Pharmacology

Resveratrol: The Backlash

“Is it schadenfreude, or is it something else?” It is a question Harvard professor David Sinclair asks himself a lot of late. No wonder. Just about everyone doing cell biology has something—and usually critical—to say of him these days. There are loudmout ...

Article - Greg Critser - May 7 2010 - 9:41am

Biological Passports: The Answer To Doping In Pro Sports?

Steroid use has been a serious problem in professional sports for many years now. Famous baseball players, Olympic athletes, pro wrestlers and many others have been caught using performance enhancing substances. Concern over the practice has come from fear ...

Article - Cameron J English - May 10 2010 - 3:58pm

Viagra Use May Cause Hearing Loss

A new study has found an association between hearing loss and the use of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. The findings, published in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, suggest a potential for long-term hearing loss following use of Viag ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2011 - 10:05am

Performance Enhancing Drugs For... Poker Players?

It's pretty common to have a level of skepticism regarding modern athletes and performance-enhancing drugs.   A few users taint the entire field, especially if it brings some success.   Baseball, football, cycling... all elite members are under scruti ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 1 2010 - 6:25pm

‘Biological Passport’ Gets Support For Growth Hormone Doping In Sports

Bbiomarkers of growth hormone doping are not subject to the same natural fluctuations as growth hormone itself, says a new study which could help sporting authorities worldwide catch athletes that use it to boost their performance.   Published in the journ ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2010 - 4:48pm

Felbamate- A Review Of An Amazing But Potentially Dangerous Anti-epileptic

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Article - Keith Zimmerman - Jun 11 2010 - 11:21am

Homeopathy's Downward Spiral Continues

Homeopathy's origin should be a clue to why there is no evidence to show it has ever worked.  In the words of Samuel Hahnemann, the German physician at a time when being an M.D. was not a mark of respect, believed "The vital force that animates t ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 2 2010 - 10:52am

Calcium Supplements Linked To 30% Increased Risk Of Heart Attack

Calcium supplements are commonly taken by older people for osteoporosis but have now been associated with an increased risk of a heart attack, according to a study published in BMJ-British Medical Journal.    The results seem to indicate that a reassessmen ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 1 2010 - 12:47am

Would You Like Statins With That Big Mac?

One solution to the heart risk caused by obesity, although an obtuse one, is to add things to the junk food industry instead of taking away some junk food. Researchers at Imperial College London writing in the American Journal of Cardiology suggest fast fo ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2010 - 10:41am

Pharmaceutical Companies: Car Salesmen Without The Lemon Laws?

Donald Light, professor of comparative health policy at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, says the pharmaceutical industry is a market for 'lemons'-  a market in which the seller knows much more than the buyer about the prod ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 17 2010 - 10:45am