About 60% of people who have embryos stored at U.S. fertility clinics would be very or somewhat likely to donate them for stem cell research, according to a survey published Thursday in the onlin

Research presented at the 67th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) in Chicago and recent medical conferences underscore the utility of the GlycoMark 1,5-anhy

Scientists have provided new details about how proteins used to destroy bacteria and viruses may help treat Alzheimer's disease. Gunnar K. Gouras, associate professor of neurology and neuroscience

It may not seem so at the time, but women who suffer through morning sickness during their pregnancies actually may be fortunate.Those women may have a 30 percent lower risk of developin

American Public Media's Marketplace on Tuesday included a discussion with Marketplace correspondent Helen Palmer about t

At a time when Australian scientists are fighting hard to keep pace with overseas research and development, an Australian biotech company is leading the world in the production of human proteins f

Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc., today announced it has initiated Phase I clinical trials for ITI-007, the Company's first-in-class dual 5HT2A receptor antagonist/dopamine receptor phosphoprote

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C. (J&JPRD) announced it has received an approvable letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding two supplemen

New research has found that around half of the people who advise new mothers on breastfeeding are not aware of current UK government and WHO guidance on the duration of time that is most beneficia

A follow-up study to the federally funded Women's Health Initiative should help allay one concern in a subset of women in their 50s who are considering taking estrogen to relieve hot flashes. The

About half of the residents in the remote Papua region in eastern Indonesia have never heard of HIV/AIDS, according to a study funded by the Worl

A researcher who spent nearly 300 hours observing patients in an accident and emergency department has come up with a method for identifying possible flashpoints, according to the latest J

The National Patient Advocate Foundation (NPAF) and its Scientific Advisory Board, representing millions of cancer and other chronically ill patients, have joined the chorus of leading physici

New guidelines have been released to tell Australians how much sun they need to avoid vitamin D deficiency and stay healthy without increasing their risk of skin cancer. The new guidelines follo

Changes in the demographics of the pharmacy workforce require the creation of new staffing structures and service delivery models, according to recommendations of the American Society of Health-Sy

Adding more good news to last week's announcement that Nexavar® (sorafenib) may be the first effective treatment for advanced liver cancer, researchers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Ce

To complement its I Decide To Fight Diabetes campaign, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) announces two new ways for people to join ADA in the fight against diabetes:The I Decide

The report highlights the large and rapidly-growing numbers of people with dementia in Scotland and the economic impact now and in the future. It provides detailed figures on numbers of people wit

The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) has awarded 25 medical school and hospital residency programs in the surgical and related medical specialties two-year Geriatrics Education for Specialty Resi

New data supports IL-6 receptor inhibition as a key component in controlling inflammation from RARoche today announced significant results from 'OPTION'1, the first rheumatoid arthritis m

The real value of recommendations released last week for identifying symptoms that could signal early stages of ovarian cancer might be to raise awareness of the disease among physicians and

The British Dietetic Association will be bringing the crème de la crème of dietitians to Belfast this month for its highly celebrated national conference. The BDA Annual Conference an

Inspired by the device used to find lost coins in the sand, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a small handheld metal detector to help doctors locate hidden orthopedic screws that need to

An international research team has documented the link between the way an animal moves and the dimensions of an important part of its organ of balance, the three semicircular canals of the inner e

A new study suggests patients hospitalized with pneumonia may be at serious risk of new or worsening heart problems. The study is published in tClinical Infectious Diseases, currently avail

In the first large-scale epidemiological study evaluating elevator-related injuries in children throughout the United States, researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and a colle

As the medical community and general public respond to news of a set of sextuplets born in Minneapolis 18 weeks premature and another set born in Arizona 10 weeks premature, and subsequent dea

Four swarms of Asian bees found in Cairns have been cleared of carrying the dreaded Varroa destructor mite but the intruders themselves could pose the beginning of a serious threat to Australian h

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine investigators have engineered artificial blood vessels from muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) and a biodegradable polymer that exhibit extensive remodel

UroToday.com - Joy C Yang, PhD and collaborators from Univerisity of California, Davis state that neuropeptides such as gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP)/bombesin may modify AR through Src kinase an