Pharmacology

Organic Movement Rejects Science, Embraces ‘Natural’ Ebola Cure

As the death toll of Ebola continues to rise, especially in the hard-hit West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, the need for a viable cure is growing more and more urgent. Even more concerning is the possibility that once approved, v ...

Article - Jon Entine - Oct 28 2014 - 2:18pm

Mandatory Ebola Quarantine Is About Politics, Not Public Health

The risk to the Australian community from doctors and nurses returning from Ebola-affected countries is minimal. Credit: EPA/ARIE KIEVIT By Grant Hill-Cawthorne, University of Sydney and Adam Kamradt-Scott, University of Sydney Governments have a duty to ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 28 2014 - 11:26pm

Resveratrol Reverses Benefits Of Exercise- Study

Resveratrol has long been touted in news outlets and health blogs as a 2000s miracle product, with little evidence it helps people. It instead benefited from a kind of 'Glaxo would not paid $720 million if it didn't work' veneer. One of the ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 31 2014 - 3:49pm

Chocolate Is Brain Food? Not So Fast

Chocolate as brain food? Credit: John Loo/Flickr By Meredith Knight, Genetic Literacy Project Scanning headlines last week, one may have been persuaded that chocolate consumption preserves and improves memory functions for aging brains. In reality, this n ...

Article - Genetic Literacy ... - Nov 2 2014 - 9:43am

Gulf War Syndrome- CoQ10 Antioxidant Helps In Small Study

Over 200,000 United States troops who fought in the 1990-1991 campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi invaders have been diagnosed with a set of chronic health problems dubbed Gulf War Syndrome. The symptoms range from fatigue, muscle pain and weakness to ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2014 - 3:13pm

Looking for the next Big IC50

Low standards breed poor results. ...

Blog Post - Ryan Walsh - Nov 13 2014 - 4:56pm

Testing Could Reduce Unnecessary Antibiotics Prescriptions

Fast testing for bacterial infections may help to reduce excessive antibiotic use, finds a systematic review. When doctors tested for the presence of bacterial infections, they prescribed fewer antibiotics. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 9:00am

Success For Olaparib In BRCA-Related Cancers

Olaparib, an experimental twice-daily oral cancer drug, produces an overall tumor response rate of 26 percent in several advanced cancers associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations, according to results of a Phase II study. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2014 - 9:00am

Starlings, Prozac, And Yorkshire

Will the medicines you take make their way back into your food?  They might, especially of you take your cue from an old Yorkshire song which deals with human recycling in the food chain, via worms and ducks.  Now, research [1] from the university of York ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Nov 8 2014 - 12:10pm

Giving Norovirus The Heave Ho?

Named after the location of first documented outbreak (Norwalk Ohio in 1968) norovirus, aka the "Stomach Flu," "Winter Vomiting Bug," or the "Cruise Ship Virus" is an evil little demon that spares no one. There are few, if any ...

Article - Josh Bloom - Nov 12 2014 - 3:05pm