There’s nothing more sacred than the physician-patient relationship, and we
physicians have the responsibility to make sure nothing gets in the way of that
relationship–or even appears to get in the way.” …
Year: 2008
As promised, FDA misses deadlines
the FDA warned that it would probably start missing deadlines because of a
staffing crunch. And observers have commented that the agency seems to be
hesitant at the approval trigger, perhaps because it’s gun-shy after a variety
of high-profile drug safety problems. …
Synthetic biology attracts VC attention
Synthetic biology could be used to create new drugs and medical devices,
solve ecological problems and even create new organisms. …
Featured News » Vitamin D Deficiency Among Parkinson’s (PsychCentral)
“Patients with chronic neurodegenerative diseases frequently have many risk
factors for vitamin D insufficiency,” including advancing age, obesity,
avoidance of sun exposure, residence in northerly latitudes and having darker
skin. …
Parkinson’s Patients More Prone to Vitamin D Deficiency (Yahoo! News)
“Significantly more patients with style=”BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand; BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed”>Parkinson’s
disease [55 percent] had insufficient vitamin D than did controls [36
percent] or patients with Alzheimer’s
disease [41 percent],” the researchers wrote. …
Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphism and Parkinson’s Disease in Koreans
1 ,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2 D3 ), which is the biologically active form
of vitamin D, has anti-inflammatory effects and can prevent experimental
Parkinson’s disease (PD). …
Vitamin D and Parkinson’s disease–a hypothesis.
We hypothesize, based upon several lines of evidence, that documented
chronically inadequate vitamin D intake in the United States, particularly in
the northern states and particularly in the elderly, is a significant factor in
the pathogenesis of PD. …
Vitamin D and Parkinson’s Disease: Too Much Apparently Not Enough when it Comes to PD
Researchers hypothesize, based upon several lines of evidence, that documented
chronically inadequate vitamin D intake in the United States,
particularly in the northern states and particularly in the elderly, is a
significant factor in the causes of Parkinson’s disease. …
Mainstream Media Lies about Vitamin D Deficiency and Parkinson’s with Deceptive Headlines
Do they really think readers are so stupid as to believe sunshine exposure
causes Parkinson’s disease? They’re apparently willing to print the false
headlines and find out. …
Pharma is cash rich abroad, but debt will rise
the industry looks fairly safe, despite the U.S. financial crisis, but others
say that because of the potential tax hit, U.S. drug companies are more likely
to go into debt than to repatriate cash. …