The integration of patient monitoring devices with information technology solutions is inevitable and is anticipated to define the future of the medical technologies space. However, the availabili

Immigrant children are five times as likely as U.S-born children to suffer from lead poisoning in New York City, according to a new Health Department study, and the risk is highest among the most

The GDC is seeking views on proposals to introduce a period of provisional registration for dentists and dental care professionals joining the registers for the first time. Under the prop

The division of rheumatic diseases in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center has been awarded a five-year, $5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health t

While finding a physician is relatively simple, finding one who understands the patient -- and who can be understood by the patient in return -- is the tougher task when language and culture sta

Limitations on the prescribing of PBS listed medications come at a substantial cost to patients who can least afford it, according to the Optometrists Association Australia. Incoming nat

The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development recently developed a policy that provides a framework for addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace, Health Minister Hajiya Saudat

The Action for Empowerment Organization on Sunday appealed to the Kenyan government to exempt taxes on goods imported into the country for HIV-positive people, Kenya's

The American Diabetes Association applauds Congress for passing reauthorization for the Special Diabetes Programs (SDP), included in the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007. The rea

The Senate on Tuesday voted 76-17 to approve a $555 billion fiscal year 2008 omnibus spending bill (HR 2764) that

Heart attacks among cigarette smokers may have less to do with tobacco than genetics. A common defect in a gene controlling cholesterol metabolism boosts smokers' risk of an early heart attack, ac

HHS is seeking to limit the scope of a judge's decision last week to temporarily halt Medicaid from implementing a new formula for drug reimbursements

It is impossible under the current Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services reporting process to determine whether a 2006

America's Health Insurance Plans on Wednesday will present a proposal that is intended to increase access for people seeking to purchase health in

The Civilian Board of Contract Appeals last week approved a settlement that will require the India

Summaries of several recent developments in the presidential campaign related to health care appear below.Sen.

The Senate on Tuesday by voice vote approved a bare-bones Medicare bill (S 2499) that would delay for six month

A large-scale open label non-comparative study published this week in Transplantation demonstrates that, following conversion from mycophenolate mofetil therapy (MMF) to myfortic(R) (mycoph

Senators Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles Schumer announced final Senate passage of an additional 108 million dollars in federal funding to address the mounting

Further efforts are needed to improve the health and wellbeing of indigenous peoples in developed countries all over the world, according to a report published in the online open access journal,

The Hall Technique, which uses preformed metal crowns pushed onto teeth with no dental injections or drilling, is favoured over traditional drill and fill methods by the majority of children who

Hospital admissions for people with chronic pulmonary heart disease rose from 301,400 to 456,500 stays between 1997 and 2005 - an increase of more than 50 percent - according to the latest News a

Doctors leaders are accusing the government of reneging on a promise to use a predicted £1.8bn NHS surplus on patients and are instead planning to carry it forward to next year.The new N

Cord blood stem cells can be collected only once - immediately following birth. This means that the number of genetically unique cord blood stem cells is limited to the quantity obtained at this s

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has asked doctors to defer the final booster dose of the childhood Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine (Hib b vaccine) because of a pos

New research from Johns Hopkins specialists suggests that obese kidney disease patients face not only the usual long odds of a tissue match and organ rejection, but also are significantly less lik

A new study by an international group of scientists describes in atomic detail a protein complex that is affected by genetic mutations implicated in autism spectrum disorders. The research team, i

In conversation, humans recognize words primarily from the sounds they hear. However, scientists have long known that what humans perceive goes beyond the sounds and even the sights of speech. The

Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) gene testing is currently not recommended to guide treatment with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) drugs for patients with depression, concludes an expert pan

The sweet scent brings back a flurry of childhood memories the minute mom opens the door. She bakes gingerbread cookies just once a year and it's the smell that says Home for the holidays. Physi