The Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, or AMPATH, recently issued treatment guidelines for peop

Youth who recently have become homeless are more likely than other youth to engage in risky sexual behavior that can lead to the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, acc

Children with reading problems improve significantly if teachers help and encourage their parents to read with them at home.This was the finding of Bernard Levey from MENCAP Pengern Colle

The perception that U.S. doctors are unwilling to report medical errors and learn how to prevent them is untrue, according to a new study funded by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Acrylamide is a chemical formed when frying, roasting, grilling or baking carbohydrate-rich foods at temperatures above 120°C. Acrylamide is thus found in a number of foods, such as bread, cri

ZymoGenetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZGEN) announced that the company has initiated Phase 2 testing of Interleukin 21 (IL-21) in combination with Nexavar(R) (sorafenib) tablets in patients with advanced ren

Tissera, Inc. (OTCBB:TSSR) reports the achievement of a significant milestone in its ongoing large animal diabetic model experiments of pancreatic xenotransplantation, designed for the future trea

Every January, the most popular New Year's Resolution is to get fit. Many people join a gym or buy fitness equipment but their commitment soon dissolves and by February gyms are less crowded and t

Nearly 1 million Americans receive medical care for shingles or its complications, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Shingles comes from

The American Association for Homecare welcomes and supports efforts to crack down on Medicare fraud announced in Los Angeles in another of a series of press conferences held by the Centers for M

People with restless legs syndrome (RLS) are twice as likely to have a stroke or heart disease compared to people without RLS, and the risk is greatest in those with the most frequent and severe s

Researchers have identified a new gene linked to cerebral venous thrombosis, a condition that causes blood clots in the veins of the brain that can lead to stroke. The condition is more common in

The incidence of nut allergy is on the increase in Western societies, as is the attention it receives from the public and from the media, yet little research has been carried out on the impact of

AbD Serotec, a division of MorphoSys AG, announced the publication of a scientific research paper from one of its customers. Scientists working in the team of Drs. Clore and Bewley at the National

Compellis Pharmaceuticals, an early stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel mechanism-based therapeutics for the treatment of obesity, announced that its collaborator Pennington Biomedic

Stress, to put it bluntly, is bad for you. It can kill you, in fact. A study now reveals that stress causes deterioration in everything from your gums to your heart and can make you more

Donated, freeze-dried tendon grafts loaded with gene therapy may soon offer effective repair of injured tendons, a goal that has eluded surgeons to date. According to study data published in the j

In their first two years as co-chairs of MDA's ALS Division, Augie and Lynne Nieto helped their MDA's Augie's Quest research initiative raise more than $12 million. MDA's Augie's Quest r

The American Medical Association kicked off the second phase of its Voice For The Uninsured campaign with a multi-million dollar broadcast, print and online advertising buy. Over the course of 200

Sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing phenomenal population growth since the beginning of the XXth Century, following several centuries of population stagnation attributable to the slave trade

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the 70 new areas across the nation that will be part of the second phase of a competitive bidding program designed to help lower Medica

A disease most Americans have never heard of could soon become more prevalent if dengue, a flu-like illness that can turn deadly, continues to expand into temperate climates and increase in severi

Health care spending growth in the United States accelerated slightly in 2006, increasing 6.7 percent compared to 6.5 percent in 2005, which was the slowest rate of growth since 1999. Health care

Carnegie Mellon University and six other research universities have joined forces with eight historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in a collaborative project to promote robotics and

Many recent studies have found that Medicare spending across the country varies greatly. But despite these spending differences, aggregate health outcomes tend to be the same no matter which regio

What:The AACR Annual Meeting features the latest cutting-edge findings in laboratory, translational and clinical cancer research. This year's meeting focuses on innovative researc

Employees who lose their jobs because of their health suffer more significant depression and detrimental health outcomes than people who lose their jobs for non-health reasons, new research shows.

The molecular machinery behind gene transcription -- the intricate transfer of information from a segment of DNA to a corresponding strand of messenger RNA -- isn't stationed in special transcrip

Adding the drug docetaxel to anthracycline-based chemotherapy slightly improved disease-free survival in breast cancer patients, according to a randomized clinical trial published online January 8

The Federation of State Medical Boards Research and Education Foundation (FSMB) is offering every physician a new handbook to help them better manage patients' acute or chronic pain. Responsibl