From backyard gardening to mountain climbing, outdoor activities are on the wane as people around the world spend more leisure time online or in front of the tube, according to findings published

Neuroscientists continue to debate whether or not long-term memory always depends on a region of the brain called the medial temporal lobe, which contains the brain's memory-processing center, the

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis and Arizona State University have sequenced the genome of a rare bacterium that harvests light energy by making an even rarer form of chlorophyll,

Scientists know that a number of factors can affect the body's immune system: poor diet, certain steroids, chronic stress. Now researchers at Michigan State University have discovered that an appe

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has updated its brochures Radiation Therapy for Bladder Cancer and Radiation Therapy for Skin Cancer to include the most up-to-d

For the first time, scientists have described the transition of the flat, disc-shaped heart field into the primary linear heart tube. The investigations on zebrafish embryos were made by Stefan Ro

Two researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have created a send/receive chip that functions as an active array, sending out a matrix of 49 simultaneous ultrawideband radar probe bea

Parts of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) isolated from wild lions have undergone substantial genetic recombination, says research published in the online open access journal BMC Genomics. The

Scientists at the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre at The Institute of Cancer Research in London have identified how some breast cancers may become resistant to hormone treatments like t

Roche announced that the European Commission has approved its oral chemotherapy Xeloda (capecitabine) for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer in combination with any chemotherapy in all

Mood disorders could be caused by a loss of our inherent, reflexive avoidance of aversive events, according to a study published in PLoS Computational Biology. Researchers from UCL in Lo

The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses concern for the health of the people who have fled their homes in the midst of the conflict in Kenya's Rift Valley, and who are now sheltering around

There is growing evidence that some patients who survive cancer can suffer neurocognitive impairment after chemotherapy, explains an article published in the February edition of Australian P

First solid evidence that viral transmission through breast milk can be prevented by a drug(Oral presentation #43, Rooms #302-304, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Mass.)An antiretrovira

In what is believed to be the first peer-reviewed study of its kind involving human subjects, researchers at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy and the Georgia Institute of Technology

Is it safe to wait to make a decision about having prostate cancer surgery, even after you've waited and waited for all the doctor appointments and test results? Or will the additional delay re

The President, Medicine & Science, American Diabetes Association, John B. Buse, MD, PhD, issued the following statement in response to the Bush Administration's proposed Fiscal Year 2009 budget

According to a study published on bmj.com, back injuries are not prevented by telling people the correct way to lift heavy objects.Back pain can be the cause of much distress and

Steve Giroux, an independent pharmacy owner from Middleport, N.Y., and president of the National Community Pharmacists Association, issued the following statement on the White House campaign to

The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), a national organization of HIV-treating physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, praised the accelerated U.S. Food and Drug Admin

IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI) announced the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) has published findings from the Phase 3 mifamurtide (L-MTP-PE) clinical trial (INT-0133), entitled Osteosarcom

ReachMD, an innovative multi-channel platform for medical professionals, will air on XM Satellite Radio Channel 157 and simulcast via ReachMD Online at

Aung FootHealth Clinics & Advanced Wound Care Center announced it is recruiting patients with lower extremity diabetic foot ulcers to participate in the MATRIX clinical trial. The MATRIX trial

The number of HIV-positive people in Vietnam with access to antiretroviral drugs increased in 2007, Doung Quoc Trong, director of the country's HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Department, said on

Researchers on Sunday at the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston discussed a study that examine

Two newspapers recently published editorials that address problems at FDA. Summaries appear below.

Several newspapers recently featured editorials and opinion pieces related to health care and the presidential election. Summaries appear below. Editorials

Mary Agnes Carey, associate editor of CQ HealthBeat, discusses President Bush's fiscal year 2009

USA Today on Monday examined how some pharmaceutical indus

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Thursday unveiled a $70 billion state budget for fiscal year 2009 that would reduce spending on health care by $132 million and that includes new initiatives to