Giovanna Di Sauro

I was going through my usual morning news reading, and then something in the European news section of the BBC really tickled my interest: it is the story of a once successful French cardiologist who beat his alcohol dependence prescribing himself a muscle relaxant drug.

Or at least, this is what a study funded by AstraZeneca suggests. The study has been recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine — you can download a free pdf copy of it here (watch out, it opens in a new window).

Or at least, this is what a study funded by AstraZeneca suggests. The study has been recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine — you can download a free pdf copy of it here (watch out, it opens in a new window). In this blog post, I am going to examine and summarize the paper, and trying to draw some conclusions from it. Are the results reliable? Was the follow-up long enough, and their study sample of appropriate size? Find out just below the fold.

This is the second post dedicated to Bisphenol A (BPA). In this post I will talk about the research regarding BPA biological activity, and the medical as well as ecological implications of BPA presence for us and our environment.