Yale University is a key member of a nationwide group of medical centers awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Inst

The Justice Policy Institute (2002) estimated that between 1980 and 2000, three times as many African American men went to prison than to universities and colleges. A study published in the Journa

The number of physicians in graduate medical education is at its highest, at about 100,000, according to an article in the September 1 issue of JAMA. Sarah E. Brotherton, Ph.D., and colle

Bone marrow derived stem cells can give rise to heart muscle cells. This plasticity concept - the ability of bone marrow cell to transdifferentiate into heart muscle cell - is supported by experim

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced today the funding of four interdisciplinary centers as part of a new initiative to

Tokyo (JCNN) - Leading Japanese precision equipment manufacturer Olympus (TSE: 7733) announced on August 30 that it has developed ultra-high powered 3D-measuring microscope Nanosearch Microscope

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new antibiotic drug for dogs, giving veterinarians a ne w once daily tre atment option to treat skin infections (wounds and abscesses) which are com

The Australian Government has committed $42 million to fund cutting edge research through a new plan to bring leading researchers together to share their knowledge. The Minister for Educa

Implications of the incidence of influenza-like illness in nursing homes for influenza chemoprophylaxis: descriptive study BMJ Online First. Complying with guidelines for the use of a new

New option for 6 million women of child-bearing age in US with allergic rhinitis.AstraZeneca announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved revised labeling

Findings of a new study on farmed and wild salmon1, are already being addressed by an industry voluntary phase-out of certain lower brominated flame retardants. The industry's commitment is expect

AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Bill Glasson, said today that the Government's plan to increase private health insurance rebates from next April for Australians over 65 will rew

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that rates of a recently identified and debilitating disorder called eosinophilic esophagitis have risen so dramatically in recen

Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have discovered a new component of the machinery immune cells use to generate a remarkably diverse array of antibodies from a relatively small number of

Infinitesimal particles of gold have enabled neurobiologists to track down key molecules in the machinery of entry points in neurons -- offering clues to the organization of a region that has th

The ongoing polio outbreak which originated in northern Nigeria continues to infect new countries, underscoring the threat of a major epidemic across west and central Africa. Epidemiologists from

A molecular switch known to regulate fat metabolism appears to prevent obesity and turns laboratory mice into marathon runners, a Salk Institute study has found. The discovery of the swit

The air pollution emitted by cigarettes is 10 times greater than diesel car exhaust, suggests a controlled experiment, reported in Tobacco Control. Environmental tobacco smoke produces fi

UK - A new legislation is in the shopping pipeline. Supermarkets are to be allowed to open 24-hour chemists. Any pharmacist willing to open for more than 100 hours a week will be granted

The Department of Homeland Security's recent selection of Memphis as a best practices model for high-tech security measures could speed the implementation of similar technologies in other cities

Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have begun unraveling the mystery of how B lymphocytes -- key infection-fighting cells in the body -- are able to create many different kinds of specializ

A study from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) Affiliate Center at the University of Helsinki in Finland has shed light on the development of lymphatic vasculature and valves, and ma

Mentoring programmes for doctors could boost NHS recruitment, but their provision is patchy and they are poorly publicised, the British Medical Association (BMA) says today. A report from

Researchers have found that a newly discovered protein switch appears to work in the brain to enhance wakefulness and reduce anxiety in laboratory animals. According to Rainer Reinscheid and his c

Seeking a cure for an inherited disease that causes blindness in over one million people worldwide, Dartmouth Medical School researchers have discovered a critical role for zinc in retinitis pigme

Thirteen research chemists from four companies have been named Heroes of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society, for improving health and well-being by

As part of an effort to identify opportunities and gaps in biomedical research defined by the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research, Jeremy M. Berg, director of the National I

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that stress tests may not adequately screen for latent atherosclerosis - a hardening of the arteries due to plaque build-up - and the leading

The New York Academy of Medicine has awarded the 2004 Lewis Rudin Glaucoma Prize to a researcher who discovered a gene that may make infants more susceptible to glaucoma. This discovery could open

UNAIDS is deeply concerned about the recent detention and reported mistreatment of 39 members of the Blue Diamond Society, a Nepalese AIDS NGO working with sexual minorities. The Nepali p