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In recent months, the media in the United Kingdom has featured several articles and reports on medical tourism, the term commonly used to describe the growing trend for travelling overseas for d
Researchers have created a new approach for studying resistance to Neuraminidase Inhibitors (NI) in influenza. The study, published December 7 in PLoS Computational Biology, combin
Metabolism researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that although it does not extend maximum lifespan in mice, activating a protein in muscle tissue increas
People are generally optimistic, believing they'll do better in the future than they've done in the past. This time around, I'll actually use that gym membership. I'm sticking to the diet this ti
Talyst launched Talyst Capital, its program of lease financing to enable hospitals and integrated healthcare systems to rapidly adopt central-pharmacy automation systems. The advent of Ta
In response to the growing body of research in the field of cancer prevention, the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) announces the launch of a major peer-reviewed scientific journal
A team of Johns Hopkins scientists has catalogued chemical tags attached to more than 800 genes from 76 human brain samples and collected the first evidence of how these special, inherited epigene
A guide explaining the safe use of over-the-counter medications, more than 60 new drug listings and updated immunization information are among the updates to the 2008 edition of Consumer Drug Refe
The Office of Minority Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the award of nearly $11 million to 53 organizations, to support efforts to eliminate health disparities
Using a new bottom-up approach for rational drug design, researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have reengineered the powerful anticancer drug imat
Psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a clinical diagnosis of alcohol dependence in young adults is associated with having a high number o
Although they look normal, people suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) perceive themselves as ugly and disfigured. New imaging research reveals that the brains of people with BDD look nor
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it has begun its third annual provider satisfaction survey of Medicare fee-for-service contractors who process and pay more than $280 b
Sporting clubs across Australia have embraced the Australian Drug Foundation's Good Sports program, with 2,000 clubs across the country having registered since the program's launch in 2001.
With Sutter Health RNs taking a more emphatic stance for improved patient care standards, the corporate hospital giant is stepping up a campaign of threats and harassment of Sutter RNs, the Califo
UCSF Global Health Sciences is launching an action tank, with start-up funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to promote and implement the most promising strategies against global healt
Injury to peripheral nerves (the causes of which include shingles, HIV-AIDS, toxins, alcoholism, repetitive motion disorders, surgery, and cancer) causes neuropathic pain, which differs from ordin
A new long-term study into migraine prevention published in The Lancet Neurology shows that patients who continued with Topamax(R) (topiramate) for migraine prophylaxis for up to a year exp
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) is considering imposing mandatory managed care enrollment among Medicaid beneficiaries who are living with HIV/AIDS, the
Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency -- slow and choppy reading -- may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers at Children's Hospital
UNICEF and UNITAID launched a joint initiative to help scale up national programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
A group of Purdue University researchers has captured a key step in the metabolic process that allows materials, such as nutrients and drug treatments, to move in and out of cells.A res
After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high - at 34 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 and over, according to
The backup of patients with mental illnesses in Georgia emergency departments stems from a lack of available beds at state psychiatric hospitals, hospital officials said on Tuesday, the
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), has submitted a citizen petition resulting in a public hearing regarding The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) policies regarding salt (sod
The 10th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine closed on the last day registering the highest number of participations ever. The number of participants at this year's congr
What do suffering a traumatic brain injury and using club drugs have in common?University of Florida researchers say both may trigger a similar chemical chain reaction in the brain, lead
Wellcome Trust-funded researchers have successfully completed the clinical trial for a new rapid test for the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia. The researchers believe the test, which is a
People with diabetes will still have access to animal insulin once Novo Nordisk withdraws its pork (porcine) insulins this December.Wockhardt UK says it will continue to supply Hypurin po
Genomatix Software GmbH of Munich, Germany and its US branch Genomatix Software, Inc. in Ann Arbor, MI (USA) has announced the release of LitInspector.LitInspector can be accessed withou