A study carried out at the Department of Anthropology of the University of Granada has examined, both at a quantitative an

Researchers attending the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston this week could take heart in s

Thai Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap on Thursday announced that he has invited a committee to review the legality of compulsory licenses issued by outgoing Thai Public Health Minister Mong

Recent arrests and trials of HIV-positive men in Egypt are endangering human rights and fueling discrimination against people living with the disease in the country,

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Patty Stonesifer on Wednesday announced that she will be stepping down from her position

Summaries of an editorial and opinion piece that address health care issues in the presidential election appear below.

More than 21,000 Indiana residents have applied for the Healthy Indiana Plan, which was launched Jan. 1, but only about 6,000 of those applications have been processed by the state

A Howard County, Md., plan to provide 20,000 uninsured residents with access to health care services will require passage of state legislation because of the program's unique structure, the

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake on Thursday pledged to reduce the time it takes veterans to receive medical care and disability

The House on Thursday voted 384-23 to approve legislation (HR 4848) that would extend for one year a law that p

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Thursday sent letters to adverti

Congressional Democrats remain dedicated to efforts to promote the use of health care information technology, despite provisions in the fiscal year 2009 budget request released on Monday by Pre

Data from a Phase I/II study of the novel antiCD20 monoclonal antibody, ofatumumab (formerly HuMax-CD20) in patients with relapsed or refractory B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) demonstr

Centocor, Inc. announced that the Biologics License Application (BLA) for ustekinumab (CNTO 1275) has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of a

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced results from the CASTLE study, in which 300 mg of once-daily REYATAZ® (atazanavir sulfate) taken with 100 mg of ritonavir (REYATAZ/r) showed

The amount of money people spend to treat their back and neck problemshas increased substantially in the last decade. Despite this, theirhealth status does not seem to be comparably improving,

In a study of pregnant women, those with pregnancy-induced high blood pressure were found to have higher levels of a peptide that raises blood pressure in the pieces of tissue linking mother and f

Staging mock cardiac and respiratory arrests - code situations in hospital parlance - easily expose common failures in rapid response with CPR and other life-saving care for children and also se

New research from UAB (University of Alabama at Birmingham) shows that patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) have a dramatic decline in their ability to make financial decisions over a one y

With spring around the corner, it will soon be time to trim the lawn, but spring also marks the onset of what Johns Hopkins Children's Center specialists call lawnmower injury season. Lawnmowers c

With the official start of spring about six weeks away, for many Americans the start of allergy season is close at hand.But that doesn't mean the sneezing and discomfort that comes with s

Crisp, refreshing, effervescent soda has long been an American favorite but not for its nutritional value. According to University of the Sciences in Philadelphia's Ara DerMarderosian, PhD, profes

Our alarm clocks may spring forward on March 9, but our biological clocks may take longer to adjust. That's because our internal clocks are so tightly wound to many physiological and behavioral pr

Allergic-like reactions can occur in patients (both children and adults) when given gadolinium containing contrast agents, even if they have been pre-medicated with corticosteroids and antihistami

Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPHM), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of cancer and hepatitis C virus infection (HCV), re

Calibrant Biosystems announced a research collaboration with the Yale University School of Medicine to identify novel ovarian and breast cancer drug targets from clinical tissue specimens using Ca

American Bio Medica Corporation (NASDAQ:ABMC) announced that they have commenced manufacturing diagnostic test strips for Syphilis for Hema Diagnostic Systems (HDS), a privately held manufacturer

Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world's largest and most experienced cord blood stem cell bank, announced today that for the second year in a row, a record number of cord blood stem cell collection

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALNY), a leading RNAi therapeutics company, announced the publication of new research in the journal Human Molecular Genetics. The new study, performe

The Genome Sequencing Center at Washington University School of Medicine increased its sequencing capacity with an agreement to acquire five additional Genome Sequencer FLX Systems from Roche Diag