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New evidence implicating beach sand as a reservoir for E. coli - the bacterium that is used as an indicator that water has been contaminated by fecal material - has been reported by scientists at
Regular exercise appears to modestly increase levels of high-density lipoprotein, or good, cholesterol, according to a meta-analysis study in Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAM
The incidence of antibiotic-resistant staph infections associated with being acquired in the community and not in health care institutions increased almost seven-fold in Chicago's Cook County Hosp
Children of smokers who don't show any signs of respiratory problems may still be experiencing damaging changes in their airways that could lead to lung disease later in life, according to a new s
The most powerful genetic analysis of the DNA codes of over 40,000 women -- including those with breast cancer as well as those without the disease - has uncovered five common genetic variants
Mice genetically engineered to lack a single enzyme in their brains are more adept at learning than their normal cousins, and are quicker to figure out that their environment has changed, a team l
The University of Cincinnati (UC) has received $1 million to establish a research center that will allow competing biomedical companies to pool their funding to develop new medical technologies fo
This Memorial Day, the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) will pause to remember the price our military pays for protecting our freedoms even when it does not cost
Bethesda, Md--Scientists from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) have discovered that diets high in salt may increase the virulence of the pathogen Helicobacter pylori
The United Nations World Food Programme Today Condemned A Series Of Armed Attacks And Looting Of WFP Food Trucks, Mainly In The South And West Of Afghanistan And Said It Is Working With The
In the paper Tuning Curvature and Stability of Monoolein Bilayers by Designer Lipid-Like Peptide Surfactants, new strategies for the encapsulation and the delivery of biological active material
Annual sales of prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies have decreased to less than $500 million Canadian, compared with almost $1 billion Canadian in 2004, according to data from the
The Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Governors Association
George Annas, co-chair of the Health Rights and Bioethics Committee of the American Bar Association's
UroToday.com - Dr. Marston Linehan, SUO president introduced Dr. Peter Scardino, MSKCC as the 2007 Willet F, Whitmore, Jr lecturer. Dr. Scardino's talk was titled The Surgical Management of Local
UroToday.com - Dr. Robert Uzzo, Fox Chase Cancer Center moderated a session on Surgery for Recurrent and Metastatic Renal cell Cancer: Has the Role Changed in the Face of New Systemic Agents? at
The High Court described the MTAS system used to appoint junior doctors to specialist training as a dreadful mess, adding that its premature introduction had disastrous consequences. It also r
Scientists showed that curcumin, the main ingredient of the Indian herb turmeric, restores key immune cells that fight off cancer.The immune system of patients with advanced cancer is si
Researchers provide new details about how proteins orchestrate cell division.Cells can divide only when certain key proteins are activated and others inhibited. A protein called NIPA and
Mission Pharmacal today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tindamax(R) (tinidazole) for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common vaginal infe
Emisphere Technologies, Inc. (Emisphere) (Nasdaq: EMIS) has been notified that Novartis Pharma AG and its development partner Nordic Bioscience have initiated the Phase III clinical program
Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: KAL; FWB: CA4), a developer of new drugs for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory diseases, announced today the addition of Lahey Clinic in Burlington
The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City on Tuesday announced that it has awarded $2 million to the city's medical community to
Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY, TSX: SHQ) announced that DAYTRANA™ (methylphenidate transdermal system), the first and only non-oral medication approved for treatment of Attention Defici
New published data from a large pan-European survey indicate that the majority of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer taking post-surgical endocrine therapy are not involved in making ke
A calmer and more considered approach to the safety of rosiglitazone (Avandia) - the GlaxoSmithKline treatment for type 2 diabetes - is needed to avoid unnecessary panic among patients, says an Ed
To help encourage Americans to take more steps towards healthier lifestyle behaviors, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and PCE Health & Fitness joined together to develop a unique contest t
CEL-SCI CORPORATION (Amex: CVM) announces that CEL-1000 increased the immune response against H5 avian influenza antigen in combination with MAS-1, a water-in-oil adjuvant delivery system. Thes
Twenty years ago, retail pioneer and philanthropist A. Alfred Taubman lost a good friend to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - a horrifying fatal disease that's better known as Lou Gehrig's disease o
Very low birth weight infants are significantly more likely to survive when delivered in hospitals with high-level neonatal intensive care units that care for more than 100 such newborns annually