Dr Laurence Buckman, chairman of the BMA's GPs Committee, commenting on the BMJ article by Dr Iona Heath on the Quality and Outcomes Framework in the GP contract said: The Quality

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Africa Action welcomes the revised estimates of the global AIDS pandemic published by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) but ca

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Roche announced the submission of a biologics license application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval to market ACTEMRA(R) (tocilizumab) to reduce the signs an

The European Union on Monday at a meeting in Brussels, Belgium, adopted a modified version of the World Trade Organization's

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The latest biological, clinical and social research behind how cancer affects different racial and ethnic groups will be the focus of the first American Association for Cancer Research conference

Even very small amounts of lead in children's blood -- amounts well below the current federal standard -- are associated with reduced IQ scores, finds a new six-year Cornell study.The s

Using a rapid, sensitive, and inexpensive diagnostic tool called MassTag PCR, scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health's Center for Infection and Immunity implicated a ne

It took a trip to the emergency room for Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, to own up to his diabetes. In the December issue of the American Diabetes Association's (ADA) consumer magazine

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is informing healthcare professionals about the suspension of the licence for Prexige (lumiracoxib) due to the safety concerns about

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America's pharmaceutical research companies are testing 92 medicines and vaccines to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions, according to a report released by the Pharmaceutical Rese

Obese men with prostate cancer are more likely to have lower PSA levels than non-obese men with prostate cancer - a higher body mass index (BMI) is linked to higher plasma volume, which in turn

Eighteen physicians with the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center have been recognized as the best in their field. The 18 are among 21 in Indiana included i

Nanogen, Inc. (NASDAQ:NGEN), developer of advanced diagnostic products, announced that it has been granted U.S. Patent No. RE39,816, which is a reissue of United States Patent No. 6,461,828, title

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Adding another layer of competition to the mating game, scientists are reporting possible biochemical proof that the reproductive system of female mammals can sense the presence of sperm and rea

A coalition of organizations representing community pharmacies and pharmacists, pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), health care distributors, and generic pharmaceutical manufacturers urged the Senate

AMPATH, a program that grew out of the partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and the Moi (Kenya) University Teaching and Referral Hospital, has received a 5-year, $60-million

Following up on a study that found widespread failures in simulated child resuscitation among emergency room staff, a research team from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and Duke University Med

An inexpensive, safe and easy treatment is an effective method for treating chronic nasal and sinus symptoms more effective, in fact, than commonly used saline sprays, according to a new study fro

Birmingham resident Pat McDonald, the past President of the National MS Society, Michigan Chapter, has been recognized for her 28 years of service and personal contributions in the fight to end th

Scientists at the Weizmann Institute have proposed a mechanism which explains the precision of prognoses for trinucleotide repeat diseases. The study, published on November 23 in the journ