SpeechWorks is one of 30 providers internationally that offer the Sensory Learning Program, an innovative 30-day program geared towards correcting sensory issues in the brain. The program combines

Feb. 3-9, 2008, is Burn Awareness Week, and during this week Shriners Hospitals for Children will kick-off a year-long campaign focused on preventing gasoline burn injuries. A special Web site has

Allina Hospitals & Clinics has hired national experts in fire investigation to work with federal, state and local authorities to investigate the fire that occurred in the nursery at Mercy Hospital

In response to public reports suggesting a causal link between a BOTOX(R) Cosmetic treatment in 2003 and a fatality, Allergan, Inc. (NYSE:AGN) provided further assurance to patients and the public

In anticipation of the President's State of the Union Address on Monday, Judith Stein, Center for Medicare Advocacy Executive Director, calls for an economic stimulus package that will help the na

Higher levels of formal education for children decrease the risk of stunting in their future offspring. This is the conclusion of authors of an Article in this week's edition of The Lancet.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week it is still investigating a 9 month multistate outbreak of gastroenteritis that has infected over 100 people who most likely caug

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) announced findings from a head-to-head, double-blind study comparing the effects of twice-yearly subcutaneous injections of denosumab versus weekly oral doses of alendronate (F

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) announced interim pooled, blinded safety data from two Phase 3 trials examining Vectibix(TM) (panitumumab) in combination with chemotherapy in first- and second-lines of metas

Tekturna HCT (aliskiren and hydrochlorothiazide) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a single-tablet combination of two high blood pressure medicines Tekturna (aliskiren),

Bayer HealthCare announced, following consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that it will withdraw the current liquid formulation of Leukine marketed in the US. Th

GlaxoSmithKline and Adolor Corporation (Nasdaq: ADLR) announced that a majority (9-6) of the Gastrointestinal Drugs Advisory Committee (GIDAC) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that it will revise its European label for Avandia® (rosiglitazone maleate). The EMEA's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) completed a positi

The Pope has said there is much scientific proof of evolution; in 2006 the Vatican sponsored a scientific conference on climate change. However, on some issues his views go against the general fl

The American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), a 5,000 member specialty organization of leaders in the field of cosmetic and medically necessary skin surgery, is aware of the petition

On January 23rd, Public Citizen, a consumer group, filed a petition with the U.S. Food and Drug and Administration (FDA) requesting labeling changes for botulinum toxins marketed in the United

Poniard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: PARD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on oncology, announced that it has presented safety data from a Phase 1 dose-escalation study of picoplatin, t

About nine percent of teenagers may have metabolic syndrome, a clustering of risk factors that put them on the path toward heart disease and diabetes in adulthood. This shocking statistic represen

A novel gene called rumi regulates Notch signaling by adding a glucose molecule to the part of the Notch protein that extends outside a cell, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Ho

Researchers from Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, recently examined the use of self-expanding plastic stents (SEPSs) in the treatment of benign esophageal disease and found that use of SEPSs r

Elizabeth Wilde McCormick's best-selling guide to Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) is now published in a third edition , with even more valuable advice on self-help through practical psychotherapy

Research in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) shows that many patients with minimal injuries are being transferred from community hospitals to Leve

In a novel manner which gives new meaning to the word transformative, researchers from the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center are integrating some of the best practices of indu

The use of a drug to activate stem cells that differentiate into bone appears to cause regeneration of bone tissue and be may be a potential treatment strategy for osteoporosis, according to a rep

Common human viruses are responsible for outbreaks of respiratory disease that have led to the decline of endangered chimpanzees in the wild, according to a study reported online on January 24th i

Dr. Shaohua Xu, Florida Tech associate professor of biological sciences, has an original theory of the origin of Alzheimer's Disease and has earned a $150,000 grant from Space Florida to test it.

Babies conceived during a period of famine are at risk of developing addictions later in life, according to new research published in the international journal Addiction. Researchers from the Dutc

Researchers in Belgium have significantly advanced the discovery of a pancreatic progenitor cell with the capacity to generate new insulin-producing beta cells. If the finding made in mice holds

Cambridge scientists are advocating additional research into the little understood links between environmental pollution and type 2 diabetes.In the most recent edition of the Lancet

The new Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research at Texas Children's Hospital announced that it will implement the nation's first major cocoon strategy vaccination program to protect newborn in