Results from a recent survey of European women with early breast cancer, presented for the first time at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress, show that the information needs

A new gene linked to both depression and bipolar disorder has been identified by UCL (University College London) and Danish researchers. The collaboration, led by Professor Hugh Gurling

RITA Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RITA), a publicly-traded medical device company focused solely on cancer therapies, today announced three recent publications discussing radiofrequency ablatio

One year after the 7.6 earthquake that destroyed parts of Pakistan and northern India leaving 74,000 lives lost and 3.5 million homeless, the American Red Cross continues to make a difference in

Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) announced results from a planned interim analysis following Stage 1 of a two-stage Phase II clinical trial of ispinesib administered as monotherapy in t

As the party conference season gets under way in the UK, research in Emergency Medicine Journal shows that lobbing raw eggs at people as a harmless form of protest or prank can actually result in

African Americans and Latinos are more likely to underestimate how long it has been since their last routine screening test for disease -- such as a mammogram, Pap smear, or cholesterol test - acc

At a news conference today in Chicago, Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee announced his partnership with Boston Celtics CEO and co-owner Wyc Grousbeck and the Carver Nonprofit Genetic Testing Laborator

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Joe Barton (R-Texas) on Thursday after a meeting with Republican leaders said some progress

The docket for the U.S. Supreme Court term beginning Monday is scheduled to include a Department of Justice appeal to uphold a federal law bann

The Delta Regional Authority unveiled a new program today built on the concept of using health as an economic engine. Healthy Delta is an initiative that addresses the devastating effects of th

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have completed one of the first large-scale studies of the role of common genetic variation in Parkinson's disease (PD). While the results fi

Larry Waters' missionary work to spread the Gospel to foreign nations fulfilled his heart's passion for decades, but it left his head pounding. Beginning in 1998, he experienced severe he

Blood lead levels currently considered safe by the U.S. government have been found to be associated with increased risk of death from many causes, including heart disease and stroke, according to

Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA) and Biogen Idec, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, after a Priority Review, two additional uses for Ri

For the first time a systematic study which has just been published by epidemiologists of the GSF - Research Center for Environment and Health together with Dutch scientists finds associations bet

Commenting 29 September on the Government's announcement that there will be up to 23,000 junior doctor training posts in the UK next year, the BMA's Deputy Chair of the Junior Doctor's Committee (

American Association for Cancer Research Chief Executive Officer Margaret Foti, Ph.D., M.D. (h.c.) will receive the Association of American Cancer Institutes (AACI) Distinguished Service Award for

A majority of the nine million uninsured children in the U.S. live in households where at least one parent works full-time, year-round, according to a report released Thursday by the advocacy gro

American scientists believe that the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic was so deadly because it triggered a tremendous immune response in the human body which made it destroy its own cells. Spanish Flu w

The Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) has received a five-year, $13-million continuation award from the

A USA Today editorial on Wednesday addresses

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (Nasdaq: LJPC) announced today considerable progress on its Phase 3 trial of Riquent(R) (abetimus sodium) for the treatment of lupus renal disease. Since the Augu

A new 850,000 pounds project begins next month (October) that could lead to a dramatically improved understanding of serious illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, septic shock and can

OREXIGEN™ Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held clinical-stage neuroscience company developing novel strategic approaches to the treatment of obesity, today announced that top line results fo

The General Dental Council (GDC), UK has developed and consulted upon a number of draft policy and guidance documents to support and underpin the operation of its new Fitness to Practise committee

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) are hoping a new gene therapy that takes a gene called RTVP-1 directly into the prostate tumor will prove effective in preventing recurrence of the

An antibiotic-resistant bacteria called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is increasingly a cause of muscle infections in children, said Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) researche

As the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Canada declines, so too does the experience of physicians with this disease. What impact will this have on patient survival?Khan and colleagues l

Three-dimensional diagnostic images of the heart analyzed at the bedside may be possible in the future thanks to a five-year $7.2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) bioengineering resear