Women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in one breast have a higher risk of contracting the disease in their opposite breast as well. A thorough examination of the opposite breast using m

Who would have guessed that when the Star Trek medical diagnostic tool known as the tricorder makes its appearance in real life, the first user might be ... your dentist.According to a

Autistic children are able to interpret the mental state of others by looking at their eyes, contrary to previous research, a new University of Nottingham study has found.In findings th

Acting CMS Administrator Leslie Norwalk on Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate Special Commit

United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger on Wednesday said that the union will not agree to additional health care concessions in co

The Senate Finance Committee plans to consider legislation that would allow the federal government to negotiate prices directly with ph

A common asthma inhaler powered by a new propellant is safe and effective but could come at nearly triple the cost to consumers until a generic version hits the market, according to a review in t

An average 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need about $215,000 for health care costs for the rest of their lives, according to a

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) on Monday said that the state's abortion rights statutes do not go far enough and that he will call for a change in the law this term, this year to ... give us

Patients given prostate cancer information prior to their medical examinations participated more actively in decision making and were less likely to opt for screening tests, according to a Virgini

The Medical College of Wisconsin pediatrician and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin staff member who led a team that saved the world's first un-immunized rabies patient, has issued a call for veter

Diabetes and high blood pressure, two conditions rooted in genetics and environmental surroundings, play a much greater role than race alone in determining who is mostly likely to develop heart f

Charles C.J. Carpenter, MD, founder of the Immunology Center at The Miriam Hospital and professor of medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, was recently honored for mor

Is that pain in your chest a heart attack or indigestion? New research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals that more areas of the brain than previously thought are involved in

Long waits for endoscopies have been eliminated in many parts of the country, but some people are still waiting too long for the procedures, particularly in the south east, according to a report p

The Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health, and the Honourable George Smitherman, Health Minister of Ontario, today announced that Ontario will establish a Patient Wait Times Guarante

The FSA has published a consultation to explore ways of reducing the average amount of saturated fat in people's diets and help make it easier for people to eat more healthily. The deadline for re

The American Academy of Pediatrics invites children to enter its 2007 national art contest with a chance to win a trip to San Francisco, California. --

The Medical Research Council has welcomed the government's early settlement for the science budget which sees annual growth of 2.7% in real terms until 2011. During his

Patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), such as heart attack and recent-onset chest pain, remain at considerable risk of experiencing further serious cardiovascular problems despite improve

So-called triple negative breast cancers, tumors that do not contain any of three significant tumor markers, are aggressive, deadly cancers that affect young, poor minority women, according to

Contrary to widespread belief, total surgical replacement of arthritic shoulder joints carries no greater risk of complications than replacement of other major joints, a Johns Hopkins study sugge

In an effort to improve health, many popular foods are undergoing a more nutritious make-over. Now, a team of food chemists at the University of Maryland has discovered how to boost the antioxida

Biology and chemistry researchers from Virginia Tech are creating molecular complexes to bind to and disrupt the DNA of diseased tissues, such as tumors or viruses. Testing the activity of each o

The House Energy and Commerce Committee on Thursday by voice vote approved legislation (

Some researchers say that activity along the border between the U.S. and Mexico is contributing to the spread of HIV in Mexico, PRI's The World

Chroma Therapeutics Limited today announces that its oral, once-daily experimental cancer therapy CHR-2797 has entered its first Phase II trial, in elderly patients with treatment refractory ac

The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a draft guideline on requirements for first-in-man clinical trials for potential high-risk medic

Alfacell Corporation (Nasdaq: ACEL) today announced that in vivo study results demonstrating the potential of ONCONASE (ranpirnase) for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) were

Cleveland Clinic researchers today report that the drug torcetrapib, despite raising high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) or the good cholesterol by more than 60%, did not slow the prog