Preliminary research in a study of small laboratory animals suggests that widely prescribed pain medications may possibly delay healing in rotator cuff repair, a common shoulder operation, accordi

Open Access journals published by BioMed Central have received impact factors that compare well with equivalent subscription titles, it was announced today. The high impact factors, all for journa

Forcing the bacteria in our mouths to choke on their own acids may offer one way to stop cavities, say microbiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center who have discovered a chink in

UK Health Secretary John Reid today formally launched the NHS Employers' Organisation - an independent body which will have responsibility for a number of workforce issues including the pay and co

Dr Markus Schuelke says that a German 5-year-old boy who is twice as strong as most of his peers is just a normal child. A genetic mutation has blessed him with much more muscle and less fat than

More than £126.5 million in disability benefits is going unclaimed by people diagnosed with terminal cancer in the UK according to a report launched today (23 June) by leading cancer care charity

Because of advances in early detection and treatment, cancer has become a curable disease for some and a chronic illness for others. Underscoring this change, persons with diagnoses of cancer incr

Johnny Vaughan, Ian Poulter, Jamie Theakston and Ian Wright join Radio One's DJ Spoony to help celebrate his birthday at Stoke Park Club, Berkshire on Monday 28 June 2004. This is the sec

A joint subgroup of two advisory committees, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) and the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT)

A plan to establish a new center in Wales - that will benefit people who suffer from brain injury and mental disorders - has been backed by the United Kingdom government. A grant of $15 m

Global strategies similar to those used against the tobacco industry are needed to tackle the obesity epidemic, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Diets across the globe are being shap

There are massive disparities in medical school admissions by social class, mainly because pupils from working class backgrounds see medical school as distant, unreal, and culturally alien, accord

Two studies in this week's British Medical Journal reveal large disparities in medical school admissions by social class. Dr Peter Dangerfield, chairman of the BMA's Board of Medical Education, sa

Quitting smoking at any age can significantly reduce the risk of an early death, according to an authoritative study, but people who continue the habit are likely to have 10 years cut off their li

When basketball superstar Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with kidney disease three years ago, he faced the toughest challenge of his life. What he didn't realize was that he was facing two opponent

The American National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA) and the American National Alliance for Caregiving (Alliance) have begun production of a national public education program in conjunction

Study Evaluates 928 Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neulasta(reg) In The First and Subsequent Cycles of Moderately Myelosuppressive Chemotherapy.Amgen Inc. (Nasdaq:AMGN), the world's lar

American HHS Secretary Tommy G Thompson today announced a new Medicare demonstration program that will save seniors and persons with disabilities substantial money -- up to 90 percent in some case

Homocysteine is an amino acid produced by the body. Parkinson's patients are particularly at risk for high homocysteine levels because the metabolism of levodopa, a drug commonly used to treat the

The glucocorticoid component of the stress response has been the subject of intense scientific scrutiny because of the wide ranging pathological consequences resulting from excess glucocorticoid e

Scientists know a great deal about how tumors originate and develop, but relatively little about how cancer manages to metastasize and invade distant tissues and organs. Now, a team of researchers

A human protein that mutates the AIDS virus (HIV) and holds potential for keeping the disease at bay has been discovered and its function described by a team led by Reuben Harris of the University

People with bad teeth can no longer blame childhood habits. A new study has found that, contrary to common perceptions, an unhealthy adult lifestyle is responsible for poor oral health in later ye

American HHS Secretary Tommy G Thompson announced today the award of a $7 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to the University of Wisconsin to help construct a cancer research facil

Researchers and Mount Sinai School of Medicine have made significant advances toward identifying genes susceptible for auto-immune thyroid diseases. Yaron Tomer, MD, Assistant Professor o

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have received approval to begin the first Phase 1 clinical trial of gene therapy for the treatment for erectile dysfunction. Led by Natan Bar

With the aim of accelerating the pace of discovery regarding dementing diseases, the UCSF Memory and Aging Center has been designated an Alzheimer's Disease Research Center by the National Institu

As summer begins, researchers in the current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings offer a strong reminder that parents should supervise children playing in sand. The authors write about two instances

Even a minor accident or fall could result in a potentially disabling fracture for as many as 60 percent of Canadian women over age 50. That's just one of the disturbing findings of the Canadian M

Since September 11 and the subsequent anthrax attacks, the United States government has spent substantial resources on preparing the nation against a bioterrorist attack. To date, however, there