The pressure of waiting time targets and the loss of thousands of hours of junior doctors' time is leading hospitals to lower the standards required for certain posts.NHS trusts are tryin

New data in New England Journal of Medicine show MabThera(reg) (rituximab) is effective in rheumatoid arthritis patients that have failed current therapy. The New England Journal of Medic

Both asthma and obesity (BMI

Laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP) is an outpatient procedure that involves partial resection of the uvula and soft palate using laser, and which is usually offered as a treatment for snoring

AXONYX INC announced the initiation of its second Phase III international clinical trial with its lead Alzheimer's disease drug, Phenserine. The Investigator's Meeting that will be held June 18th

The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) in the USA today welcomed the release of $849 million in federal awards to states, territories, and four major metropolitan areas

According to a new study carried out by the CDC, US teens are smoking less than they have done for over 13 years. This is encouraging news as recent indications seemed to show that teenage smokin

Dr Greg Winter - joint head of the MRC's (Medical Research Council's) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, and Deputy Director of the MRC Centre fo

Members of the life ethics committee of the Japanese government's Council for Science and Technology Policy, who have been discussing the pros and cons of human embryo research, are deeply divided

The IMO (Irish Medical Association) is surprised that the Irish Prison Service has purported to represent the views of the Labour Relations Commission. While the IMO has had some informal explorat

Food irradiation is being promoted by some international bodies and industry groups as the answer to the growing problem of food poisoning, and as a means to combat world hunger by reducing spoila

Scientists in Florida have developed sensitive new tests to detect potentially fatal nut traces in food. Their study, published in the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, originally se

Rutgers scientists have deciphered the complex mechanics of microcin J25 (MccJ25), a tiny, natural molecule that acts like a cork in a bottle to block a key bacterial enzyme - potentially leading

Undernutrition is the underlying cause of more than 53 percent of all child deaths that occur annually, including those from infectious diseases, pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria, accordin

New findings show increased risk of polycystic ovary syndrome among Mexican-Americans.New Orleans, Louisiana - Leading investigators in the area of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a com

Philadelphia sessions include findings on DNA damage, ultra-cold chemistry, metabonomics, fuels for the future and more.From the lab bench to the supermarket and even into space, scientis

Surgeons at Northwestern Memorial, USA, aim to determine if stent grafts, a newly developed minimally invasive approach to treating thoracic aortic aneurysms, is as safe and effective as the curre

Physicians who prescribe the regular use of beta-agonist drugs for asthma could be endangering their patients, two new studies by researchers at Cornell and Stanford universities find. One study c

Building on its commitment to immunodiagnostic testing, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, has announced the availability of the VITROS(reg) ECiQ Immunodiagnostic Syste

Primary Care Organisations, responsible for running the NHS at local level, have in some areas failed to grasp the opportunities given to them in the new national GP contract and displayed instead

President of Egypt, Husni Mubarak, 76, has cancelled a scheduled meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Quraya. Egypt's head of intelligence, General Umar Suleiman will meet Ouraya instead

UK Statistical Press Notice on Ambulance Services and General Ophthalmic ServicesStatistical press notice by the UK Dept of Health.The Department of Health released the following statist

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced the launch of a comprehensive, searchable Web site that contains information on hundreds of technology products to improve quality of life and care

Horticultural therapy is a relatively new concept, developed mainly in Britain and the United States. According to the Japan Horticulture Therapy Society, horticultural therapy uses garde

Study Calls for Better Training for Home Visitors and More Coordination with Community Resources. A highly lauded and widely adopted program that relies on home visits by paraprofessional

A new approach to therapy can avoid most of the debilitating effects of preparing for critical, postsurgical treatment for patients with thyroid cancer, according to an international study led by

Some young adults think switching to low tar or low-nicotine cigarettes or adopting good exercise and diet habits can protect against the risks of smoking, according to a new study in the American

Areas that already have ageing populations will see the biggest increases in numbers of elderly people, according to the 20-year forecast based on population data compiled by the UK Association of

Tattooing and ear/body piercing are increasingly popular among Canadians. These procedures, however, may increase the risk of contracting a number of serious blood-borne diseases. Backgro

More people are using sunscreens to protect themselves from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. BackgroundExposure to UV radiation, primarily UVB, can cause sunburns and may