Guidance from an innovative computational approach could speed up the process and cut down the cost of new drug development, researchers from the University of Chicago Medical Center and Columbia

A protein found in the common human virus cytomegalovirus (CMV) appears to be a key factor in making brain tumors more aggressive and faster spreading. That's the finding of a new study in the jou

UCLA and University of North Carolina researchers have found that women with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) who have experienced sexual and/or physical abuse may have a heightened brain response t

Patients with locally advanced laryngopharyngeal cancers who receive radical chemoradiation have significantly better voice outcomes during the 12 months following treatment when compared with pat

Scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Saint Louis University used X-ray crystallography to uncover new details about the infectious potency of poxviruses, furthering the

Commenting on the January 31 New York Times news article reporting the Bush Administration's FY 2009 budget will include no Medicare funding update to help care for the growing number of senior

Two new analyses of observational data presented at Community Oncology Conference reported a significantly lower proportion of patients receiving transfusions when erythropoiesis- stimulating a

Obese teenagers who succeeded in losing weight in a year-long medically supervised weight control program also saw their bone mineral content increase over that period, say researchers from The

NanoBio Corporation is presenting safety and efficacy results on new topical treatments for herpes labialis (cold sores) and onychomycosis (toe nail fungus) at the annual meeting of the America

Center for Pan Asian Community Services: The group has received a $600,000 grant from the

Pharmaceutical company Aurobindo Pharma on Thursday announced that it has received a contract worth 700 million Indian rupees, or about $17.8

About 60 volunteers from Virginia Organizations Responding to AIDS on Wednesday lobbied state lawmakers to allocate additional funds for inc

IRIN/PlusNews recently examined a ritual, known as tarbessadu, performed by traditional healers in Guin

Namibia, Kenya and Tanzania plan to launch the pilot phases of an initiative that aims to promote HIV prevention and care strategies among people already living with the virus, the

One in five Washington, D.C., residents does not have a regular source of health care, and increasing rates of hospital visits suggest that access to doctors and community clinics is declining in

Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and

Acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems on Thursday announced that enrollment in the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2008 increased by 6.2%

Officials at the University of Northern Iowa on Thursday announced that the school has received an $11.5 million grant from the

About 30% of sex education teachers in Illinois have not been trained to teach the subject, compared with 18% nationwide, according to a study published in the February issue of the journal

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have implemented patient safety enhancements to dramatically reduce errors and improve the staff's own perception of the safety climate in obstetrical care.

Patients with colorectal tumours expressing the wild-type KRAS gene show significantly increased progression free survival with panitumumab (Vectibix), a monoclonal antibody targeting EGFR, while

Genetic mutations in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene appear to have significant association with inflammatory injury to the placenta and developing baby, researchers from the University of Pi

Randox have introduced a range of 25 liquid and ready-to-use protein assays. Clinicians use protein assays to diagnose and monitor a diverse range of diseases and conditions such as diabetes, art

Influenza activity in Norway is still low, but is expected to increase in the coming weeks. Thirty-eight of 58 studied influenza viruses (66 %) are resistant against the anti-flu drug oseltamivir

The elimination of pathology and laboratory medicine from the curriculum in many medical schools and consequent lack of knowledge of basic science among junior doctors is jeopardising patient safe

More people are taking recommended levels of physical activity and eating the recommended five daily portions of fruit and vegetables, according to the latest Health Survey for England. But they s

In healthy people, both sleepiness and vigilance show a relationship with core body temperature and skin temperature. When core body temperature is high during the daytime, skin temperature is lo

Four days' exposure to a REM sleep deprivation procedure reduces cell proliferation in the part of the forebrain that contributes to long-term memory of rats. The study, authored by Denni

In one of the largest epidemiologic studies of insomnia among adolescents ever conducted in the United States, this study allows for an estimation of the impact of chronic insomnia on future funct

Tactiq Ltd's expertise in the development of demanding medical imaging embedded systems is further recognised with its collaboration in a ground-breaking project in Optical Coherence Tomography (