The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Voluven, an intravenous solution that prevents and treats a dangerous loss of blood volume, a condition that sometimes occurs during and after

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) today issued its annual Clinical Practice Recommendations to help health care providers treat people with diabetes using the most current evidence available

People who want to lose weight in 2008 but can't decide which weight-loss plan to follow may want to ask their health care provider about the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) new Clinical Pra

The American Medical Student Association (AMSA) supports confidential treatment programs for physicians with mental illness, including substance abuse, despite recent scrutiny. Mental illness is a

An initiative designed to place Europe at the forefront of medicines research and development has received strong backing from the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) today.

Biogen Idec (NASDAQ: BIIB) announced the first occupant in its Biogen Idec Innovation Incubator (bi3). Bi3 is a corporate initiative designed to contribute to the company's drug development pipeli

Treatment guidelines recommend tiotropium as a first line maintenance treatment for patients with all severities of COPD. Inhaled corticosteroids are recommended for patients with severe or very s

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) issued its annual Clinical Practice Recommendations to help health care providers treat people with diabetes using the most current evidence available.

FASgen is pleased to report the publication of important research results for lung cancer treatment using FAS093, one of the Company's proprietary compounds. In a long-standing cooperation wit

Contrary to previous studies, married patients with lung cancer do not have longer survival, according to analysis of an extensive Mayo Clinic database in the December issue of The Oncologist.

Come January 1st and millions of us feel we have been overdoing the feasting and would like to purify our bodies. It is tempting to go for the latest detox diets, but they are a waste of time and

State of the art digital technology that has revolutionised the waythe NHS captures, records and uses patient x-ray and scans is nowbeing used in every hospital trust in England, the Department

UroToday.com- Two important developments are reported in this manuscript. First, the creation of an electronic stent registry which allows for the timely sending of email messages to administrati

UroToday.com- Kochakaru and colleagues from Thailand report one of the largest series to date of cystectomy and orthotopic diversion for bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis. Thirty-five f

UroToday.com- Using a Dornier MPL 9000, the authors provide a very thorough evaluation of treatments among 118 patients with solitary calyceal stones. Stone free was defined as

UroToday.com- In the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Northouse and researchers report on the psychosocial effects of prostate cancer (CaP) across the spectrum of th

President Bush has signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 2764), which includes a provision directing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to provide the public with

University of California, San Diego researchers have proven in animal studies that fibrosis in the liver can be not only stopped, but reversed. Their discovery, to be published in PLoS Online on D

New research on farm women has shown that contact with some commonly used pesticides in farm work may increase their risk of allergic asthma. Farm women are an understudied occupation

Allergic-like reactions to gadolinium-containing contrast injections in adults and pediatric patients (those younger than 19 years of age) are rare, according to a recent study conducted by resear

Intensive rehabilitation training for patients with spinal cord injuries can stimulate new branches growing from severed nerve fibers, alongside compensatory changes in the brain, say Canadian res

Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, rally 'round the flag is a venerable expression of this phenomenon

Highly publicized events such as school shootings arouse public interest in the effects of media violence exposure on children, yet there is still considerable public debate about whether to take

The involvement of psychologists in interrogations is a subject of great interest among practicing psychologists, researchers, policy advocates and interrogators. There are greatly varying opinion

A review published in Dermatologic Therapy reveals that men can be treated with Botox for cosmetic procedures in the same way as women but require higher doses of Botox in all treatment are

Most people wouldn't consider anthrax toxin to be beneficial, but this bacterial poison may someday be an effective cancer therapy. Anthrax toxin has actually been shown to be fairly selective in

The INSPIRE (Investigating New Standards for Prophylaxis In Reduction of Exacerbations) trial demonstrated that while the two study medications; Seretide™ 50/500µgDiskus™ (salmeterol/

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) will waive the copayment on all generic medications that treat congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes ef

Hayley McDaid, Ph.D. assistant professor of medicine and of molecular pharmacology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has received a $100,000 grant from Joan's Legacy: T

MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, TecDAX) today announced that it has submitted a clinical trial application (CTA) to initiate a phase 1 trial using the HuCAL-derived antibody MOR103