasing suicide rates: A population-based study using Danish register data The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10…
Public release date: 14-Apr-2008 The French parliament's lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Maja Fiket fi.maja@googlemail.com 773-702-6241 University of Chicago Medical Center Following free drug sample receipt, patients who receive these samples have significantly higher out-of-pocket prescription costs…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Jann Ingmire 312-464-2499 JAMA and Archives Journals In an editorial published early online today, JAMA Editor-in-Chief Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., and JAMA Editorial Counsel…
Public release date: 24-Mar-2008 Contact: Sean Wagner swagner@bos.blackwellpublishing.com 781-388-8550 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Middle-aged patients are hardest hit Hepatitis C-related deaths in the United States increased by 123 percent from 1995…
Public release date: 25-Mar-2008 Contact: Carmen Leibel carmen.leibel@ualberta.ca 780-492-0436 University of Alberta While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A’s School of Public…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Dr. Cristina Campoy Folgoso ccampoy@ugr.es 34-958-023-419 University of Granada This release is available in Spanish. New recommendations published by international experts in the Journal of…
Public release date: 26-Mar-2008 Contact: Alison Heather a.heather@garvan.org.au 61-292-958-128 Research Australia Scientists have uncovered the therapeutic properties of bitter melon, a vegetable and traditional Chinese medicine, that make it a…
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