Professor Lewis Rothberg of the University of Rochester Chemistry Department received a NYSTAR grant in August 2006 to continue working on a recent discovery by Huixiang Li, a research associate i

Oklahoma state Rep. Mike Reynolds (R) on Wednesday filed a bill (HB 1014) that would reinstate the state's a

Regulation which took effect on Jan. 5, 2007, is designed to reduce medication errors in California hospitals and free pharmacists for greater involvement in direct patient care rather than in non

The increasingly common practice in Tehran, Iran, between commercial sex workers and shopkeepers of trading sex for no-cost or discounted fashion clothing is undermining efforts to fight the sp

BN ImmunoTherapeutics, Inc., a development-stage biotechnology company, today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted its Investigational New Drug Application (IND)

There is insufficient evidence to determine if current gene-based tests intended to personalize the dose of medications in a class of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) i

Two studies, one on UK patients and another on Italian patients suggest that two types of drug for treating Parkinson's disease may be causing leaky heart valves (cardiac-valve regurgitation).

* Alcohol-use disorders have a significant genetic component to their development. * New findings show that heavy drinkers with the G allele of the A118G polymorphism of the mu-opi

Why is it that amnesia patients can't remember their names or addresses, but they do remember how to hold a fork? It's because memories come in many flavors, says Fred Helmstetter, professor of ps

Arkitek Studios has just wrapped production on a long awaited series of animations describing embryonic and adult stem cell biology.This project was created for Riken’s Center for Dev

Over 5,000 visitors and another 2,000 biotech experts and seminar attendees are expected to participate at BioAsia 2007 Thailand which goes into full swing with the recent signing ceremony to

More than 200 million children under 5 years fail to reach their potential in cognitive development because of poverty, poor health and nutrition, and deficient care, reveals the first paper in

Hospitalization rates for cervical cancer cases declined 36 percent between 1994 and 2004 - from 25.9 to 16.6 admissions per every 100,000 women, according to the latest News and Numbers issued by

Several chemotherapy drugs can only be given at certain doses because they're highly toxic to healthy cells, and at those doses, the concentration of the drug that reaches cells in the tumor may b

Uninsurables -- people with pre-existing medical conditions ranging from the catastrophic to the common who cannot obtain private health insurance even when they can afford high premiums -- a

Although Cambodia is an HIV prevention success story, HIV infections in the country are largely limited to identifiable subpopulations, which contrasts to the truly generalized epidemics of

The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is the only global enterprise fighting the three diseases, with an astonishing

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in the January issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology released guidelin

Improving the health of Indigenous Australians must be a national priority as Australia celebrates 40 years of counting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as full citizens, AMA (Australi

People of color have unique needs related to their skin and hair. To meet these needs, Rush University Medical Center has established an Ethnic Skin and Hair Clinic, bringing together a team of d

The Feil Family Foundation, with matching funds from the Dean's Challenge, has pledged $5.33 million to establish the new Judith Jaffe Multiple Sclerosis Unit at Weill Cornell Medical College in N

Recent studies show promise for significantly reducing vascular aging by inactivating TNFa, which has been linked to blood vessel dysfunction and cell death. The related report by Csiszar et al.,

A new federal database for the first time allows companies, consumers, health care analysts and others to compare health insurance costs among the nation’s largest cities and other geographical

Adolescents and children with serious emotional illness can be admitted to a psychiatric hospital when they pose a danger to themselves or others. A new guide, published in the current issue of th

UroToday.com - While mucinous adenocarcinoma of the colon and breast demonstrate poor and favorable prognoses, respectively, the clinical behavior of mucinous adenocarcinoma of the prostate (MC) i

UroToday.com - The treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has undergone a dramatic evolution over the past year, with the introduction of new targeted therapies that have demonstrated

Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: BDY) reported today that A. Aarons, Inc., a subsidiary of Bradley Pharmaceuticals, has announced the launch of methscopolamine bromide tablets, an authoriz

Concern over sharps cross-contamination and caregiver safety continues to drive technology and commercial innovation in the safety syringe sector. Following the lead of the Needlestick Safety and

January 1 is not only the start of the New Year, but it is when many people make their New Year’s Resolutions. Manage stress. Eat healthier. Exercise more. Spend more time with family. Sticking

Evidence that stem cells are the cells of origin for cancer is published online on 31st December 2006 in Nature Genetics.A key step in the normal development of stem cells is the s