Catholics for a Free Choice President Frances Kissling on Wednesday will step down from her position after 25 years of leading the o

Many doctors should change the way they prescribe pain relievers for chronic pain in patients with or at risk for heart disease based on accumulated evidence that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory dr

An important choreographer of the complicated dance of signals, enzymes and proteins that takes embryonic stem cells through the steps to becoming a beating heart muscle cell is the gene Sox17, sa

This is an important day for both patients and doctors. We agree with the Government and with the Chief Medical Officer for England that the White Paper provides the basis for a lasting

The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) and the Intermountain Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry urge Utah's Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., to veto the Medical Recomm

Although it is easy to hoot with derision at the awfully complicated positions on abortion rights taken by former New York City Mayor Rudo

The number of pregnancies among girls under age 18 in England increased from 39,593 in 2004 to 39,683 in 2005, according to figures released Friday by the

Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. (Takeda) and TAP Pharmaceutical Products Inc. (TAP) has announced an agreement with TAP to promote Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.'s (Sucampo) AMITIZ

IMR International Limited, developers of e-communication and clinical information solutions,today announced that it will partner with Pfizer to develop an online interactive guide to Arthritis.T

Breast cancer treatment trials supported by the pharmaceutical industry are more likely to report positive results than non-sponsored studies, according to a study to be published in the April 1,

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, and the No. 1 cause of cancer death among non-smokers. More than 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colon cance

Scientists at Melbourne 's Howard Florey Institute have developed a cost-effective diagnostic test for Parkinson's disease (PD), which will also assist researchers to understand the genetic basis

Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, chief of the Army Medical Command, on Thursday during a news conference said that a Washington Post series documenting problems at

A protein known for its ability to bridge interactions between other cellular proteins may spur metastasis in breast cancer, the disease's deadliest stage, a study from Burnham Institute for Med

It sounds simple: The lower your cholesterol, the better your heart health. But a man's heart and his head don't always agree. In fact, the relationships among cholesterol levels, psychological

Over $100 billion in revenue of major branded drugs is under threat from new generic products as patents expire over the next five years. The most dramatic change in this period will arise in the

I look after my Mum and everything is so hard - I can't cope any more. I feel like I am falling apart and nothing is left. I am stuck in this hell and I feel guilty for not wanting to be here. Sh

The BMA has welcomed the publication of a new action plan to tackle alcohol problems in Scotland. Dr Peter Terry, chairman of the BMA in Scotland said:We welcome the concerted efforts

WHAT: In December 2006, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced an early end to two clinical trials of adult male ci

The need for emergency medical air transport is not always a matter of an exotic trip gone awry. Many families want to move a relative from a distant hospital or facility to one closer to where th

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed an experimental vaccine that reduces stillbirths among rodents born to mothers infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) - a common

A protein known for its ability to bridge interactions between other cellular proteins may spur metastasis in breast cancer, the disease's deadliest stage, a study from Burnham Institute for Med

Yale School of Medicine researcher Joshua A. Copel, M.D., professor in the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology &

A raft of proposals which together add up to the loss of professionally-led medical regulation have the potential to muzzle doctors in their role of speaking out for their patients, warned the Br

University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a variant of a common blood protein, apolipoprotein C1, in people of American Indian and Mexican ancestry that is linked to elevated body mass i

If there were a recipe for helping the millions of Americans whose eyesight is diminished by dozens of genetically determined diseases, it might look like this:Recipe for hope through genetic res

A long-term research project at the University of Missouri-Columbia is producing valuable information about alcoholism and individuals who are affected by a family history of the disease. MU psych

Even though coronary artery bypass graft surgery with use of cardiopulmonary bypass (on-pump CABG) is associated with cognitive decline, avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass (off-pump CABG) had no effe

The Administration Again Proposes To Shift Federal Medicaid Costs to States: Cente

The National Committee for Quality Assurance on Thursday announced proposals to increase the amount of information available to consumers on the q