Some taxpayer-funded tribal clinics in urban areas recently have stopped admitting people who cannot document their federal tribal status even though the clinics are required by law to provide he

Alba Therapeutics Corporation today announced it has completed enrollment and dosing of patients in its Phase IIa dose ranging clinical trial of AT-1001, the Company's lead orally administere

Female athletes are up to eight times more likely to suffer knee injuries during their careers than males, and now researchers may be closer to understanding why.A recent study of 10 fem

FDA should release more detailed information about clinical trial data so that it can be used by independent researchers for further safety study,

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, announced that Sergey Telenkov, Ph.D., IDSI Research Scientist, presented an abs

Vaginal rejuvenation -- procedures that aim to enhance sexual gratification by using a laser to repair vaginal tissue damaged during pregnancy -- exemplifies the last frontier of plastic surger

The idea of bone quality is now widely used by physicians to predict which patients are at risk of fractures, but the idea has major conceptual flaws argues a team of researchers from Tampere,

Discrimination against men who have sex with men, women who have sex with women and transgender people is fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa, according to a report released on Thursday by th

Vaccines for measles-mumps-rubella and varicella, or chicken pox, are effective in extremely preterm infants, even though preemies' immune systems are not as developed as full-term babies. This co

Until now, mutations of the LH hormone receptor were the only explanation known for sexual precocity in boys. A team at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC, CNRS /

Survival rates are similar among patients with hepatitis B who are listed for liver transplantation, whether or not they have hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a new study in the March

The FDA may approve Cefquinome, an antibiotic, for cattle use. Cefquinome is currently used for human gastrointestinal diseases, as well as meningitis. According to an article in the Washington

When it's time to rein in cholesterol, the go-to prescription is usually statins. These medications can reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol -- the bad cholesterol -- from 25 percent t

Men who get a false-positive prostate cancer result -- an abnormal screening test followed by a biopsy indicating no evidence of cancer -- appear more likely to worry about their subsequent risk

Claims that Anna Nicole Smith suffered from lupus are not surprising, according to the Autoimmune Diseases Association, a national voluntary health organization. Many of the reports of how Smith w

The list of side effects on your prescription bottle may one day be a lot shorter, according to researchers at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering. That's be

As part of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in March, experts at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center encourage people to make healthy choices to reduce their risks of de

Children who lack health insurance are twice as likely to die from their injuries after being hospitalized as children who are insured, according to a new report released by

Most primary care providers -- including doctors, nurses and physician assistants -- in Los Angeles County do not offer HIV tests to Latino patients, according to a study released Thursday by the

Germany, which this year holds the presidency of the Group of Eight industrialized nations, plans to focus on securing funds for efforts to combat HIV/AIDS among African women and children at the

Research presented today at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 32nd Annual Scientific Meeting shows that the nonsurgical image-guided treatment of kidney tumors -- cryoablation - - is a

Stamford Therapeutics Consortium (STC) is seeking men and women who suffer from moderate to severe chronic knee or hip pain due to osteoarthritis (OA) to participate in a clinical trial. The purpo

Statement From Marc Warburton, Chief Executive Of Chameleon Information Management Services Limited:We are delighted at the progress made within the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS

FDA Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach on Wednesday at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing said he has not made a decision on fiscal year 2

At this week's major HIV/AIDS research meeting, Pfizer presented pivotal data of its experimental medicine, maraviroc, which tackles HIV in an entirely new way. A 24 week analysis showed that

Johns Hopkins Health Alerts today released an important new Special Report, Seven Keys To Reduce Cholesterol, in order to reduce the risk of heart attack and improve one's overall he

Are you a professional in medical and clinical genetics providing comprehensive diagnostic, management or genetic counseling services for patients with, or at risk for, genetically influenced heal

Five years ago, Sharon Schafer Bennett suffered from migraines so severe that the headaches disrupted her life, kept her from seeking a job and interfered with participation in her children's dail

According to a new study featured in the March issue of Radiology, single-slice magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a fast, non-invasive way to measure intra-abdominal fat, which when exces

Vitamin supplements taken by millions of people every day for their health could be increasing their risk of death a new Danish-led study suggests.The study is published in the Journal