Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has praised improvements in the NHS but warned organisations not to be complacent and to redouble their efforts to meet patients' increasing expectations. Ms Hew

The Washington, D.C., Department of Health Medical Assistance Administration was unable to provide doc

Scotland's smoking ban has had an immediate and positive impact on the health of bar staff who were previously subject to high levels of passive cigarette smoke, a study conducted by researchers

Cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) sends microcurrents to the brain via electrodes clipped to the ears. CES can effectively treat spinal, head, dental, and muscle pain and control conditions

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $12.7 million to the Burnham Institute for Medical Research for a collaborative research program including Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Within a decade Australians will be able to find out how good their genes are at fighting disease, which environmental risks they are susceptible to and steps they should take to prevent the onset

Neuroscientists at Duke University Medical Center working with genetically engineered mice have found that the brain chemical dopamine plays a critical role in regulating sleep and brain activity

Plasminogen activators (PAs) are perhaps best known in the clinical world as intravascular clot busters. However, these fibrinolytic agents are also expressed in neurons and glia and have been imp

In Oliver Sack's book Awakenings, survivors of the 1917-1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica temporarily awaken from their catatonic state after receiving the then-new drug L-dopa. Althoug

The World Health Organization and the U.N. Population Fund in a joint statement issued after a

Callisto Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Amex: KAL)(FWB:CA4), a developer of new drug treatments in the fight against cancer and other major health threats, announced today the publication of two resear

If you follow a Mediterranean diet your chances of developing Alzheimer's disease could be 68% lower than people who don't, say researchers from Columbia University Medical Center, New York.

Overactivation of two receptors for histamine, normally associated with common allergies and acid reflux, may explain why some people, including highly trained athletes, pass out soon after height

The thyroid may play an important role in longevity, with longer-lived rodents showing significantly lower levels of a thyroid hormone that speeds metabolism, a new study has found.The s

People who have a family history of lung cancer are at nearly double the risk of developing the disease themselves, according to new research. In a large-scale, population-based cohort, Japanese

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) neuroscientists from The University of Queensland will

Sleeping in on weekends causes Monday blues (102)Leon Lack, Flinders UniversityResearchers at Flinders University in South Australia set out to test the effects of wee

It has been proven that plastic surgery can improve self-esteem, but can it also act as a natural mood enhancer? A significant number of patients stopped taking antidepressant medication after und

A study presented at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Nutrition shows that a new proprietary garlic product developed by Nutra Products, Inc., Garli-Eze®, delivers allicin, the key bi

Wal-Mart Stores on Thursday announced that the statewide expansion of a pilot program in Florida under which some company pharmacies will sell

People who experience emotional ambivalence -- simultaneously feeling positive and negative emotions -- are more creative than those who feel just happy or sad, or lack emotion at all, according

What influences women when they are making child custody decisions that will bring them into future contact with a violent or controlling ex-husband? Fear, pragmatism, and the belief--sometimes re

Breast Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Higher Suicide RatesBreast cancer survivors have an increased risk of suicide for up to 30 years after diagnosis, according to a new study.Ca

A new study found that higher levels of specialized blood cells that originate in bone marrow may potentially be used as a prognostic marker in liver cancer.A new study found that higher

A region of the human brain that scientists believe is critical to human intellectual abilities surprisingly functions much like a digital computer, according to psychology Professor Randall O'Re

Researchers have shown that the tumor suppressor gene H-REV107-1 may actually stimulate tumor progression in some non-small cell lung carcinomas. The related report by Nazarenko et al., H-REV107-

Scientists at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) and other institutions have demonstrated for the first time that a single drug can rebuild damaged m

Cancer survivors, take note. The mental fog and forgetfulness of chemo brain are no figment of your imagination.A new UCLA study shows that chemotherapy causes changes to the brain's m

Health Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006 (HR 6134),

The National Eye Institute has approved in principle a study that would compare the effectiveness of