If you do not get enough slow-wave sleep your ability to regulate blood-sugar levels is significantly undermined, and your risk of developing type 2 diabetes is substantially increased, according

Cyclacel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has announced the opening of an open-label, multicenter, randomized Phase 2 clinical trial of oral sapacitabine in elderly patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML)

Health researchers have found that residents, especially women, who live in low income housing in neighborhoods considered unsafe at night, are less physically active than those who live in safer

Don't have the time, money or the desire to sign up for a gym membership? That shouldn't keep you from making a New Year's resolution to get fit. Colleen Greene, wellness coordinator w

It's that time of year again you have had your final glass of eggnog and your last bite of pumpkin pie. Now you are ready to start the year off right with a new exercise plan and to keep it up thr

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: FRX) and Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYPB) announced that they have recently submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat

World Congress, the leading producer of global healthcare conferences, announced today that it will host the 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on Healthcare Supply Chain Management, January 24-25 in La

According to a 2007 study by the Washington-based Center for Studying Health System Change, current health insurance benefit designs that rely on higher, one-size-fits-all patient cost sharing hav

A glitch in the mechanism by which cells recycle damaged components may triggerParkinson's disease, according to a study by scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine ofYeshiva Univer

From stem cell research to needle exchanges to medical marijuana and HIV/AIDS prevention, politics is getting in the way of science, according to a new book by a leading authority on health-care p

Dynamic networks of growing actin filaments are critical for many cellular processes, including cell migration, intracellular transport, and therecovery of proteins from the cell surface. In this

A team of researchers at Penn Sate has used an animal model to reveal, for the first time, a physiological basis for the effect of alcohol on malesexual behavior, including increased sexual arous

Catathrenia, or sleep related groaning, is an uncommon feature of a sleep-related breathing disorder that can be successfully treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The

Bad dreams in pre-schoolers are less prevalent than thought. However, when they do exist, nightmares are trait-like in nature and associated with personality characteristics measured as early as

The duration of a child's sleep can vary, depending on the time of day, week and year. Further, children who don't get enough nightly sleep are more likely to be overweight and have behavioral pr

Zolpidem extended-release 12.5 mg, taken three to seven nights per week for up to six months, provided sustained and significant improvements in sleep onset and maintenance, and also improved next

People with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) have altered cardiovascular responses during recovery from maximal exercise. These results suggest an imbalance in the autonomic control of hea

The pharmaceutical industry spends almost twice as much on the marketing and promotion of drugs than on research and development, according to a newanalysis in this week's PLoS Medicine.

Two simple changes in its outer envelope protein could render the AIDS virus vulnerable to attack by the immune system, according to research fromKenya and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Cen

In a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine, researchers have found that more than one species of bacteria may be causing the infectious eye disease trachoma. Six million people - most of wh

A new award, the Hope Now Award for Lung Cancer Research, was announced to honor outstanding research efforts in lung cancer research. The award is established by Chawla Hope Initiatives, a phi

As 2007 comes to a close, UNICEF is looking back at the work achieved for children and preparing for the challenges and opportunities ahead in 2008 in the Latin America and Caribbean regions.

Each year as the ball drops, New Yorkers resolve to improve their lives and their health by carrying out New Year's resolutions. The right resolution, properly observed, could save your life. So,

Scientists at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia have found that a signaling protein that is key to prostate cancer cell growth is turned on in nearly all recurrent prostate cancers

Using genetically altered mice, scientists in the US have shown that lack of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), in certain parts of the brain, leads to overreating and may be a contributi

A ten year follow up study carried out by researchers in Spain and Turkey on patients who had laser surgery to treat high myopia (short or near sightedness) found the treatment was safe and effe

Attending general surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) will be required to prove basic motor skills outside an operating room before performing laparoscopic surgery on patients

The factual evidence in the following is confined to UK drug users and where available, accompanied by the relevant statistics from official agencies; Background: The UK D

Medicare beneficiaries who have chosen to change their health and drug coverage for 2008 should experience very few difficulties when getting their covered prescription drugs through Medicare Part

On December 13th a woman who was sick with TB (tuberculosis) flew on American Airlines Flight 293 from New Delhi, India, to Chicago, USA. She then took another plane from Chicago to San Francisco