MIT researchers have uncovered a critical difference between flu viruses that infect birds and humans, a discovery that could help scientists monitor the evolution of avian flu strains and a

The Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) called on the Federal Government to outline details of their plans to scrap domestic undergraduate full-fee paying (DUFF) places at Australian U

A new UK expert report that attempts to separate MRSA facts from fiction makes a number of recommendations and suggests the NHS could save millions if people with MRSA were sent home and not kept

AstraZeneca announced that the company has submitted two separate supplemental New Drug Applications (sNDAs) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for once-daily SEROQUEL XR™ (queti

The junior doctor recruitment process in England could go as badly in 2008 as it did in 2007 unless trusts start preparing now, the BMA warns. From this Saturday doctors will be able to

A new US study using laboratory mice found the spinal cord is not hard wired and when injured it reorganizes the way messages are routed, using alternate pathways that circumvent the damaged ones.

Research indicates that Internet lens purchasers typically don't follow their eye doctor's recommendations, placing them at greater risk for harmful eye care practices and eye health complications

Hospitalizations for treating disorders caused by gastroespohageal reflux disease (GERD ) increased by 103 percent between 1998 and 2005, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency f

Blacks and Hispanics who go to hospital emergency departments in pain are significantly less likely than whites to get pain-relieving opioid drugs, according to a new study funded by the U.S. Depa

Spinal cord damage blocks the routes that the brain uses to send messages to the nerve cells that control walking. Until now, doctors believed that the only way for injured patients to walk again

The Michael J. Fox Foundation has committed up to $3.8 million for the development of a gene silencing therapeutic to treat Parkinson's disease by reducing expression of the protein alpha-synuclei

deCODE scientists report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70% increase in risk of abdomina

Using a mouse model, researchers at Johns Hopkins and Ohio State University discovered that some copies of a specific gene can influence the severity of colon cancer. They explain, in the journal

If you have a heart attack in an airport, or even a casino, there is a 50% chance you survive, compared to just one third if your heart attack takes place at a US hospital, according to a new stud

amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, has announced that it will award more than $1 million in the inaugural round of Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research.Named in h

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (Takeda) has announced that Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc. submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the United States Food and Drug Admini

A group of scientists in Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology has uncovered a new biological mechanism that could provide a clearer window into a cell's inner workings.

Purchasing contact lenses online may save consumers time, but the process could cause more problems in the long run, according to a new study reported in the January issue of Optometry: Journal

Older female heart patients benefit from educational programs as a supplement to clinical care to help significantly lower cardiac symptoms, lose weight and increase physical activity, a new study

Patients with arthritis, the country's leading cause of disability, tend to be less fit than their peers who don't have this condition. Studies have shown, however, that they can safely participat

The Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Biology and Medicine (EBM), Dr. Steven R. Goodman, has delineated a plan for expansion of the journal and enhancement of the activities of the Society of

Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) on Thursday said that when Congress reconvenes he plans to bring up legislation that would address American Indian health care,

If the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief is to expand to help ensure everyone who needs AIDS-related care can get it, we will need to

The AP/Carroll County Times on Friday profiled the new book Dangerou

Requiring catastrophic coverage (our parents called it major medical) probably is smart, but a requirement that everyone have comprehensive health insurance, covering preventive and routine ca

New Jersey on Tuesday more than tripled Medicaid reimbursements for physicians who treat beneficiaries younger than age 21, the

Thousands of breast cancer patients might receive improper medications as a result of inaccurate results for two laboratory tests used to determine the most effective treatments for specific pati

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday made it clear they thought U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White was on shaky ground last week when he struck down a key fundin

The entrance poll of voters who participated in Thursday's Democratic caucus, among three issues, slightly more than one-third of respondents selected the war in Iraq and the economy as the most

AARP has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether the Equal Employment Opportunity Commiss