The National Business Group on Health, a not-for-profit association of nearly 300 large employers, on Wednesday released a set of 2

More than three-fourths of U.S. voters believe the next president can have at least some influence on health care costs, according to an Associated Press/Yahoo! News poll released on Thursday, th

President Bush on Monday will release a fiscal year 2009 budget request that includes large reductions in Medicare spending growth and a decrease in Medicaid spending, according to Bush administr

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biotechnology company leveraging breakthrough discoveries in cancer biology to discover, develop and commercialize targeted oncology therapies, announced that it has

New research on environmental influences on health and disease has begun to shed light on why genetically identical individuals demonstrate different characteristics, such as susceptibility to dis

The following highlights recent news of state actions on legislation that would institute requirements for health professionals in regard to abortion and contraception.

Republican presidential candidates on Wednesday in a televised debate at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif., discussed their

As shocking statistics, show an eight-fold rise in the prescription of obesity drugs, Slimming World, the UK's leading weight loss organisation, warns that PCTs and GPs are ignoring a treatment op

Researchers at Virginia Tech have created a mathematical model of the process that regulates cell division in a common bacterium. The study, published January 25 in the open access journal

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new information, yesterday, 31st January, to alert doctors and other health professionals about the increased risk of patients having suicidal th

Scientists at Saint Louis University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham have uncovered important new information about a key protein that allows viruses such as smallpox to replicate and

While winter's harsh, windy weather is often to blame for dry, cracked lips, sometimes the cause of lip irritation is harder to pinpoint. In fact, several types of foods, cosmetic products, medica

It is estimated that approximately 50 million people in the United States alone are affected by acne vulgaris, and another 14 million Americans experience the redness, flushing and pronounced bloo

While most skin cancer patients would like nothing more than to put their experience behind them, the majority carry constant reminders of their battle with cancer in the form of surgical scars. I

As the number of organ transplants continues to increase throughout the world, so too are the number of organ transplant recipients developing skin cancer. Due in large part to the immunosuppressi

For the millions of health care workers in the United States, repeated hand washing may not seem like an occupational hazard at first glance. In fact, good hand hygiene is essential in health care

When it comes to heart health, the largest and most common form of fat in food and the bloodstream triglycerides has taken a back seat to bad LDL cholesterol and good HDL cholesterol in the pu

Schering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) reported that its antifungal agent NOXAFIL(R) (posaconazole) Oral Suspension received an A-1 recommendation(1) (highest rating) for the prevention of i

ADVENTRX Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: ANX), announced that data from preclinical studies of ANX-201, the Company's broad spectrum antiviral product candidate, has been accepted for presentation

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced that its RNA-interference (RNAi) technology has enabled a groundbreaking study at Harvard Medical School in Bosto

What drove the evolution of color change in chameleons? Chameleons can use color change to camouflage and to signal to other chameleons, but a new paper published in the open-

Genetic mutations in the enzyme methylenetetrahydrofoloate reductase (MTHFR) and coagulation protein Factor V appear to have significant association with blood clots and tissue injury to the place

A third of the most popular songs in 2005 contained lyrics explicitly referring to drug, alcohol and tobacco use, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers pu

Today saw the launch of a new disease awareness website http://www.loseweightgainlife.co.uk from Allergan as part of its ongoing

Commenting on a written statement by the Secretary of State for Justice, announcing measures aimed at reducing the UK's high rate of criminal re-offending, Dr Clare Jenkins, Chairman of the BMA's

Geneva, Switzerland, 4 February 2008. It's a staggering statistic: 700 million children - almost half of the world's children - breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke. People who smoke in confined

A needle-free vaccine platform that elicits a robust immune response against a wide array of viruses and bacteria has been awarded a U.S. patent. The University of Michigan holds the patent and N

Lysosomes are organelles that break down macromolecules in a cell, and this process is crucial for maintaining healthy cells. A lysosomal storage disease results from deficient activity of the hyd

Amyloids are highly organized protein aggregates that are associated with both neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer disease and benign functions such as skin pigmentation.  Amyloids self

Behavioral experiments indicate that infants aged 4 ½ months or older possess an early number sense that allows them to detect changes in the number of objects. However, the neural basis of