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New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday announced an investigation into whether health insurers systematically have required members to pay excessive fees for services performed b
On average, it happens every hour of every day - someone suffers a spinal cord injury** that can leave them paralyzed for life. An innovative device from the Christopher Reeve Foundation is helpi
All of the three major presidential candidates likely would push through major changes in policy, such as proposals to allow reimportation of prescription drugs from Canada and expand health be
The Bush administration is planning to propose legislation that would address excess spending in Medicare and go beyond the trigger provision in the 2003 Medicare law to health care in general,
Robert George, a member of the President's Council on Bioethics, and colleague Christopher Tollefsen in their book, Embryo: A Defense of
Is your heart healthy? It's a good time to check because February is American Heart Month. Nearly 1 in 3 Americans has high blood pressure and many don't even know it.* Left uncontrolled, the c
The following highlights recent state news about women's health policy and legislation.Colorado: The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Commit
San Antonio, Texas, Archbishop Jose Gomez Wednesday objected to presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) rally at St. Mary's U
Reports are coming in of countries responding to Paraguay's request for extra doses of yellow fever vaccines to help it roll out an expanded vaccination programme following its first outbreak in
It usually starts as reflux, but for 700 thousand Americans, it turns into something called Barrett's Esophagus.* Now the black raspberry may be one of the weapons Barrett's Esophagus patients ha
The Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust's (BIRT) are running their third annual Look After Your Head Campaign, part of Brain Injury Awareness Week (31 March-6 April 2008). BIRT has provi
Boehringer Ingelheim's investigational cancer treatment BIBW 2992 has recently received a Fast Track Designation status by the FDA. Under this designation, Boehringer Ingelheim will conduct a pivo
Researchers at ETH Zurich and the University Zurich have identified the chromosomal location and exact molecular defect in the coding region of the gene responsible for a childhood cataract. Until
Growing old is a happier experience than many of us imagine that's according to the findings of a study conducted at Queen's University, Belfast, on behalf of the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP)
In Rwanda women practice the stretching and pulling of their labia minora in order to elongate them. Marian Koster MSc and Dr. Lisa Price of Wageningen University, Netherlands, emphasize that Rwan
Patients with fibromyalgia treated with a synthetic form of marijuana, nabilone, showed significant reductions in pain and anxiety in a first-of-its-kind study, published in The Journal of Pain
Researchers have discovered a peptide in scorpion venom that may hold the key to understanding and controlling cystic fibrosis and other secretory diseases.In the December 28 issue of the
Authors of a Brooklyn, N.Y., study say hair stylists might be a good resource for both healthy hair and information on breast cancer prevention. However, it is not clear if learning about breast h
When Medicare began paying for older women to undergo preventive mammograms in 1991, doctors expected breast cancer mortality rates to drop. Breast cancer deaths did decrease, but new research has
An international team of researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has blocked staph infections in mice using a drug previously tested in clinical trials as a cholesterol lo
The proportion of American women having their babies delivered by C-section jumped to nearly one in three in 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research
Each year more than 150,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colon cancer and over 50,000 will die from the disease. Death rates from colon cancer are higher among African Amer
Until recently, it was recommended that many patients with cardiac conditions receive short-term antibiotics prior to receiving dental treatment to prevent the risk of infective endocarditis (I
Pharmion Corporation (Nasdaq: PHRM) and MethylGene Inc. (TSX: MYG) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has designated the Companies' histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibito
Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) announced the pooled analysis of two pivotal randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials showing that AMRIX(R) (cyclobenzaprine hydrochloride extended-release c
Accelerated Community Oncology Research Network, Inc. (ACORN), announced the initiation of a Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets in combination wit
The first global analysis of the interactions between human proteinsand the proteins of viruses of other pathogens has recently beendeveloped, as reported on February 15 in the open-access jour
Máire Hoctor, T.D, Minister for Older People, launched a new book by The Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre (SPARC) In Trinity College Dublin. The title of this publication is Home Care
The Health and Safety Executive announced that it is prosecuting Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council in connection with a carbon monoxide incident at Crookhill Primary School, Ryton on 14 Novem
Following reports of 4,147 smart cards going missing, MPS advises healthcare professionals on how to avoid the possibility of criticism or potential disciplinary action.Senior Medicolegal