The body's mast cells are mainly associated with allergic reaction in the way they release histamine and other inflammatory substances. However, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now demo

The dean of nursing at the University of Cincinnati (UC) is leading a quality review of the Kingdom of Jordan's 22 associate and six baccalaureate nursing programs.A team of 20 U.S. nurs

Neurosurgeons at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are renewing calls for a ban on use of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) by children under age 16

Results from new analyses of two clinical studies presented today at the 2006 World Cardiology Congress show that INEGY™ (ezetimibe/simvastatin) is effective for reducing apolipoprotein-B c

The University of Cincinnati (UC) has received $2.4 million to study whether environmental toxicants can stimulate the body's natural defense system to cause additional damage in people with chron

A worldwide licensing arrangement for development, production and marketing of an antiepileptic drug created at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been signed by Shire Pharmaceuticals with Yi

City-based researchers have made a breakthrough which could eventually help prevent people developing diabetes. Academics at the Peninsula Medical School are looking at what role genes p

The number of rescuers who developed lung problems during and after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, New York, is much higher than previously thought, according to a new report by

A nationally known trauma expert and member of the research team that released the results of a comprehensive mental health study of Hurricane Katrina survivors suggests the publication of the fi

Spirus Medical, Inc. (http://www.spirusmed.com) announced it has commenced physician evaluations of its Endo-Ease Advantage(TM) and Endo-Eas

CMS Administrator Mark McClellan announced on Tuesday that he will resign, the

Six months after the introduction of iPledge -- with which all people taking the acne drug isotretinoin, sold by

Patients with long-term conditions will soon be able to manage their diabetes or heart disease when they pop to the shops thanks to a new breed of 'expert pharmacists', Health Minister Andy Burnh

A prominent weight-control charity has launched a Don't Steal Our Meals campaign against what it says is a disturbing new escalation in the Food Industry's hard sell.Extra pressure is

On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is encouraging families, pediatricians and communities to prepare for potential natural and other disaste

The Palestinian Health Ministry is facing a growing financial crisis as well as a humanitarian crisis, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned ahead of the Stockholm donor conference on the hum

Snobbery over aid projects is preventing charitable groups from working together in developing countries, warns a doctor in this week's BMJ. Daniel Magnus, a senior house officer at Sout

Considering both direct and indirect costs, the financial burden on a woman who has chest pain and blocked coronary arteries may total more than $1 million during her lifetime. But even a woman w

Parental smoking is a pediatrician's business, experts say, yet many are reluctant to tell parents to stop smoking and offer little support for efforts to quit, a new study suggests. The

This year's theme: Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species LevelIn collaboration with the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS) and the National Evolutionary Synthesis Cente

Genzyme Corporation todaywelcomed publication of The Cure, a new book by Geeta Anand that reveals for the general public the enormous challenges faced by patients and families struggling with

While Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) has earned widespread praise for the state's first-of-its-kind law requiring all state residents to have health insurance by July 2007, the next gover

We have developed Auto-CITE, a computer workstation that delivers the training component of poststroke upper-limb constraint-induced (CI) therapy, better know as CI therapy, which can potentially

We examined whether the location of brain damage, neurocognitive deficits, and/or the number of clinical features identified during a swallowing study affected stroke patients' swallowing outcome

New data released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) show that fewer Canadians are admitted to hospitals due to traumatic head injuries than were a decade ago. In 2003-2

The online FDA tracking database iPledge -- with which all people taking the acne drug

Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today announced they have signed a multi-year agreement to develop and publish Current Proto

Scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, say a visual aid they invented promises to improve the visual abilities of people with tunnel vision. In the

The nation's largest faith-based association of doctors today issued a statement opposing the FDA's decision to allow emergency contraception to be purchased without a physician's prescription

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine will soon be armed with a new, cutting-edge technological tool in the field of radiology - a 7 Tesla whole-body Magnetic Resonance