The Friday Fermentable: Chateauneuf du Pape
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Wines from the "New House of the Pope"
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musings on medicines from the Earth
Abel Pharmboy is the nom de plume of an academic researcher and educator who holds a PhD in Pharmacology. He writes on natural product drugs and dietary supplements, academic career development, medical journalism and, occasionally, making and listening to music and wine appreciation for the monetarily-challenged.
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August 31, 2007
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Wines from the "New House of the Pope"
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August 30, 2007
Category: Pharmacoeconomics
Karl Schwartz is a tireless lymphoma patient advocate who is co-founder and president of Patients Against Lymphoma. Karl also oversees their excellent website, Lymphomation.org. A missive from Karl came in today detailing how the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...
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August 29, 2007
Category: Bioethics
The Foundation for Biomedical Research notes that animal research allows animal rights activists to protest 23.5 years longer.
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August 26, 2007
Category: Women's health
Five years later, I am still not worthy.
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August 24, 2007
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Have you tried wines made from unusual or under-recognized grape varieties?
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August 23, 2007
Category: Blogging community
Did you know just how pervasive HIV denial is?
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August 22, 2007
Category: Pediatric health
Legal action on a well-known, and sad, two-year-old case.
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Category: Drug safety
...if they contain the prescription weight-loss drug, sibutramine.
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August 20, 2007
Category: Pharmacogenetics
A genetic polymorphism causing ultra-rapid conversion of codeine to morphine underlies last week's FDA warning to nursing mothers taking codeine for post-partum pain.
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August 19, 2007
Category: Pharmacogenetics
How individual genetic differences are being used to improve drug safety.
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August 18, 2007
Category: Humor
Oscar, the nursing home cat of doom, meets bedpan-wielding assassin.
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August 17, 2007
Category: The Friday Fermentable
Bee venom in wine can cause allergic reactions in sensitive individuals.
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August 14, 2007
Category: Quackery
The Wall Street Journal reports that a top Mannatech (Wikipedia, corporate) distributor has been found guilty of not paying federal income taxes. He [Raymond Gebauer] became an associate in 1994 and his sales network, operating through companies he owned, was...
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August 12, 2007
Category: Drug safety
A major improvement in the source of a key reagent in drug discovery, drug interactions, liver injury, and liver diseases.
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August 9, 2007
Category: Drug safety
The ethical conundrum of our demand for absolute drug safety while desiring access to unapproved drugs in life-threatening conditions.
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August 6, 2007
Category: Botanical/Herbal Medicines
Misrepresentation of a clinically-active herbal extract leads to proposed legislation to require stricter labeling standards.
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August 1, 2007
Category: Politics
Bear with me. I'm posting this on ScienceBlogs because many of us have had our own beefs with the US airline industry. Many readers also travel around to conferences and, as a result, must use a US airline. Hence, this...
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