Pharmacology

Ever miss your daily cup of coffee and subsequently get a pounding headache? According to reports from consumers of coffee and other caffeinated products, caffeine withdrawal is often characterized by a headache, fatigue, feeling less alert, less energetic ...

Article - News Staff - May 2 2009 - 11:08am

Women May Be More Susceptible To Tobacco Carcinogens

It sounds like it should be a New York Times headline- "Tobacco kills everyone! Women impacted most!" but, no, females may actually be more vulnerable than men to the cancer-causing effects of smoking tobacco, according to new results reported ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2009 - 11:35am

Do Probiotics Help With Obesity?

One year after giving birth, women were less likely to have the most dangerous kind of obesity if they had been given probiotics from the first trimester of pregnancy, found new research that suggests manipulating the balance of bacteria in the gut may hel ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 7:12am

Rocket 'Eruca Sativa'- Salad Herb May Be Anti-Ulcer Medicine

astric ulcer is an illness that affects a considerable number of people worldwide. Although the introduction of proton-pump inhibitors to the classic anti-ulcer therapy has revolutionized treatment of peptic ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders, the ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2009 - 5:43pm

Detecting The Antibiotics In Honey

"The method we have developed means we can simultaneously detect various kinds of antibiotic residues (macrolides, tetracyclines, quinolones and sulfonamides) in honey", Antonia Garrido, lead author of the study and the researcher in charge of th ...

Article - News Staff - May 8 2009 - 1:02pm

Cocaine Regulates Gene Expression- And Has Long-Lasting Impact On Behavior

New research sheds light on how cocaine regulates gene expression in a crucial reward region of the brain to elicit long-lasting changes in behavior. The study in Neuron provides insight into the molecular pathways regulated by cocaine and may lead to new ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2009 - 1:01pm

Ginseng Is A Natural Anti-Inflammatory- Study

Laboratory experiments have demonstrated the immunological effects of ginseng, say researchers writing in the Journal of Translational Medicine. Their studies show that the herb, much used in traditional Chinese and other Asian medicine, does have anti-in ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2009 - 8:49pm

Solution For Allergies: Cigarettes?

Smoking is bad for you, but it can also help with allergies, according to a new study which says that cigarette smoke can prevent allergies by decreasing the reaction of immune cells to allergens. Smoking can cause lung cancer, pulmonary disease, and can e ...

Article - News Staff - May 14 2009 - 10:06am

Sarcophine- Derivative Of Red Sea Coral Fights Skin Cancer

Scientists at South Dakota State University are exploring the mechanisms by which a substance derived ultimately from Red Sea coral could help treat skin cancer. The study built on earlier work by SDSU distinguished professor Chandradhar Dwivedi’s lab look ...

Article - News Staff - May 16 2009 - 12:13am

Making A Tuberculosis Vaccine That's Effective (Again)

A team of Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators say they have cracked one of clinical medicine's enduring mysteries – namely, why the once-effective tuberculosis vaccine no longer prevents the bacterial lung infection that kills more than ...

Article - News Staff - May 19 2009 - 2:23pm