Irrational use of medicines is a major problem all over the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) and many other bodies are concentrating on improving the use of medicines. Problem-based

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry applauds Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) for introducing the Child Healthcare Crisis Relief Act in the Senate

UroToday.com - Dr. Ralph deVere White, University of California, Davis moderated a session on Are We Underutilizing Minimally Invasive Approaches for Upper Tract TCC? at the annual SUO meeting a

UroToday.com - Dr. Joseph Smith, Vanderbilt University moderated a session on Post-Radical Prostatectomy Management Options for the Positive Surgical Margin at the annual SUO meeting at the AUA.

Over the past few years we have been hearing about the anti-oxidising effect of the Mediterranean diet, however until now there have been no reliable scientific studies carried out to prove this.

More than half of eligible patients with operable, early-stage pancreatic cancer don't undergo potentially life-extending surgery, suggests a study published online this week by the Annals of Surg

A cancer diagnosis doesn't dictate the end of exercise and activity. The June issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource covers how exercise can help people with cancer, during and after tre

A study by Vanderbilt's Shari Barkin, M.D., and colleagues found that a high number of families who own guns admit their guns are not always safely stored. As a matter of fact, only one t

Blocking a single protein with an experimental drug prevented and treated both type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis in laboratory mice that had been fed unhealthy diets and were genetically predisp

In a way, nanotubes are nature's smallest candles.These tiny tubes are constructed from carbon atoms and they are so small that it takes about 100,000 laid side-by-side to span the width

The June 13 markup date for a Senate bill that would allow FDA to approve generic versions of biotechnology drugs has been pushed back a week, acco

British members of Parliament on Tuesday voted 182-107 against a bill that would have required women in the United Kingdom to wait one week and receive counseling before undergoing the procedure,

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) is concerned about the recent shift in government policy and public discourse on illicit drugs from harm minimisation to zero tolerance. This change goes

It's never too late to take precautions against skin cancer. The incidence of melanoma, a potentially fatal skin cancer, is increasing dramatically. It is currently the most common type of cancer

Improved understanding of how GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) impacts patients is required to boost therapeutic outcomes for those with clinical need, according to a global survey of more t

Nearly half of all patients are currently being treated within 18weeks, a year and a half ahead of schedule, according to the firstofficial figures produced by the Department of Health today.

The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and its affiliated Childrens Hospital Los Angeles have been awarded a total of $6.4 million in Shared Research Laboratory

Type the phrase molecular imaging into Google, and you'll get 18.8 million results. Ask the individuals who perform molecular imaging for a definition, and no two will be alike. For this reason, S

Nearly 150 basic and clinical scientists will assemble in Boston this week to better understand the role of the central nervous system in conditions such as postpartum depression and female anxiet

Universal coverage has dominated both the news media's coverage of the Democratic presidential candidates' reform ideas and the candidates' own jockeying over those ideas, columnist David Leonh

The Senate Finance Committee next week might mark up legislation to reauthorize SCHIP, which expires Sept. 30, but full Senate action o

While orange cauliflower may seem unappealing to some, it has distinct nutritional advantages. Now, Cornell researchers have identified the genetic mutation behind the unusual hue. The finding may

Using X-ray data and advanced computer simulation and visualization software, researchers at the University of Illinois have painstakingly modeled a critical part of a mechanism by which bacteria

A groundbreaking surgical therapy capable of stabilising and restoring vision in the vast majority of patients who currently suffer blindness through Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is to

Typified by high blood pressure, weight gain around the waist and problems regulating blood sugar, metabolic syndrome may also be associated with compromised heart structure and function, accordin

Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co, Ltd., and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority (six month review target) re

Dartmouth physicians and engineers have published a paper with results from a five-year project testing three new imaging techniques to examine breast abnormalities, including cancer. The study fi

Some patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) have slightly higher survival rates when treated with the chemotherapy drug cisplatin than another platinum-based drug, carboplatin,

IDM Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: IDMI) today presented preliminary results from a Phase II UVIDEM (IDD-3) melanoma vaccine clinical trial (DC-MEL-202). The results showed that UVIDEM was well tolerate

Immunomedics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMMU), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing monoclonal antibodies to treat cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that initial results from