Road traffic accidents (RTAs) - not AIDS, cancer or any other disease - are the major cause of death for 15-19-year-olds worldwide. And there are many more male victims than female, says an Edit

Favrille, Inc. (Nasdaq: FVRL), a biopharmaceutical company developing patient-specific, active immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer, announced results from a new study showing enhanced a

Johns Hopkins University researchers have cured malaria-infected mice with single shots of a new series of potent, long lasting synthetic drugs modeled on an ancient Chinese herbal folk remedy.

A bill (HR 493) that would ban discrimination against U.S. residents based on the results of genetic tests would al

Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced an independent review into the Modernising Medical Careers reforms to doctors' training. In response, Dr Jo Hilborne, chairman of the BMA Junior Doctors

The drug pentoxifylline appears to have limited benefit in the first-line treatment of mouth ulcers due to recurrent apthous stomatitis, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of

Access to antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV infection in low- and middle-income countries continued to grow throughout 2006, with more than 2 million people living with HIV/AIDS receiving t

Neurologists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that many patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) are not taking or being prescribed drugs approved to treat the di

If your meat needs to be plumped up, try some collagen injections.Injecting meatballs with collagen can help the meat to retain the important nutrients iodine and thiamine, a new study b

The Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) praised Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Trent Lott (R-MO) for introducing the Lower Priced Drugs Act, which would remove some of the barriers

A new study published in Neurology showed that verbal repetition was significantly reduced in patients with Alzheimer's disease treated with REMINYL® (galantamine HBr), compared to placebo, wh

The Ministry of Health, Egypt, has confirmed that a 15-year-old girl died of bird flu infection on 10th April. The girl had developed bird flu like symptoms on 30th March and was hospitalized on

Following a tour of the NHC Parklane nursing facility in Columbia, SC, by U.S. Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) today, state and national leaders of America's largest long term care advocacy or

Training school social workers to lead talk therapy sessions during the school day can help teens and pre-teens recognize and begin to overcome mild depression, anxiety and anger problems, resea

People with restless legs syndrome (RLS), especially the elderly, may be at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the April 10, 2007, issue of

The crack of the bat on Opening Day at Fenway Park is a sure sign that summer is on its way. From the Green Monster seats to the dunes of Cape Cod, summer means bright sun, ultraviolet rays and of

The results of a new study suggest that bacteria that cause diseases like bubonic plague and serious gastric illness can turn the genes that make them infectious on or off.Knowing how di

Individuals who inherit two mutant copies of any one of about 12 genes that make the proteins of the Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathway develop FA, which is characterized by increased incidence of cancer

A recent study featured in Human Communication Research details a study in which users interacted with an automated system using combinations of human and artificial voices and faces. The users we

Medicaid is being redefined throughout the country because of new federal rules that provide states with more flexibility to administer benefits under their Medicaid programs, the

The way the liver renews itself may be simpler than scientists had been assuming. A new study, appearing in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, provides new information on the inner workin

A quarter of Australian teenagers eat fast food everyday and more than a third hardly ever eat fruit, a Deakin University study has found.Researchers with Deakin's Centre for Physical Ac

Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, today announced positive results from the initial Phase 1 clinical trial of PS4

Almost one-fourth of all stays in U.S. community hospitals for patients age 18 and older -- 7.6 million of nearly 32 million stays -- involved depressive, bipolar, schizophrenia and other menta

The increase in shift-work among junior doctors could have a detrimental effect on the NHS of the future warns a junior doctor in this week's BMJ. Dr Yasmin Ahmed-Little says if the healt

Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the leading cause of HIV infection in children. Without preventive interventions, approximately 30 to 45% of infants born to HIV-positive mothers contract th

Working with fruit flies, scientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered a protein required for two neighboring cells to fuse and become one super cell.Most cells enjoy their singular ex

One in three ovarian cancer patients in the U.S. fails to receive the recommended comprehensive surgical treatment, according to a study in the May 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewe

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators at Stony Brook University have received U.S. Patent Number 7,179,448 for developing chimeric, or co

The Washington Post on Tuesday examined VistA, or Veterans Inf