The flood believed to be behind the Noah's Ark myth kick-started European agriculture, according to new research by the Universities of Exeter, UK and Wollongong, Australia. Published in the jour

The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy has received a $2.2 million federal grant to develop therapeutics to suppress the cravings of cocaine addicts.Compounds develop

The University of Queensland has welcomed the signing of a $50 million funding agreement from the Queensland Government for the University's Ins

The International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care (ISNCC) is pleased to announce the launch of its new online abstract submission system. Abstracts are now being accepted for the 15th Internation

There have been no health policies in this election campaign offering improved medical care of older Australians living in residential aged care facilities, and that's a disgrace according to the

It's well known that the body's energy levels cycle on a 24 hour, or circadian, schedule, and that this metabolic process is fueled by oxygen. Now, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Sc

Physical therapist treatment for COPD, which includes breathing training and exercise, can help improve the quality of life for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the Americ

The American Dental Association (ADA) has bestowed honorary membership on Stephen Hancocks, Editor-in-Chief of the British Dental Journal (BDJ) The honour, awarded to only a handfu

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that, beginning today, Medicare beneficiaries will be able to begin making enrollment changes in their health and prescription drug

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the manufacturer of Avandia (rosiglitazone), a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, has agreed to add new information to the existing boxed warn

Pinyons Medical Technology, Inc. announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market the PowrSyringe Monitor™ for use in discography procedures. Discog

Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientist Marcel Just and Stanford postdoctoral fellow Sashank Varma have put forward a new computational theory of brain function that provides answers to one of t

As if severely overweight people didn't already have enough health concerns, experts are raising another red flag -- the possibility that some of their prescription medications, especially antibio

HealthCare Reform: The Economics of 'Pay or Play' Employer Mandates,

The open enrollment period for the Medicare prescription drug benefit begins on Thursday, and CMS has established a new online tool to help wit

Medicare Advantage plans are the way of the future, says Dorothy Schulz, manager of a Medicare Advantage health insurance plan offered nationally to residents in Erickson Retirement Communities

The incidence of diabetes mellitus in Mexico will have risen 40% by the year 2012, killing over 100,000 Mexicans during that year, according to Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, Health Secretary, Mex

A new US study suggests that the osteoporosis drug Forteo (made by Eli Lilly) was more effective than Fosamax (made by Merck) at increasing bone density in arthritis patients with osteoporosis c

A human stem cell line derived from embryos that were identified by preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to carry the mutation for fragile X syndrome has provided an unprecedented view of early

A database that includes the molecular profiles of the major components of the blood system -- including the stem cells and the cells differentiated from them -- enabled researchers at Baylor Coll

An annual injection of vitamin D does not reduce the rate of bone fractures suffered by elderly people. The finding is the result of a four-year long study in which scientists from the MRC Epidemi

Researchers are closer to understanding why humans differ so greatly from chimpanzees in the way they look, behave, think, and fight off disease, despite having genes that are nearly 99% identical

The observation that males evolve more quickly than females has been around since 19th century biologist Charles Darwin noted the majesty of a peacock's tail feather in comparison with the plainne

While investigating how the hormone orexin might control sleep and hunger, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered, to their surprise, that it activates a protein, HIF-1, lon

Ceregene, Inc. announced that the company has completed enrollment of its randomized, controlled, double-blind, Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating CERE-120, a gene therapy product in developmen

About 92% of new HIV infections in Mauritius are transmitted through injection drug use, up from 14% in 2002, the government said Monday,

Strategies for decreasing a child's risk for obesity often focus on improving eating habits and maintaining a high level of physical activity. While this is one way to address the issue, another

Understanding past outbreaks of diseases can better prepare us for diseases in our future. This, in a nutshell, is the message of a new book by a professor emeritus of biology at the University o

Sorting Out the BittersMaik Behrens, Susann Foerster, Frauke Staehler, Jan-Dirk Raguse, and Wolfgang MeyerhofThe story goes that bitter taste receptors are there to pro

The GPRC5A gene, which is under-expressed in human lung cancer cells, suppresses lung tumors in mouse models and could provide a key to attacking lung cancer in humans, researchers at The Univers