My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Public release date: 28-Nov-2008 One half of the adverse medical events occurring each year in the United Sates are due to preventable medical errors. These adverse events cause up to…
Public release date: 13-Nov-2008 ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Identifying malnutrition before surgery in massive weight loss patients seeking body contouring will significantly decrease surgical complications, accelerate wound healing,…
Public release date: 3-Nov-2008 - Analysis of all high quality trials of homeopathy yields a positive conclusion Two new studies conclude that a review which claimed that homeopathy is just…
Public release date: 30-Sep-2008 An analysis of news media coverage of medical studies indicates that news articles often fail to report pharmaceutical company funding and frequently refer to medications by…
Public release date: 2-Oct-2008 Baltimore, MD. - Knowing how an investigator is paid for running a research study surprisingly plays a small role in patients' willingness to take part…
Public release date: 18-Sep-2008 The new global metabolic profiling techniques, like lipidomics as a branch of metabolomics, have made it possible to measure large numbers of different metabolites, and are…
Public release date: 27-Aug-2008 Boston, MA—Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have found that in a given week, over 10 million Americans are taking opioids, and more…
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: 30-Apr-2008 Report raises C. diff concerns; yeast-based probiotic shown to help significantly reduce recurrence Active ingredient in Florastor probiotic clinically proven to boost efficacy of treatment…
Public release date: 20-May-2008 Researchers searching for solutions to gastric motility issues following gastric bypass surgery discovered some unexpected results including enhanced weight loss, better GI quality of life and…
In an editorial published early online today, JAMA Editor-in-Chief Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., and JAMA Editorial Counsel Joseph P. Thornton, J.D., write about a recent court ruling regarding litigation…
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: 22-Jan-2008 Over-the-counter medicine is commonly and casually used by millions of cold sufferers every year, but there is no good evidence for or against the effectiveness…
Public release date: 4-Dec-2007 Nearly 4,800 patient surveys and 100 covertly recorded visits by actors posing as patients revealed that empathy is lacking in many exam rooms around the Rochester,…
Public release date: 19-Nov-2007 Dutch study suggests that among children with mild or moderate symptoms of throat infections, surgery to remove the tonsils may be more expensive but not necessarily…
Public release date: 11-Oct-2007 New research from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine has found that nearly 50 percent of patients taking antihypertensive drugs in three community health centers were…
Public release date: 24-Sep-2007 Drug companies control or shape multiple steps in the research, analysis, writing, and publication of a large proportion of the medical literature, and they do so…
Spraying salty water (saline) into your nose can help reduce the symptoms of pain and congestion that accompany long-term infections of the nasal passages, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded.…
Public release date: 7-Jun-2007 Researchers found that over the course of the seven-year study, patients visiting chiropractors and other CAM-oriented PCPs had 60 percent fewer hospitalizations, 62 percent…
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