Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy have not noticed a restriction in their access to treatment following the enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2

If you're like most, you eat worst at healthy restaurants.The health halos of healthy restaurants often prompt consumers to treat themselves to higher-calorie side dishes, drinks or de

As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October has been a key time to recognize the strides made in breast cancer prevention, detection and treatment, and to press forward in the battle agains

A higher percentage of prostate cancer patients who undergo surgery survive for at least ten years than patients who opt for other forms of treatment, this is especially the case for younger patie

Women with breast cancer often seek immediate breast reconstruction after a mastectomy to help them regain a semblance of their body and for their psychological peace of mind. As part of

High risk teenagers who participate in peer-led substance abuse prevention programs reduce their drug use by approximately 15 percent versus traditional curricula, suggests a study led by research

The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety issued a consumer warning that fat dissolving, fat melting, injection lipolysis or other injectable treatments touted to reduce localized body fat

UCB, Inc. presented data from two clinical trials that showed Neupro® (Rotigotine Transdermal System), a once-daily non-ergolinic dopamine agonist patch, is effective in controlling early morn

In a step to fulfill President Bush's mandate to have a lifelong electronic health record for nearly every American by 2014, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded contr

Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted waived status under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendements of 1988 (CLIA) for its handheld i-STAT CHEM8+ test

Ossur, a leading provider of non-invasive orthopaedic products and services, has announced the inauguration of its Asia Pacific operations in Shanghai, China. Ossur, renowned for its pioneering wo

More than 10,780 children eligible for Medicaid in Maryland have not received dental care in at least four years, and an additional 22,110 low-income children have not seen a dentist in at least

CMS officials on Thursday announced plans to advance a means testing proposal that would require higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that it has submitted a file on its cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix™, to the World Health Organization (WHO) for pre-qualification, following the gra

The development of an HIV vaccine is hindered by the rapidity with which the virus mutates. A new resource available to vaccine developers is a cryobank of frozen virus specimens collected from al

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS) announced the first safety results from its ongoing Phase 2 open-label extension (OLE) study of ISIS 301012 in patients with familial hypercholestero

Smoking prevalence among people with disabilities is nearly 50 percent higher than among people without disabilities (29.9 percent vs. 19.8 percent), according to a new study from the Centers for

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) is offering its GP members free access to an online training tool to help them with legal and ethical dilemmas and earn CPD points in the process. The onli

Researchers at Harvard University and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute have found that a simple circadian clock found in some bacteria operates by the rhythmic addition and subtraction of phosp

A new scientific review released by HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality concludes that evidence of benefit is lacking for many common ways of treating osteoarthritis of the knee, inclu

Enterprize finalist, Dendright, will be pitching its vaccine technology for rheumatoid arthritis to venture capitalists and the public for a $100,000 prize next week. The mechanism to tur

Giving children in Nepal who are zinc-deficient zinc supplementation makes to significant difference to their overall mortality. Toddlers aged 12-35 months receive a very slight, non-statistically

UT Southwestern Medical Center has been selected to take part in an $11.5 million multicenter clinical trial that is examining the effectiveness of induced hypothermia as a therapy for brain swell

Labor groups and health care advocates on Tuesday held a rally at the Pennsylvania Capitol to support Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's (D) Cover All Pennsylvanians plan, the

Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Monday announced that the fifth international concert of his 46664 HIV/AIDS awareness camp

Although flu vaccination rates across Canada have gone up, a large number of high-risk people are still not being vaccinated, according to a study carried out by Statistics Canada. After s

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned construction companies of the dangers of using improvised procedures when dismantling heavy machinery. The warning follows the successful

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) released its Position Stand on The Female Athlete Triad, recognizing the relationships among energy availability, menstrual function and bone mine

The Australian Psychological Society has released a tip sheet designed to help parents deal with the increasing sexualisation of girls in the media. The tip sheet, 'Helping girls develop

Immune system cells recruited by cancers to help them grow and spread could be 're-educated' to attack the tumours instead of aiding them, Cancer Research UK scientists announced at the National C