Pharmacology

Women who increase consumption of caffeinated coffee have lower risk of depression, according to a report in Archives of Internal Medicine. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 26 2011 - 6:30pm

Is Coffee A Gateway Drug To Cocaine?

It took years of mismanagement, printing Monopoly money by the federal government, and runaway unemployment to get groups claiming to represent 99% of Americans protesting progressive fiscal policy on Wall Street and in other cities. You may disagree on t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2011 - 11:06am

EGCG: Green Tea May Help Lose Weight Too

Once a product starts to get credit for doing everything, there is a chance you may be in the crackpot zone. If so, look for the downfall of green tea in 2012 because a new study says the Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) in green tea prevents weight gai ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2011 - 2:49pm

Antidepressant Study In Mothers May Show Autism Link In Offspring

Rats exposed to the antidepressant citalopram, a serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), just before and after birth showed substantial brain abnormalities and behaviors, according to a new study. The long-distance connections between the two hemi ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2011 - 7:30am

Vectibix® (Panitumumab) Granted Approval For Expanded Indications In The European Union

THOUSAND OAKS, California, November 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/-- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Nov 16 2011 - 1:16am

Tacca Chantrieri- Bat Plant May Have Cancer Fighting Power

Researchers have pinpointed the cancer-fighting potential in the bat plant, or Tacca chantrieri. Susan Mooberry, Ph.D., leader of the Experimental Development Therapeutics Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, has been wo ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 22 2011 - 3:00pm

Avastin Study Proves Drug Delays Ovarian Cancer Progression

An international clinical trial shows that treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab ("Avastin") delays the disease and may also improve survival. The findings in the New England Journal of Medicine report that the drug halted the cance ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 30 2011 - 9:30am

Resveratrol Takes Another Fall

It's often the case that when something claims to cure everything, a little skepticism is warranted. We have dozens of articles here on Resveratrol but over time the titles began to reflect growing disbelief it could be that perfect. By the time it ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 1 2012 - 10:52am

Pevion's Therapeutic Candida Vaccine Generates Functional B Cell Memory In All Vaccinees

BERN, Switzerland, January 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/-- Pevion Biotech AG today announced further data from the ongoing clinical study of its therapeutic Candida vaccine PEV7, demonstrating the generation of specific and functional B cell memory in 100% of vac ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 17 2012 - 12:30pm

Niiki Pharma Announces The Completion Of Phase I Dose Escalation For First-in-Man Anti-Cancer Agent NKP-1339

HOBOKEN, New Jersey and PHILADELPHIA, January 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/--- Trial Demonstrates Favorable Safety Profile with Anti-Tumor Activity Niiki Pharma Inc. announced today that it has completed the dose escalation portion of the Phase I clinical trial o ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Jan 17 2012 - 1:30pm