Two newspapers recently published editorials in response to a report released earlier this week on HIV/AIDS in Washington, D.C. According to the report, almost 12,500 district residents were know

You have just been prescribed a new medication by your doctor and the container label says: take one tablet by mouth twice daily for 7 days. How much and how often should you take your medicine?

It's not a cure, but this may be some of the best news patients infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have heard in a long time: A new drug, eltrombopag, appears to be effective in boosting lo

Primary care physicians should focus on dementia red flags rather than routinely screen individuals with no dementia symptoms just because they've reached a certain age, according to Malaz Bou

Stereoscopic digital mammography, a new diagnostic technique capable of producing three-dimensional, in-depth views of breast tissue, could significantly reduce the number of women who are reca

Having hypertension, or high blood pressure, reduces blood flow in the brains of adults with Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological

Immutep S.A announced positive interim results from a Phase I/II study of its lead product, ImmuFact(R) IMP321 in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC). The data were presented at th

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Pediatric Advisory Committee recommended to the agency yesterday, Tuesday 27th November, that makers of the flu drug Tamiflu be urged to change the drug

A mouse resistant to cancer, even highly-aggressive types, has been created by researchers at the University of Kentucky. The breakthrough stems from a discovery by UK College of Medicine profess

Ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which opened on Friday, Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday praised efforts of health organi

The hospital board of Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital on Monday unanimously voted to transfer most of its authority to a new, private, not-for-profit management board, hoping that the chang

The Bournemouth branch of the MS Society is urging people to pick up the phone and show their support for a project that could receive almost £100,000 and benefit people with multiple sclerosis (

Proper design of computational tools is critical if they are to be used with success in patient-care settings, particularly in hospital emergency rooms, a field study conducted by researchers at t

Treatment with ibuprofen is associated with a significantly slower rate of decline in lung function in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis, according to a new study. Researchers found t

Isaac keery, 62, who had a lung removed after being told he had just a year left to live is urging smokers to think twice about lighting up. Mr Keery, was diagnosed with cancer last Apri

Computed tomography (CT) angiography is as accurate as an invasive angiogram in detecting coronary artery disease, according to the findings of the first two prospective multicenter 64-slice scann

MIT researchers have shown that a cocktail containing three compounds normally in the blood stream promotes growth of new brain connections and improves cognitive function in rodents. The tre

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Researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have for the first time transferred an immune response in a healthy individual to a patient with multiple myeloma, a cancer of

Bioengineers at Yale and Cornell have created a modified chemotherapy that more effectively reaches and remains at the site of brain tumors - by adding a water-soluble polymer to the anti-cancer d

For a moment, Dr. Shai Yarkoni, president and CEO of biotechnology start-up Target-In, appears to veer off on a tangent. There's something very interesting in the terms we take from the military

HealthLinx Limited (ASX:HTX), has reached an agreement with The University of Liverpool (UK) to in-license additional patented biomarker technology and antibodies that has shown efficacy in detec

PolyTherics, a biopharmaceutical spin-out company from Imperial College London and the London School of Pharmacy, announced that it has secured £350,000 in funding from the Technology Strategy Bo

More than a third of men with early prostate cancer who participated in a study analyzing treatment choice received therapies that might not be appropriate, based on pre-existing problems with uri

Joe Korner, Director of Communications at The Stroke Association:This research further strengthens the need for everyone who experiences a TIA (Transient Ischaemic Attack) to be treated

Leading mental health charity Mind comments on the Government's plans to provide specialist mental health care to ex-military servicemen.Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of mental health charity Mind

Doctors in this week's BMJ (British Medical Journal argue that new NICE guidelines on the use of digoxin, a drug used to slow heart rate in patients with irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibr

Scientists in Australia have discovered that the older the water filter the better when it comes to reducing the off-putting earthy taste of some tap water. Writing in the Inderscience publication

The American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) are providing $100,000 in emergency funding to the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) for medical supplies and to fa

HIDA's newly-released Selling to Physician Office Labs course is now available for sale to members and non-members. The latest in HIDA's ongoing ADVANCE® Masters curriculum, the co