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A team of Iowa State University researchers is examining a new vaccine method that may change the way we get vaccinations.Michael Wannemuehler and his team of researchers is hoping to fi
A breast cancer gene's newly discovered role in repairing damaged DNA may help explain why women who inherit a mutated copy of the gene are at increased risk for developing both breast and ovarian
Even though few large-scale studies have assessed its outcomes, disease management represents a wise investment, the chairman-elect of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance says in a letter published
A fundamental difference in the way males and females respond to chronic liver disease at the genetic level helps explain why men are more prone to liver cancer, according to MIT researchers.
The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) congratulates Executive Producer Ricki Lake and Director Abby Epstein on the release of their documentary
Researchers from the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Granada, in collaboration with another 38 universities and companies from 16 European countries, will study the effects of childr
Patients suffering from conditions such as stroke, blindness, deafness, incontinence, glaucoma or hydrocephalus will be the first to benefit from a range of new technologies and implantable medica
Fremont, CA: A research scientist at the Northern California Cancer Center, a leading, independent, population-based research organization, has recently collaborated with colleagues at the Asian L
Child abuse prevention experts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Injury Prevention Research Center and School of Medicine and Duke University Medical Center will undertake a $7
Predictive medicine company PreMD Inc. (TSX: PMD; Amex: PME) announced that it has received a non-substantially equivalent (NSE) letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regardin
A unique, multidisciplinary clinic designed for current and former smokers to help them assess the condition of their lungs and to get them started down the road to quitting will open this Frid
Carrington Laboratories, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CARN) announced that its wholly owned DelSite Biotechnologies, Inc. subsidiary has successfully completed preclinical toxicology studies of i
The National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) announces the formation of four new chapters nationwide that will enable parents to educate other parents within communities about the cervical can
Kosan Biosciences Incorporated (Nasdaq: KOSN) announced the initiation of a Phase 2 trial of alvespimycin, the company's second-generation Hsp90 inhibitor, in patients with HER2-positive metast
Cleveland Clinic researchers will coordinate the first head-to-head comparison of the two most powerful statin medications. The trial intends to begin enrollment as early as next week. Statins
In the quest to discover how the mechanisms of disease work, researchers at the Universite de Montreal (UdM) have run the largest mathematical simulation of a heart ever assembled -- a 2 billio
Isolagen(TM), Inc. (Amex: ILE) announced that injections have been completed in the pivotal Phase III multi-center, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials evaluating the
Cogentus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the company's pivotal Phase 3 study of its novel combination medicine CGT-2168. The patient entered the stu
The overall survival rate from cancer now is lower in older adolescents and young adults with cancer than in younger children, in part because of a lack of access to clinical trials nationally
There are nearly 9,000 blind and partially sighted adults living in Cumbria.* Many are struggling to do the daily tasks that sighted people often take for granted; like reading their post, findin
Kenyan partners distributed food assistance from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Government of Kenya for nearly 77,000 people in Nairobi's slums hit by post-election vi
It is prime season for wrist fractures. Ice and snow covered streets are the main culprits as victims instinctively reach out their hands to break a fall. According to Mark Cohen, an orthopedic su
Join 1,500 health care executives as they explore the most promising advances in health care quality, safety and performance improvement with particular emphasis on the leader's role and responsib
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today, 15th January, that meat and milk from cloned cattle, pigs and goats, and their offspring, is as safe to eat as meat from non-cloned ani
A drug used for arthritis can reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's 'in minutes', the Daily Mail reported. Several newspapers covered the story of how an 81-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease
CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:CGPI) announced that it has initiated a Phase 2, double-blinded, placebo- and active-controlled, dose-finding clinical trial to evaluate the safety and eff
Based on its recent analysis of the wireless vital signs monitors market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Kai Sensors Inc. with the 2008 North American Technology Innovation of the Year Award f
A new study has examined the effect that smoking has on the increased long-term risk and greater progression of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration. Smoking has already been
Avalon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVRX), announced the initiation of the next phase in its drug discovery collaboration with Novartis. The collaboration aims to discover small molecule therape
Eighty-one percent of Americans believe that in order to help reach the goal of health insurance for all, employers should either provide health insurance to their workers or contribute to the cos