Did you know that symptoms of hepatitis C could take 20 to 30 years to appear? Hepatitis C is a disease that affects the liver and is spread through contact with infected blood or contaminated ne

Despite advances in dialysis, acute kidney failure while in the hospital carries a mortality rate that tops 50 percent. Current therapies filter body waste but fail to compensate for other renal

There are enormous barriers to reaching the goal of the... World Health Organization's 3 b

The political drive to implement the NHS's national programme for information technology is failing to take account of professionals' anxieties, argues a GP in this week's BMJ. Dr Nigel

Governments around the world must stop burying their heads in the sand over the growing threat of a global epidemic of avian flu, argues a GP in this week's BMJ. Disasters like the Asian

A new study by researchers at the University of California, Davis, M.I.N.D. Institute and the NIEHS Center for Children's Environmental Health demonstrate that children with autism have different

It is common for patients in heart failure to show cognitive dysfunction, known in the past as cardiogenic dementia. However, by evaluating and treating some coexisting conditions observed in t

Study associates high expression of interferon induced genes with increased disease severity, including kidney disease - A chronic disease of the immune system, systemic lupus erythemato

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today proposed to amend its food labeling regulations to permit the egg industry to place the safe handling statement for shell eggs on the inside lid of eg

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt, Acting Deputy Secretary Alex Azar, and Assistant Secretary for Aging Josefina G. Carbonell are encouraging seniors to engage in healthful physical activities as Older

The five billion dollars earmarkedby US President George W. Bush to fight HIV/AIDS could be wasted if hisadministration does not increase food aid resources, asserted the head of aleading devel

Taking exercise and staying fit can help to keep asthma symptoms under control, said experts on World Asthma Day (3 May). Four out of ten people with asthma say their condition can stop

Midwifery care continues to play a vital role in improving maternal and infant health outcomes around the globe, said the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) as it prepares to celebrate the

House Democrats on Wednesday plan to outline a new health care agenda that will seek to legalize the reimportation of prescription drugs from abroad, allow Medicare to negotiate directly with phar

A Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center team is launching a high-tech study to determine if early screening using a special camera and images transmitted over the Internet can prevent bl

Researchers at the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry in Juelich have developed a short-lived, radioactive amino acid that delivers much more precise information on brain tumours and their structure

Over a third of medical students have been bullied, a survey by the BritishMedical Association shows today (Wednesday 4 May, 2005). Thirty-five per cent of medical students who respond

A 22-year-old Mexican immigrant who lives in Pelion, South Carolina, has been charged with performing an abortion on herself, which is illegal in South Carolina, and could face up to two years in

Pharmaceutical companies are being led by dinosaurs who are committing financial suicide by opposing US residents' reimportation of lower-cost drugs from abroad, Peter Rost, a vice president of

Low-dose MDCT of the sinuses in children is effective in diagnosing conditions such as sinusitis and middle ear fluid with a radiation dose comparable to standard x-rays. It also has more benefit

A computerized tool to help emergency room physicians determine whether a patient is having a heart attack may not work as well among some racial and ethnic groups, according to research of almo

We have found that people who are very electrosensitive in the evening, do not sleep well in the night. Prof. dr. Norbert Leitgeb of the Technical University of Graz in Austria told it to a jour

Study Faults US Malpractice System for Skyrocketing Malpractice Costs - Tired of the war mongering between doctors and lawyers groups accusing each other of being responsible for rapidly

Ophthalmologists at Rush University Medical Center implanted Artificial Silicon Retina (ASR) microchips in the eyes of five patients to treat vision loss caused by retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The

Expanded label for VELCADE(reg), the only approved drug therapy to offer a significant survival advantage in relapsed multiple myeloma - Ortho Biotech, the biopharmaceutical division of

Cancer research in Alberta, Canada, is taking a major step forward with a new research program being housed at the University of Calgary. The Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics will be l

UAB and international scientists studying iron-overload disorders have made the unexpected discovery that Asians and Pacific Islanders have the highest levels of iron in their blood of all racia

Sugar daddies -- older men who have relationships with and buy gifts for or give money to young, female partners -- are making it difficult to stop the spread of HIV in the United States and w

USA Today on Tuesday examined the political clout of the pharmaceutical industry, which since 1998 has spent $758 million on lobbying efforts -- more than any other industry, according to the...

When it comes to her health, Janice Winfield of Portland, Ore., does her research. That's why the stay-at-home mom, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in July 2000, was willing to