Pharmacology

Alzheimer's And Parkinson's Drug Made From Pomegranate

Alzheimer's disease can be slowed and some of its symptoms curbed by punicalagin, a natural compound, found in pomegranate, according to a  study in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. Alzheimer's affects up to 44.4 million people globally.  ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 23 2014 - 9:30am

Link Between Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure And Autism Risk Questioned

Some epidemiological papers have linked an increased risk of autism in children with women who took antidepressants during pregnancy. Suggestions have been that antidepressants or severe maternal depression cause autism. In a Molecular Psychiatry paper, i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 10:16am

Modern Traditional Chinese Medicine: Triptolide Plus Nanotech Could Improve Cancer Treatment

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the second leading cause of cancer-associated death worldwide, due to the difficulty in treating this cancer using conventional chemotherapeutic drugs such as doxorubicin, epirubicin, cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil or etoposid ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2014 - 9:21am

Xenon Gas Can Erase Traumatic Memories

Xenon gas is commonly used for diagnostic inhalation because of its anesthetic properties but more recently it has been used by the Russians to cheat in the Olympics, and the cycling community has followed suit, because of its EPO- Erythropoietin- hormone ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2014 - 3:45pm

Old Dope, New Tricks: The New Science Of Medical Cannabis

Somewhere in this much-incinerated plant lies valuable medicine: perhaps a treatment for cancer or an antidote to obesity.Prensa 420/Flickr, CC BY-NC By David J. Allsop, University of Sydney and Iain S. McGregor, University of Sydney Medicinal cannabis is ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 28 2014 - 8:18pm

Aconite: Chinese Herbal Medicine Turns Deadly

There is a reason alternative medicine has an adjective in front of it- it can't survive double-blind clinical trials the way medicine has. But at least it isn't harmful. In most cases. However, aconite, a class of plant that is also known as wo ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 9:00pm

High Dietary Salt Linked To Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

Some research has indicated that salt might alter the autoimmune response, which is implicated in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), but it is not clear if it has any direct effect on the course of the disease itself. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 3:17am

Rapamycin Vs. FK506 For Schwann Cell Migration And Peripheral Nerve Repair

FK506 possesses a well-studied neuroregenerative effect, stimulating neurite extension in the presence of nerve growth factor in vitro, and enhancing nerve regeneration following nerve crush injury and isografting. The use of FK506 to stimulate nerve rege ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 1:30am

Caffeine Syndrome: Energy Drinks Linked To Heart Problems

Energy drinks can cause heart problems according to research presented yesterday at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2014 today by Professor Milou-Daniel Drici from France. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2014 - 10:02am

Wockhardt Is First Indian Pharmaceutical Company To Get FDA QIDP Status

Wockhardt Limited announced that two of its drugs, WCK 771 and WCK 2349, received the coveted Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) status from U.S. Food&Drug Administration (FDA). QIDP status is granted to drugs which act against pathogens which ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2014 - 8:22pm