Pharmacology

Genetic Link To Therapeutic Efficacy Of Axona For Alzheimer's Disease?

Accera, Inc., a biotechnology company delivering therapies in central nervous system diseases, today announced further evidence for genetic interactions impacting the efficacy of the ketogenic compound AC-1202 (Axona(TM)) in Alzheimer’s disease. New data ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 17 2009 - 3:16pm

Why Contraceptives Don't Work As Well With Fat Women

Epidemiological studies have shown that some oral contraceptives are less effective at preventing pregnancy in obese women until an 'effective blood concentration' has been reached, meaning there is a 'window' where the contraceptive wi ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2009 - 11:43am

Immunometabolism? Reducing Allergy Symptoms May One Day Reduce Diabetes And Obesity Too

Metabolic conditions and immunologic conditions rarely coincide but a group of papers appearing in Nature Medicine have linked type 2 diabetes with immunology in an intriguing way.  In the first study, researchers used two common over-the-counter allergy m ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 26 2009 - 2:34pm

Go Ahead, Have Another Glass: The Reason Why Red Wine Is Healthy

There has long been an on-again, off-again debate about the health effects of red wine. Is it killing our liver or is it preventing the next pandemic? It appears scientists from Scotland and Singapore have answered this question. Red wine is healthy becau ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2009 - 8:09pm

Superdrol, Other OTC Body-Building Supplements, Tainted With Anabolic Steroids

The Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology lists three cases of patients suffering from the adverse affects of steroid-enriched dietary supplements.  The cases reported by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital include patients with liver injury and renal failu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 4 2009 - 3:31pm

Take This Rx IQ Test If You Wonder About Pharmaceutical Companies And Health Care Reform

With Big Pharma allegedly “cooperating” with President Obama’s health care reforms, and Congress wanting to limit drug advertising, might it pay to refresh our memories about how we got here in the first place? It's time for a quiz.   The first to ge ...

Article - Greg Critser - Aug 6 2009 - 5:41pm

Abuse-resistant pain pills are approved by FDA

A new era in painkillers has officially started, as FDA approved King Pharmaceuticals' extended-release morphine drug Embeda. This is a story that has been several months in the making, and the public health potential is huge. When extended-release mo ...

Blog Post - Becky Jungbauer - Aug 14 2009 - 8:57am

'Devil's Claw' Arthritis Remedy Plant Ingredient Gets Synthesized In The Lab

"Devil's claw" is a plant that may hold a natural for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Years of drought in Africa's Kalahari Desert have pushed the Devil's claw toward extinction but scienti ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2009 - 5:26pm

Nitric Oxide Is Key To Chinese Herbal Heart Formula

A University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston study suggests that ancient Chinese herbal formulas used primarily for cardiovascular indications including heart disease may produce large amounts of artery-widening nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is cruc ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2009 - 11:14pm

Kudzu- Nuisance Vine May Turn Into Dietary Supplement

Kudzu has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States but imagine that  instead of being a nuisance it could sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence that root extracts from k ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 6:56pm