Clinical trial showed that Psorcure Oil is much more effective than calcipotriol in stopping the reappearance of psoriasis disease lesions after the treatment. Psorcure Oil is part of tr

Patients with severe emphysema can achieve considerably greater improvements in bone mineral density (BMD) by undergoing lung volume reduction surgery than from rehabilitation, according to a new

Tokyo - Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd [Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President Osamu Nagayama (hereinafter, Chugai)] announced that the humanized anti-human IL-6 (interleukin-6) receptor monoclo

Responding to the BBC survey (published 13 June 2005), which reveals a problem of drink and drug abuse among UK medical staff, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, the BMA's Head of Science and Ethics, said:

The Arkansas DiabetesDisease Management Program demonstrates how healthcare systems around thecountry can manage the costs associated with diabetes, while, moreimportantly, improving the health

At the Era of Hope Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program meeting, researchers funded through this program will present innovative studies that offer a glimpse into the array of r

A discovery that may someday help to explain human social behavior and disorders such as autism has been made in a species of pudgy rodents by researchers funded, in part, by the National Institut

Byetta(R) (exenatide) injection is now available for Americans struggling to control their type 2 diabetes. BYETTA can help diabetes patients manage blood sugar while potentially losing weight. R

Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, has long been thought to be important only to translate a gene's DNA into the proteins that are cells' workhorses. But new evidence shows that tiny bits of RNA not used

A Mayo Clinic case series analysis has pinpointed for the first time syndromes associated with toxic damage to the brain and nervous system from manganese fumes generated during welding. The anal

Through formal evaluation of an all-male childbirth class, researchers have discovered a model of education that meets the needs of modern-day fathers. The interactive forum, led by a male facili

Risk factors for tuberculosis in the United States overlap with many of the risk factors associated with persistent homelessness, including being male or having a history of incarceration or subs

A team of investigators from the Uppsala Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) and Harvard Medical School has uncovered novel targets for the development of drugs that would

CMS Chief Clinical Officer Sean Tunis has agreed to a one-year suspension from practicing medicine and a $20,000 fine for the falsification of documents related to the completion of continuing med

A student at the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School has combined his background as a professionally trained chef with his medical studies to come up with a unique approach designed to mark

A presentation at the American Society for Microbiology meeting in Atlanta hears today about a safe, natural and effective treatment for MRSA infections that are multi-drug resistant. The new for

A bioadhesive tablet containing the antifungal drug miconazole is an effective and convenient means of treating oropharyngeal candidiasis, which is the most frequently occurring infection in head

Avian influenza has always posed a serious threat to poultry producers in the Mid-Atlantic states and the DelMarVa peninsula, home to some of the nation's most prolific production centers.

Researchers at The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center may have uncovered the reason why some people who are genetically predisposed to hormone-dependent cancers develop the disease as

Patients with the combination of risk factors known as metabolic syndrome are at elevated long-term risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), reports a study in the July Journal of the Ame

Advertisements on television and in newspapers consistently hype the latest diet fads. News reports comment on the latest research about the negative effects of obesity on Americans. The Presiden

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Irwin Cotler, and Minister of Health, Ujjal Dosanjh, today announced funding for the establishment of four new Drug Treatment Courts in Edmonto

More than 20% of school-aged children in New York City fail their eye exams, officials from the City Departments of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) and Education (DOE) announced today. To promo

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) was one of only seven institutions nationwide selected to receive a $3 million grant to study ways to help prevent obesity by influencing people'

Six out of ten doctors oppose medical students being given compulsory ethics tests to 'weed out' those who have not absorbed essential principles. Shipman Inquiry chairwoman Dame Janet S

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) is pleased to announce its 2005 Gold Medal winners. C. Norman Coleman, M.D., and Allen S. Lichter, M.D., will receive their awar

Christopher S Weaver, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been awarded the National Faculty Teacher of the Year Award by the Council of

A novel strategy devised by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists has proved highly effective in killing drug-resistant multiple myeloma cells in the laboratory and could open a new form of att

Scientists at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have discovered a novel strategy by which the bacterium that causes tuberculosis may soon be able to resist the effects of antibiotics known

Libya's Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed ruling on an appeal of the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor who allegedly infected about 400 Libyan children with HIV and