European vets are about to be given the same powerful medical tool which has helped U.S. vets manage obese dogs who don't respond to exercise and diet. Since Pfizer Animal Health's SLENTR

Brian M. Bursa, partner and director of operations at Ullman, Bursa, Hoffman and Ragano, LLC, has been named Cambridge W

The Kansas City Star columnist Julius Karash on Monday examined PricewaterhouseCoopers

Thousands of hospitals in the U.S. and abroad have joined an Institute for Healthcare Improvement campaign that bundles a series of proven medica

The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration last month issued rules that [i]n effect will close a legal loophole th

Christine H. Moorman, retired senior regulatory affairs for Procter & Gamble, has been named Cambridge Who's Who Pro

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday held a forum with Democratic leaders, members of the Bush administration and medical experts to discuss long-term health care issues, Congre

House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday in a letter to HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt wrote that CMS

Researchers have created baker's yeast capable of living to 800 in yeast years without apparent side effects. The basic but important discovery, achieved through a combination of dietary and ge

France's High Council for Public Health on Monday issued a bulletin effectively backing the use of Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil o

The following highlights recent news of state actions on cancer screening-related legislation and proposals. California: Assembly member Sally Lieber (D) on Monday

February is American Heart Month. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives each year. One of the precautionary measures people c

The U.S. is experiencing a baby boomlet, with 4.3 million births reported in 2006, the largest number recorded since 1961, the

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has awarded another $13 million grant to the Center of Vascular Biology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City for biomedical resea

Researchers from Sweden and the US have found that men who have five hereditary gene markers and a family history of the disease have more than nine times the risk of developing prostate cancer

There is a widespread misunderstanding that stance and gait are automatic processes, i.e. not controlled by the human brain. However, the fact that many patients with brain disorders are no longer

A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that secondary school attendance is linked to lower risk of HIV infection among young people in rural South Africa.

Apparently not very much, according to a study by Dutch investigators published in the Jan 2008 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.Maintenance antidepressant (AD) medication is the

If you plan on attending the 2008 Summer Olympic games in China this summer, you might want to start getting your vaccinations.There are a lot of diseases that pose a potential risk in t

Contrary to some reports, taking statins, which are cholesterol-lowering drugs, offers no protection against Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the January 16, 2008, online is

New genomics research has found that a simple blood test can determine which men are likely to develop prostate cancer. Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues foun

While the majority of Americans believe they are very or somewhat knowledgeable about multivitamins (67%), many do not know which vitamins and minerals are essential for the body or what vitami

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Advair continues to be prescribed by a large percentage

Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced it has initiated two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II/III clinical studies of its once- daily topical diclofenac sodium patch to

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, announced that it has launched the LOCI(R) Folate, LOCI(R) B12, and LOCI(R) Ferritin tests for use on the Dimension Vista(R) 1500 Intelligent Lab System, an ul

Medela Healthcare, Inc., a global medical technology and breastfeeding organization, announced the launch of the Medela ValuFlex™ Institutional Rental Program. Medela's ValuFlex pro

News From USW: Demanding Congress take immediate action to protect Americans from the dangerous threat posed by the millions of lead-laced toys and other unsafe products infiltrating our country,

Dog owners, who would like a slimmer, healthier pet, shouldn't despair just because diet and exercise have failed to have the desired effect. At last UK veterinary surgeons have access to new phar

The first fully automated ablation system supporting an open-loop irrigated catheter using remote navigation with the Niobe® Magnetic Navigation System, designed by Stereotaxis, Inc., and the

Today Top Institute Pharma announces a highly promising research project that is aimed at the development of a malaria vaccine. This TI Pharma project will be an expansion of extremely promising f