Contrary to some reports, the epilepsy drug oxcarbazepine does not appear to prevent migraine, according to research published in the February 12, 2008, issue of Neurology®, the medical

A research team at the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reports that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who were treated with a gene therapy protoco

A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Die

When mothers are given multiple micronutrient supplementation (MMN,)they tend to give birth to children who are bigger and heavier. This iscontrast to mothers given just iron and folic acid sup

What do marathoners and heart failure patients have in common? More than you think according to new findings by physiologists at Columbia University Medical Center.The new study shows tha

A study published recently in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery shows a 45% reduction in operative mortality in high risk patients requiring aortic valve replacement when Least Invasive Valve

The surgical removal of the ovaries has been widely adopted as a cancer-risk-reducing strategy for women with either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. A new multicenter study led by researchers at Memoria

AGA Medical Corporation (AGA) announced it received European CE Mark approval for the AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder II (ADO II). AGA also announced the immediate availability and launch of the

A new gene locus has been discovered that may be associated with levelsof low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the blood. This newfinding may aid the development of new drugs to fight c

Pharmion (Nasdaq: PHRM) and MethylGene Inc. (TSX: MYG) announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) and the European Commission (EC) designated MGCD0103, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhi

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals announced that the last subject randomized into the SUN-Micro Phase 3 clinical trial has completed their scheduled 8 month visit. This milestone officially marks the co

AtriCure, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRC), a medical device company and a leader in cardiac surgical ablation products, announced that the first patient was successfully treated in AtriCure's ABLATE clinic

The South African Parliament on Thursday unanimously passed a bill that would relax some restrictions on abortion,

Two recently published opinion pieces said that Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) would appoint conservative justices to the Supreme Court if he were elected president.

GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier on Thursday said that the company will provide FDA wi

AGI Dermatics clinical research indicates that the ability of bicyclic monoterpene diols (BMTds) to reduce collagenese MMP-1 secretion and increase collagen production is dependent on the TNF-a

Cancer research pioneer Michael G. Hanna Jr. Ph.D., also Vaccinogen, Inc.'s Founder, Chairman and CEO has acquired the rights to OncoVAX(R), a vaccine with the potential to prevent colon cancer

As the flu season gets into full swing across the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that while this year's shots do not match all of the major circulating

Researchers at Pulmonary Associates announced the start of the EASE (Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema) Trial, an international, multi-center clinical trial to explore an investigational treatmen

Help the Aged has responded to a report claiming that the Government is in denial about the progress of its NHS reforms. ' NHS reform: national mantra, not local reality', a report publi

Next week leading public service trade unionists from southern African nations will visit UNISON to draw up plans to help HIV/AIDS workers. The HIV/AIDS pandemic has a sharp Southern African focus

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is being asked to develop new clinical and public health guidance as part of its 15th work programme. The Insti

The latest innovations in the field of CT and MRI imaging have been formally launched in the UK by Siemens at the Science Museum in London. A high-field 3T MRI system, the MAGNETOM Verio

A combined analysis of four phase II/III studies which enrolled more than 20,000 women confirmed that the quadrivalent (6,11,16,18) cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil® has sustained 98% to 100

Endologix, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELGX), the developer and manufacturer of the Powerlink(R) System for the minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), announced that it has received n

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu season in the United States can last from Novemb

Randox has developed a biochip for the early detection of myocardial infarction (MI), more commonly known as heart attack. The Cardiac Array biochip combines the gold standard marker troponin wit

AstraZeneca announced that the company has submitted applications in the European Union (EU) under the Mutual Recognition Procedure (MRP) for once-daily SEROQUEL XR(TM) (quetiapine fumarate) Exten

In a recent US study published in the British BMJand available on bmj.com,researchers found that depressed doctors in training are more than six

The BMA's GP Committee (GPC) met to discuss the two options the government has given GPs regarding changes to their contract and passed the following resolution: The GPC has come to the