The current question among England football fans after star player, Wayne Rooney, broke the fourth metatarsal bone on his right foot, is whether the boots are to blame for the number of injuries e

In one of the most comprehensive, long-term studies to date of the complications associated with type 1 diabetes, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health (GSP

MRI, at a strength of 3.0 Tesla is comparable to arthroscopy in detecting cartilage tears in the shoulder, according to a new study by researchers from the Neuroskeletal Imaging Institute in Merr

A study of identical male twins found that Vietnam combat veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and their non-combat exposed, identical twins had minor neurologic deficits that vete

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have developed a new biotechnology that enables scientists to identify and engineer protease substrates, giving them the means of crafting pharmaceuticals to outsm

Doctors have discovered that combining images derived from positron emission tomography and computed tomography in the planning and delivery of radiation treatment for patients with head and neck

MISCO introduces the new VETMED Refractometer; a portable digital testing instrument designed for the analysis of animal blood and urine in a clinical veterinary practice or testing laboratory. Th

According to a study carried out by the Institute of Medicine, in the event of a flu pandemic we should not expect face masks to offer a great deal of protection. The report also stressed that on

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Thomas R. Frieden today fulfilled a pledge from the Mayor's campaign and State of the City by announcing

AARP, the American Diabetes Association and the

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce an amendment to an emergency appropriations bill under consideration in the Senate to add $430 million for veterans health benefits, the

Partners in the IST programme-funded MICOLE project, the teams responsible are working in close contact with national and local associations and organisations of visually-disabled persons, as wel

The irreversible neurological degeneration associated with Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases may be the consequence of oxidative stress--the imbalance of antioxidants and pro-oxidants in cells

Martin Antony, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University, estimates that 30 million North Americans have some sort of medical phobia, which,

For some microbes, the transformation from a benign lifestyle in the soil to that of a potentially deadly human pathogen is just a breath away.Inhaled into the lungs of a mammal, spores

The Heart Rhythm Society today released the first comprehensive recommendations for the surveillance, analysis and performance reporting of pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt on Tuesday said he is prepared to bring substantial resources from his department to rebuild the Louisiana health ca

The percentage of moderate-income U.S. adults who do not have health insurance during any part of the year increased to 41% in 2005, up from 28% in 2001, according to a study by the

On Tuesday, officials for the California Public Employees Retirement System, the nation's largest pension fund, said that

One in 10 newly diagnosed HIV-positive people have at least one significant mutation of the virus associated with drug resistance, Mark Wainberg, director of the McGill AIDS Centre at the

The San Francisco Department of Public Health this week has launched a program that sends safer sex recommendations to young people who requ

Massachusetts public health officials are expected by the fall of 2006 to shift from a code-based to a confidential names-based reporting system for reporting new HIV cases, the

A high percentage of repigmentation is achieved in patients with stable vitiligo by noncultured epidermal cell transplantation, according to both subjective and objective evaluation methods.

Novartis announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accepted its application for Rasilez (aliskiren) as a treatment for high blood pressure. As a renin inhibitor, Rasilez would repre

Men may cringe at the idea, but sperm-producing stem cells found in testicles could be extracted, grown in the lab, and frozen for future use. A team in the Netherlands has successfully harvested

A national survey suggests that African-Americans may have lower levels of trust in physicians, nurses and other health care providers than whites, especially if they regularly receive care in a

Minority women are less likely to receive mammograms than white women, according to a study published on April 18 in the Annals of Internal Medicine,

An effective microbicide could be available by 2010 if ongoing trials currently underway prove successful, researchers said Sunday ahead of the

Members of the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) are being encouraged to develop their professional skills by applying for a grant from the Allan Brooking NHS Travel Fellowship.

R.J. ReynoldsTobacco Company today filed suit in U.S. District Court for the WesternDistrict of Washington (Tacoma Division) to overturn a recently enactedstate law prohibiting tobacco companie