First awarded in 1945, the Lasker Awards, often dubbed the American Nobels, are considered by many the nation's most prestigious honor for basic and clinical medical research, primarily because

A gene mutation of a key enzyme that regulates smooth muscle contraction and blood pressure in rats has been identified by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The finding, the fi

Researchers at Mayo Clinic have evaluated the major sources of pain for some men during in-office prostate biopsy and an anesthetic method that can best lessen it. Findings will be presented in tw

Delegates attending the final day of the Health Protection Agency annual conference heard of a system the Agency has developed to improve the UK 's preparedness for a future influenza pandemic.

Commenting on David Nicholson's first interview as Chief Executive of the NHS in the Guardian, Nigel Edwards, director of policy at the NHS Confederation, said:There has been a longstand

An initiative to protect mental health patients from the risk of hurting themselves or other people was announced today by the Department of Health. A Risk Management Programme has been set up t

Nearly thirty years after phasing out the widespread use of indoor spraying with DDT and other insecticides to control malaria, the World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that this interv

Most private Medicare drug plans do not provide adequate medication therapy management (MTM) for eligible members, despite a provision in the Medicare Modernization Act requiring private insurers

BioMed Central today released the results of its international survey of 75 biomedical funders on their policies regarding open access to the results of research. The survey confirms that there is

A new debate on US health care system is long overdue, states an Editorial in The Lancet.Recent polls indicate that Americans are growing increasingly concerned about their health

On Monday, August 14, Lilly Jaffe, a six-year-old North Shore suburban girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was one month old, checked into the Clinical Research Center at the

Lung cancer is a formidable disease. While it is one of the most preventable cancers, with the vast majority of 160,000 annual deaths in the United States due to smoking, it is invariably difficul

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a method to predict whether melanoma of the eye will spread to the liver, where it quickly turns deadly. They als

The European Science Foundation and the University of Barcelona are pleased to announce the launch of the ESF-UB conferences in Biomedicine. The first conference will be on Nanomedicine in Sant F

September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is encouraging men to get educated when it comes to prostate cancer awareness,

Two new American Heart Association studies demonstrate the quality of care for heart failure patients substantially improves when hospitals participate in the association's Get With The Guidel

For children with acute ear infections seen in an emergency department, giving parents the option of delaying use of antibiotics resulted in significantly lower use of antibiotics compared to pare

Bats or other cave dwelling animals may have been responsible for the deadly 1998-2000 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever among gold miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according t

Controlling major risk factors such as physical inactivity, an unhealthy diet and tobacco use could prevent 80% of heart disease and stroke(1) and help keep the heart healthy. This is why this ye

The Commission has presented the results of a public consultation on promoting healthy diets and physical activity, with a focus on the prevention of overweight, obesity and chronic diseases. Wit

The latest generation of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs specifically targets mutant enzymes or oncoproteins that have run amok and now promote uncontrolled cell growth. As promising as these drug

Despite the tragic human and economic toll from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita along the Gulf Coast in 2005, the much-discussed toxic-soup environmental pollution was nowhere close to being as bad

A study led by University of California, San Diego biologists suggests that, contrary to the prevailing view, the process in early development that partitions the nervous system in fruit flies and

With only 75 days until enrollmentbegins for Medicare's prescription drug coverage in 2007, Senator Bob Doletoday announced the launch of a podcast series featuring Medicarebeneficiaries from

During the recent International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders (ICAD), IOS Press was honored to present Queen Sofia of Spain with a commemorative edition of Alzheimer's Di

Bacterial infections are becoming more deadly worldwide due to increased resistance to antibiotics. Now, chemists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a powerful strategy to fight

The USA has the highest percentage of obese people in the world, followed by Mexico 6.4% behind. The top seven countries include the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand - all English-speaki

CMS Administrator Mark McClellan, who announced his

Rep. Jim Nussle, the Republican candidate for governor in Iowa, on Wednesday issued a number of measures aimed at helping small busine

A combination of both definable and intangible savings are driving more companies to open medical clinics to cope with ever-rising health care costs, the