My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
Germ fighters, antidepressants, opioids top list; women, elderly likelier to have prescriptions Wednesday, June 19, 2013 ROCHESTER, Minn. — Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one…
29 JUL 2012 Many heart patients make mistakes with their medications after hospital discharge that could lead to clinically important adverse outcomes. Patients who are most vulnerable are the elderly,…
HAMILTON, ON, April 24, 2012 — Commonly prescribed anti-depressants appear to be doing patients more harm than good, say researchers who have published a paper examining the impact of…
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="575"] 19th century Italian pharmacy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Public release date: 17-May-2011 Study shows pharmacies’ software systems miss potentially dangerous interactions University of Arizona researchers test…
Taking a cue from Apple and Coca-Cola, pharmaceutical firms are humanizing their brands Version française Montreal, February 4, 2014 — By 2018, it is estimated that the…
Public release date: 19-Apr-2010 - patients report side effects from medication for the treatment of depression 20 times more than psychiatrists have recorded in the charts [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="257"]…
- It's also important for people to be honest with their doctor if they are unable to afford enough food, since that may affect which medications and dosages are best…
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center DURHAM, N.C. – A targeted effort to help high-risk heart failure patients stay on their medications did improve adherence to drug…
Contact: Sarah Avery sarah.avery@duke.edu 919-660-1306 Duke University Medical Center Staying on medication may not translate to avoiding readmission DURHAM, N.C. – A targeted effort to help high-risk heart failure patients…
For Shawn Schneider, a carpenter and rock musician, the descent into addiction began one Wisconsin winter with a fall from a rooftop construction site onto the frozen ground below. As…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQ7nVt9KgQ] Topics Medications in Food, Cause for illness Cholesterol Medicine affects energy production in muscle in up to 75% of people. More Deaths Blamed on Plavix 100 Richest People…
2010 report posted for filing Contact: Daniel Fowler fowler@asanet.org 202-527-7885 American Sociological Association Incentives and protections for industry encourage development of many drugs with few new benefits over existing pharmaceuticals,…
2010 study posted for filing Contact: Daniel Fowler fowler@asanet.org 202-527-7885 American Sociological Association Incentives and protections for industry encourage development of many drugs with few new benefits over existing pharmaceuticals,…
2008 Post for filing Contact: Marla Paul Marla-Paul@northwestern.edu 312-503-8928 Northwestern University CHICAGO --- A common bronchodilator drug which has been used for more than a decade by patients with chronic…
2008 post for filing Contact: Mark Shainblum mark.shainblum@mcgill.ca 514-398-2189 McGill University Study finds doubled mortality risk if treatment is discontinued This release is available in French. Patients discontinuing statin medication…
The doctors claim that the state wastes money on unnecessary medicine that they blame for up to 20,000 deaths annually Kim Willsher in Paris guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 September 2012 12.18 EDT Half…
Contact: Kim Barnhardt kim.barnhardt@cmaj.ca 613-520-7116 x2224 Canadian Medical Association Journal Most pharmaceutical drugs in Canada are manufactured overseas in countries such as India, China and others, yet how can we…
Digital pills approved by the FDA By Tecca | Today in Tech – 01 AUG 2012 Your medication may soon be able to send reminders to your smartphone if you…
Public release date: 26-May-2009 - receiving acid-suppressive medications was associated with a 30 percent increased odds of hospital-acquired pneumonia Hospitalized patients who receive acid-suppressive medications such as a proton-pump inhibitor…
Public release date: 26-Jan-2009 - “Methotrexate and cyclophosphamide are two products very often used to treat cancer and are more likely to be found in water,” - Chemotherapy products, such…
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