My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 2-Oct-2007 Swedish researchers have discovered that oseltamivir (Tamiflu); an antiviral drug used to prevent and mitigate influenza infections is not removed or degraded during normal sewage treatment.…
Public release date: 5-Oct-2007 DANVILLE, PA. - Workers who have diabetes with neuropathic symptoms such as numbness or tingling in feet or hands lose the equivalent of 1.4 hours a…
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 PORTLAND, Ore. – In a study of the maternity records of more than 6,000 women, David J.P. Barker, M.D., Ph.D., and Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., of Oregon…
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 October 8, 2007 -- A new study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood…
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – New research shows that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a group of drugs commonly used to treat depression, may double the risk of…
Public release date: 8-Oct-2007 DURHAM, N.C. – Long denigrated as vestigial or useless, the appendix now appears to have a reason to be – as a “safe house” for the…
Public release date: 9-Oct-2007 The use of androgen deprivation therapy to treat localized prostate cancer is associated with an increased risk of death from heart disease, according to a study…
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 It is relatively rare for an influenza virus to be virulent enough to cause death in healthy humans. Many deaths associated with influenza are caused by…
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 Young women suffering from breast cancer do not necessarily benefit from chemotherapy treatment Women under the age of forty with breast cancer who are given drugs…
Public release date: 10-Oct-2007 Obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (oesophageal) cancer as people of ‘healthy’ weight, shows research published ahead of print in the journal…
Public release date: 12-Oct-2007 Using household cleaning sprays and air fresheners as little as once a week can raise the risk of developing asthma in adults, say researchers in Europe.…
Public release date: 15-Oct-2007 Philadelphia, PA, October 15, 2007 – Patients underreported their use of common but potentially dangerous over-the-counter pain medications known as NSAIDs, according to research presented at…
Public release date: 18-Sep-2007 STANFORD, Calif. - Despite the huge publicity generated by a 2002 study on the potential dangers of hormone therapy for postmenopausal women, new research from…
Public release date: 24-Sep-2007 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Researchers in California are reporting new evidence explaining pomegranate juice’s mysterious beneficial effects in fighting prostate cancer. In a study…
Public Release: 24-Sep-2007 Researchers from the University of Warwick, and University College London, have found that lack of sleep can more than double the risk of death from cardiovascular disease.…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2007 Preliminary research suggests that in children at increased risk for type 1 diabetes, dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acids was associated with a reduced risk of…
Public release date: 25-Sep-2007 MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- For years researchers in neurology have believed that people with Huntington’s disease have more children than the general population because of behavioral…
Public release date: 27-Sep-2007 Research may explain why common drugs don't help ANN ARBOR, Mich. — People who have the common chronic pain condition fibromyalgia often report that they…
Public release date: 28-Sep-2007 Exercise for cardiovascular health keeps knee cartilage healthy, too, suggests long-term, community-based study The world’s most common joint disease, osteoarthritis (OA) is a major…
Public release date: 1-Oct-2007 Pregnant women who have very low cholesterol may face a greater risk of delivering their babies prematurely than women with more moderate cholesterol levels, a team…
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