Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals Case Medical Center researchers have recently made great strides in stem cell gene therapy research by transferring a new gene to cancer patients, via

Of the 25 million people infected with HIV-1 in Africa, as many as half are thought to be co-infected with worms (helminths), and there is evidence that these worms may result in a more r

About 80% of HIV-positive women in the Middle East contracted the virus from their husbands, Saeed Al Zenari, United Nations Development Programme

A RAND Corporation study issued today gives rail security planners and policymakers a framework to develop cost-effective plans to secure their rail systems from terrorist attacks.More

A prestigious group of physicians, nurses, and allied healthcare providers will gather in Williamsburg, VA on March 28-30, 2008 at the Williamsburg Lodge to learn practical, clinical information

The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined how the transition into the workplace can be rocky for many childhood-cancer survivors -- especially those who have been treated with hig

The Learning Disability Coalition has welcomed the government's Putting People First initiative. Dame Jo Williams, chair of the Learning Disability Coalition and chief executive of

Scientists have discovered a protein which could improve the success rate of the tumour shrinking drug paclitaxel, in the treatment of ovarian cancer, a study reveals in Cancer Cell. The

Women have made a good deal of welcome progress in the last several decades, but at least one advance is unwanted: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is on the rise in women in prevalenc

With findings highlighted on a recent cover of Developmental Cell, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have shed important new light on key trafficking mechanisms

Researchers from Johns Hopkins and the University of Pennsylvania have uncovered another reason why one of the most commonly activated proteins in cancer is in fact so dangerous. As reported in

The nation's eighth graders took center stage in this year's Monitoring the Future (MTF) survey, showing a significant decline in both smoking and illicit drug use in the past year, part of a down

Throughout 2007 the NPA has produced a range of materials to help improve community pharmacy business processes, help implement and raise awareness of pharmacy services. Below we list six of our m

Brain overgrowth in the latter part of an infant's first year may contribute to the onset of autistic characteristics, according to research presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmac

A new report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Summaries of news related to Medicaid programs in Mississippi, South Dakota and Wyoming appear below.Mississippi: Mississippi Medicaid Director Robert Robinson

Senate Republicans have proposed new Medicaid language for legislation that would reauthorize and expand SCHIP in response to House Republicans'

Following ground-breaking research showing that neurons in the human brain respond in an abstract manner to particular individuals or objects, University of Leicester researchers have now discover

Researchers at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham Institute) have developed the first model to study intestinal protein leakage in mice, allowing the team to control and replicate

Only half of all Americans age 50 and over have had a colonoscopy, one of several common screening tests for colon cancer, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare R

Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with bioluminescence - the light produced by a chemical reaction within an organism - researchers are starting to understand the behavior of transp

Stevens Institute of Technology's Professor Athule B. Attygalle and his doctoral student Kithsiri B. Herath have collaborated with Merck Pharmaceutical's Dr. Sheo B. Singh on a study whose finding

Reacting to the Government's new strategy on stroke announced today by Health Secretary Alan Johnson which will increase funding for training and awareness, Paul Cann, director of policy and exter

Last week in Geneva, negotiations facilitated by the American Red Cross between the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the Government of Israel led to the signing of a historic agreement al

Proteolix, Inc. announced that data from two Phase 1 clinical studies using intravenous carfilzomib (PR-171) are to be presented at the 2007 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

The Institute of Cancer Research, Europe's leading cancer research centre, is delighted to announce that its Chief Executive, Professor Peter Rigby, has been appointed to the Board of Governors of

The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world's largest professional association of blood specialists, expects more than 20,000 attendees at the 49th ASH Annual Meeting on December 8-11, 2

As cold and flu season hits this year amid growing debate over the necessity of vaccinations, University of Toronto researchers have uncovered widespread misinformation in related videos on YouTu

Former Speaker of the House, and founder of the Center for Health Transformation (The Center) Newt Gingrich co-hosted a briefing on electronic prescribing. The event on modernizing healthcare was

The Fibromyalgia Circle of Care a new collaboration between the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA), The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and The Institute for Johns Hopkins Nursing has de