Legislatures in at least 19 states considered proposals in 2005 to expand health coverage, up from 12 in 2003, according to the National Conference o

California voters on Tuesday rejected Propositions 78 and 79 -- the dueling prescription drug measures on the special election ballot, the

How far will Americans go in allowing people with Alzheimer's disease to take part in studies of promising - but sometimes risky - new treatments and other research when they cannot consent for t

Low birth weight, an important risk factor of infant mortality and childhood developmental disorders, varies more than 3-fold in regions across the U.S., according to national research conducted a

Families who received a brief gun-safety counseling intervention from their pediatrician were more likely to improve their gun storage safety practices, according to a study in the November issue

Certain behaviors, such as eating, drinking and urinating, are so crucial to survival that the brains of all vertebrates contain clusters of nerve cells that can suppress pain long enough to allow

PBS' Frontline on Tuesday is scheduled to air an episode titled

If the Supreme Court does not return decisions on the two abortion-related cases it is scheduled to hear on Nov. 30 by mid-January -- when the Senate is expected to approve the nomination of Judge

The World -- a co-production of BBC World Service,

Twenty-nine HIV/AIDS advocates were arrested on Monday in front of the White House for protesting against the Bush administration's HIV/AIDS policies, the Associated Press reports (

FDA on Friday granted tentative approval to Indian generic drug manufacturer Aurobindo Pharma to produce a generic version of

With preliminary results from a study in Botswana, Harvard School of Public Health researchers have found that people with HIV-1 subtype C in resource-poor settings, who receive antiretroviral (AR

Scientists at Oregon State University have successfully cultured in a laboratory a microorganism with a gene for an alternate form of photochemistry - an advance that may ultimately help shed ligh

Staff of a legal needle-exchange program in Los Angeles and some injection drug users say police have been intimidating participants of the program, which aims to prevent the spread of HIV and oth

Can it be that the stress on the use of antiseptics and antibiotics in hospitals is actually putting patients at a greater risk of suffering fatal bacterial infection? Yes, argues Mark Sp

A revolutionary new asthma drug launched today (7 November) could improve the lives of up to half a million people in the UK who suffer with debilitating asthma symptoms. Omalizumab, whic

Next week Geneva will host a major meeting about planning for and containing avian and human influenza. An Editorialin this week's issue of The Lancethighlights the five vital issues facing the su

An editorial in this week's BMJ argues that, although older people are the core business of the NHS, they are being excluded from clinical trials for new treatments. The restrictive cri

President Bush during his visit this week to South America for the Summit of the Americas in Mar del Plata, Argentina, shou

The recent finding that male circumcision might reduce the risk of men contracting HIV through sexual intercourse with women by up to 70% is the most important breakthrough in HIV prevention sinc

Senate and House negotiators on Tuesday agreed to a $20.9 billion foreign aid appropriations bill for fiscal year 2006 that includes more money to fight global HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria t

A single 400 mg injection of Cimzia (certolizumab pegol, CDP 870) every four weeks was effective in maintaining control of the signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease following induction therapy, ac

Patients with sleep complaints but no heartburn symptoms suffered episodes of nighttime acid reflux according to research presented at the 70th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of

Two cutting edge resources aimed at directly enhancing patients' knowledge have won a competitive contest for the BMA Patient Information Book and Website Awards 2005. They separately cover the ar

Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have identified a second promising treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme, one of the most deadly types of brain tumors. The rese

Quaker Maid Meats Inc, of Reading, Pennsylvania, has recalled 40 tons of hamburger patties because they may be infected with E. coli O157:H7. On Tuesday the FSIS (Safety & Inspection Services) an

Breastfeeding does not raise the risk of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to two new studies published in the December 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseas

Unmarried U.S. women gave birth to a record 1.47 million infants in 2004, accounting for 35.7% of all births in the country for the year, according to a

State-specific report shows number of U.S. seniors who have catastrophic coverage could increase from 52% to 98% - The number of Medicare beneficiaries who have coverage for catastrophi

Pediatric researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a gene on human chromosome 6 called DCDC2, which is linked to dyslexia, a reading disability affecting millions of children and adu