Scotch pine bark extract may help fight arthritis

The highly purified extract may be useful one day to relieve high blood pressure, asthma, heart disease and skin cancer, according to an article about to be published in the Dec. 29 print issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. … Continue reading Scotch pine bark extract may help fight arthritis

Pharmaceutical giants collaborating with emerging companies — hopeful sign

Given the complex roles that nitric oxide plays in so many different critical areas of medicine–like inflammation (which is a factor in a host of diseases like asthma, liver disease, etc.), pain and cardiovascular therapy, it’s very exciting to hear that drug gian Pfizer has committed to a partnership with emerging French NicOx that’s working … Continue reading Pharmaceutical giants collaborating with emerging companies — hopeful sign

Nature holds both healing miracles and the seeds of destruction–sometimes in the same element

Just discovered this item that was first reported in the spring this year. Children with sickle cell disease experience pain when their veins begin to close up (an effect of the disease). I had some exposure to the potential effects–both positive and negative–of nitrix oxide when writing a white paper on asthma this year. So … Continue reading Nature holds both healing miracles and the seeds of destruction–sometimes in the same element

US/China Pharmaceutical parntership to develop Septic Shock Drug

Medinox and PUMC Pharmaceutical Company Agree to Collaborate on Developing NOX-100 Septic Shock Drug in China and South Korea: Estimated number of septic shock patients is 600,000 in the US and 2 million in China per year; half of those patients die. “The results of this trial in patients with severe septic shock indicate a … Continue reading US/China Pharmaceutical parntership to develop Septic Shock Drug

Revolution: The official end of the snake-oil sales era

No kidding. A manufacturer, Medical Research Institute, which makes health and strength supplements, invested in proving that its nitric-oxide-enriched product works. The company created and funded a study to prove that its NO2 product, sold in GNC stores around the country, actually did what it’s claimed to do: enhance strength and endurance for exercise enthusiasts … Continue reading Revolution: The official end of the snake-oil sales era