Information on the internet about the health risks associated with the consumption of smokeless tobacco usually overstates the risk. This is the conclusion of research published today in the Open

A survey released today by sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust, BHIVA and PACT reveals England is still failing to adequately provide for the sexual health of its residents, and sexual h

The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) called the 2005 home oxygen rates a significant improvement for providers of home oxygen. On March 30, the Department of Health and Human Servic

Black South African adults have very low hip fracture rate despite low calcium intake and exercise rates as youths - After Nelson Mandela was released from prison February 11, 1990, all

Exercise research traditionally has focused on the effects of training, rather than underlying genetic mechanisms. But physiologists wondered what would happen if they took a single strain of rat

New findings from Mayo Clinic indicate that cT3 prostate cancer, a disease in which the cancer has spread locally from inside the prostate to immediately outside it, is operable and has 15-year c

Over the past century, the use of anti-tuberculosis drugs has changed tuberculosis from a disease with a 50 percent mortality rate, which was treated by collapsing the affected lung and rest in a

We need to introduce clinical ethicists in hospitals in the United Kingdom, says a researcher in medical ethics in this week's BMJ. A sound knowledge of medical ethics is essential to

Researchers trying to tease out the genetic basis of dyslexia have discovered a location on chromosome 2 that may contain one or more genes that contribute to the reading disorder and make it dif

Boston--Scientists at The Forsyth Institute have found that blue light can be used to selectively suppress certain bacteria commonly associated with destructive gum disease. The research

The Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a bill... (HB 2221) that would ba

Many US health clinics that serve low-income patients do not participate in prescription drug assistance programs sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry because they are cumbersome, according

USAID on Tuesday launched a five-year, $13 million effort in Uzbekistan to help the country improve its ability to fight HIV/AIDS,...

Bernice Hausman, associate professor of English and director of the Women's Studies Program Virginia Tech, will be the keynote speaker at the symposium Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Feminism, t

UK Health Minister Lord Warner today set out further details of the roleof the new NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation. The new NHS Institute is set to herald a new era of

Each day, about 70 US people receive an organ transplant. However, 17 people die each day waiting for transplants that can't take place because of the shortage of donated organs. Please

Up to four times as many females as males may have been killed in the tsunami according to new research released today (Saturday, three months since the tsunami), by aid agency Oxfam Internationa

Lin Ding, PhD, of Harvard Medical School, Boston, and colleagues surveyed a representative sample of 2,864 HIV-infected patients and their physicians to determine if negative attitudes toward HIV

Continuing to express concern that proposed federal Medicare and Medicaid cuts will undermine ongoing public-private quality improvement initiatives, the American Health Care Association (AHCA) p

A vaccine against pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease, a severe form of bacterialinfection, can substantially reduce hospital admissions and improve the survival of children indeveloping

The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Tuesday approved a bill... (

Commenting on John Hutton's announcement today of £73 Million for the new junior doctor training programme, Dr Mayur Lakhani, Chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners, said:

Safest time for general population is deadliest for sleep apnea sufferers - This increased risk among patients with OSA is even more striking because it comes when cardiac deaths in the g

Although Uganda has become a world model in the fight against HIV/AIDS, residents should not become complacent when dealing with the disease, and abstinence should be stressed as a means of

Only one of five cancer survivors surveyed in a Penn State study were disabled or out of work four years after treatment, but a minority suffered lasting effects that prevented them from working.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool, supported by the British Heart Foundation, are studying blood flow in the brain to further medical understanding of cardiovascular disease. Dr

The number of tests to prevent and find colon cancer done at New York City's public hospitals have more than doubled, to more th an 9,880 last year, preventing hundreds of additional cases of ca

The US Senate on Thursday defeated 53-47 a proposed amendment to the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution... (

Researchers from Illinois University say Americans will soon be living shorter lives because the nation's youth is becoming more and more overweight. As these overweight young people get older th

Research in the laboratory of Assistant Professor Frank J. Slack at Yale University has identified a new way that a familiar gene is regulated in lung cancer, presenting new possibilities for dia