Ayurvedic Medicines

Last night I received an alert from Medivation announcing that an article would be published in today’s online The Lancet regarding their prostate cancer agent, MDV3100.  Sure enough, here’s the article : Although the trial is an early phase I/II study, encouraging antitumour effects were reported in 140 men, of whom 65 were chemotherapy naïve.  Time to disease progression (TTP) was 47 weeks, which is decent considering the men in the study were all castration resistant and likely had advanced disease.

From Twitter: @sandnsurf: Neomycin named allergen of the year http://bit.ly/d508Le via @mdconsult @Paulflevy: never knew there was a competition for this (allergen of the year)! Is there a prize? @rlbates: Not that I know of, but maybe we could come up with something like the Razzie awards. First thought — the Rashie @sandnsurf: brilliant, love it

This week offers a nice break in science topics on the blog and a chance to look at how technology can be used to monitor social media, physician and patient sentiments about drugs and various diseases in a practical way.  I’ve been interested in analysing trends in data since my undergraduate days when I created the first automated computerised football (soccer) notation system for looking at strategies and tactics employed by winning and losing teams.

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The Wall Street Journal interviewed Dr. Catherine Ulbricht, co-founder of Natural Standard and Senior Attending Pharmacist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston , about relaxation beverages. These new drinks often contain herbal extracts or natural hormones and are designed to help reduce stress and anxiety and improve sleep

NEW DELHI: Ninety three per cent of wild medicinal plants used for making ayurvedic medicines in the country are endangered and the government is trying to relocate them from their usual habitat to protect them. …

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