As millions of Muslims around the world observe the current month of the Holy Ramadan, a partnership has emerged between UNICEF and Showtime Arabia, a leading regional subscription cable TV operat

Researchers in Portugal have discovered that a specific mutation of the COX2 gene seems to play a role in the onset of ovarian cancer, increasing women's susceptibility to developing the disease.

DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance praised the Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease for its new, comprehensive policy platform that addresses the crisis of chronic disease through common sense ide

The Wilson Center's Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, in collaboration with Consumers Union -- publishers of Consumer Reports magazine and Consumer Reports Online -- has announced a major effo

The GDC has set the 2008 fee levels for dental professionals: The first registration fee and annual retention fee (ARF) for dentists will be £438 (an increase of £18 or 4.3 per cent, in

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger on Monday gave the signal for union members to begin their first national strike against

An under used colon cancer screening test now available in the U.S. effectively detects colorectal cancer and may help to improve colon cancer screening rates, according to investigators at t

Registered nurses from St. Mary's Hospital in Reno, seeking protection in their role as patient advocates and better care for their patients along with major improvements in pay and benefits, will

In the lead up to Grandparent's Day, on Saturday 22nd September, a survey by Help the Aged and Zurich Community Trust reveals around 2.5 million (1 in 5) grandparents go for more than a month with

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Limited (Bristol-Myers Squibb) announced the European Commission has approved an update to the summary of product characteristics for Sprycel® (dasatinib).

A new study by the Health protection Agency estimates at least 10% of young women in England have been infected with one or more strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) by the age of 16. The stu

Severe infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile may be reduced radically in the future as a new forum for infection prevention and control professionals is launched this week on 26

Twenty young researchers, who have been selected by high-level scientific peer review, will gather in Helsinki on 27 September 2007 to receive awards up to 1.2 million euros from the fourth and fi

RT Image Magazine recently released its roster of the top 25 most influential in the field of radiology naming AIUM chief executive officer, Carmine M. Valente, PhD, CAE, at the number 10 r

Nearly 70% of California residents believe the state's health care system needs major reform, and state voters said health reform is the most important issue after immigration, according to a new

About 89.6 million U.S. residents younger than age 65, or about 34.7% of the population, lacked health insurance at some point during 2006-2007, according to a study released on Thursday by

Five democratic presidential candidates on Thursday participated in a freewheeling debate in Davenport, Iowa, during which all five said that they would seek to expand health insurance to all U

As Cardiff gears up for the annual 'In town, without your car!' event, opinion research released by Asthma UK Cymru shows that traffic pollution is one of the most commonly reported asthma trigger

Seven years ago, Elizabeth Miller was a volunteer physician in a community-based clinic in Boston, Mass., which offered confidential services to teens. She is still haunted by the memory of a 15-y

Beta, the gorilla, has been suffering since 2005 from abdominal discomfort and heavy vaginal bleeding caused by uterine fibroids, noncancerous tumors that develop in the muscular wall of the ute

A system in the brain already known to regulate food intake also serves as a direct remote control for the way fat is stored and metabolized in the body, say University of Cincinnati (UC) resear

Expressions of deep concern and disappointment about reports that the pending SCHIP reauthorization will go forward without addressing several issues that are critical to access to care for Medi

A University of Queensland biophysical chemist is working on new research which one day may slow down or switch off certain diseases. Dr Gary Schenk from the

Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of presidential candidate and former Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.), on Wednesday in an As

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer on Tuesday at the 47th Interscience Confer

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Tuesday dismissed an appeal challenging a federal court judge's ruling against broadening the application of a state law that would have requir

Teens exposed to secondhand smoke at home are at increased risk of test failure in school, suggests a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Our retrospective study sugges

Italian scientists will announce today that they have found a new and promising target for anti-tumour therapy in cancer. Professor Saverio Alberti, from the CESI, University of Chieti Foundation

Commenting on the publication of the European Cancer Research Managers Forum Second European Survey the Minister for Health and Children, Mary Harney T.D. said: This report analyses how cancer re

While the visual regions of the brain have been intensively mapped, many important regions for auditory processing remain terra incognita. Now, researchers have identified the region responsible f