Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen/progestin hormone-replacement therapy for three years or more face a fourfold increased risk of developing various forms of lobular breast cancer, a

Gabriel Sciences, a Maryland biotech company founded by David Pickar MD, enters into a collaborative project, Triple Re-Uptake Inhibitors: Potential Antidepressants. Candidate compounds synthesi

A University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute study has found that a popular class of osteoporosis drugs nearly triples the risk of developing bone necrosis, a c

A proprietary high quality formulation of the Peruvian herb Maca has recently been shown to fight the cause of menopause, by balancing the body's key hormones with an all-natural, homeostatic appr

Astrazeneca announced the launch of a new clinical trial, SATURN, designed to measure the impact of CRESTOR™ (rosuvastatin) 40 mg and Lipitor® (atorvastatin) 80 mg on the progression of

Although Baltimore's needle-exchange program has provided numerous benefits to the community, the program is falling short of what is needed in part because of the federal ban on funding for

Eighteen British soldiers and six civilian contractors who received donated blood from the U.S. Department of Defense following injuries in

Community groups in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday are scheduled to hold a meeting that will focus on methods of curbing the spread of HIV in the city, the

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Friday said the U.S. is committed to helping India eradicate HIV/AIDS and malaria, as well as other diseases,

Fostair, the first and only metered-dose inhaler combining belcometasone dipropionate (inhaled corticosteroid, ICS) and formoterol fumarate dihydrate (long-acting beta2 agonist, LABA) is launche

Practices with Nurse-Practitioners Outperform Practices with Physician Assistants in Diabetes Care MeasuresFamily medicine practices with nurse-practitioners (NPs) perform better

Researchers have found a way to selectively block the ability of white blood cells to crawl toward the sites of injury and infection when such mobility drives disease, according to a study publi

Biologists 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 a

Leading elder care expert Doctor Marion® , author of Elder Care Made Easier, released video footage on her web site and AGIS.com, f

VGX Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its lead anti-inflammatory compound, VGX-1027. VGX-1027 i

More than three decades after the shutdown of the notorious Tuskegee study, a team of Johns Hopkins physicians has found that Tuskegee's legacy of blacks' mistrust of physicians and deep-seated fe

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to

A green glow from a fruit fly is giving researchers the green light when they are on the right path in their quest to develop compounds that help prevent cancer.The glow, the result of s

Amkor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. provides a progress report on its phase 1 clinical study of Neu2000KL. Neu2000KL is a multi-mechanism neuroprotectant that is being developed for the treatment of ische

Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) reiterated support for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) efforts to recover hundreds of millions of dollars in improper medical payment

A new study done with mice has discovered that supplements of lipoic acid can inhibit formation of arterial lesions, lower triglycerides, and reduce blood vessel inflammation and weight gain - all

The American College of Physicians (ACP) has issued new guidelines to improve palliative care at the end of life (EOL).The guidelines say that clinicians should regularly assess people w

Prescription drugs now used to treat human immunodeficiency virus infection in adults may prevent the vaginal transmission of HIV, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

A rapid and accurate DHPLC assay for determination of apolipoprotein E genotypes has been developed by researchers from the Department of Medical Genetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southe

In demonstrating that a group of calcium ion channels play a crucial role in triggering inflammatory responses, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have not only solved a l

New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward - much like sex, food and drugs - offering insights into our propensity to fight an

Air quality in the UK has improved significantly over the last 25 years according to a report published by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Monitoring at 17 testing sites around the UK show

With emerging diseases like the West Nile Virus, and re-emerging diseases such as the pandemic flu and drug-resistant tuberculosis, it's increasingly important to promptly detect a potential infec

Due to advances in surgical procedures and technology, partial knee replacement is becoming a popular alternative to full knee replacment in patients with knee arthritis. A paper published in the

Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a simple solution to a problem that has plagued scientists for decades: the tendency of chemical buffers used to maintain the pH of laboratory