Baby boomers and weekend warriors are staying active well into their later years, making them susceptible to injuring those aging frames especially vulnerable to tearing their anterior cruciate li

Patients with diabetes who undergo either knee or hip replacement surgery are more likely to suffer complications than patients without diabetes. Those results were announced at the 75th Annual Me

Parents worldwide are doing little to protect their children from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Exposure

Bloody diarrhea is alarming because it can signal any of several medical conditions -- some very serious.When it occurs in people age 60 and older, there's a good possibility bloody diarr

Cavities or not, your teeth could be in more trouble than you know because of a silent and destructive phenomenon called dental erosion. A faculty member at The University of Texas Health Science

The approaching onslaught of over 70 million aging baby boomers could overwhelm the U.S. health care system and engulf the nation's tenuous economy, according to a new study, Will the Boom Bu

In mid-March the German Bundestag (Lower House) is due to vote on an amendment to the German Stem Cell Act. The opposing poles in the debate on embryonic stem cell research could not be furthe

The Alliance for Cervical Cancer Prevention (ACCP), a partnership of five international public health research organizations, announced key findings and recommendations resulting from eight yea

Ception Therapeutics, Inc. announced the initiation of a multi-center, Phase II/III clinical trial to evaluate reslizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody (mAb) against interleukin-5 (IL-5),

Quintiles Transnational Corp. announced it has achieved another major milestone in the management of clinical trial data -- 300 clinical trials using Electronic Data Capture (EDC).

While doctors already face many challenges in treating patients with cancer, treating pregnant women with the disease, in particular, can be quite difficult as studies suggest that certain th

Frost & Sullivan recognizes X-Spine Systems, Inc. with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Innovation in the field of advanced spinal implantation systems for developing the

Economic conditions are a fundamental challenge that blacks face in terms of HIV/AIDS, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) writes in an opinion piece for the

The fruits of science and antiretroviral drug programs alone will not curb the spread of HIV in Africa, Jonny Steinberg -- author of Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS E

The discovery of a protein, known as FOX03a, found in the nucleus of CD4+ T cells could lead to the development of an HIV vaccine and new treatments, according to a study recently published in th

Mozambican civil society organizations this week will launch an HIV/AIDS campaign that aims to ensure improved access to HIV testing, medical assistance and treatment among disabled people in the

Faith-based organizations on Monday during an event voiced support for needle-exchange programs as a means of preventing the spread of HIV among injection drug users and their partners,

From Politics to Policy: A New Payment Approach in Medicare Advantage, Health Affairs

The Washington state House on Friday voted 68-21 to pass a bill (SB 5261) that would require insurers

Drs. Vafa Shahabi (Advaxis Inc. OTCBB: ADXS) and Yvonne Paterson (University of Pennsylvania) led a team (the Team) of six leading research microbiologists and published findings on the potentia

European women facing the silent killer now have access to a breakthrough test to identify their risk of ovarian cancer. Fujirebio Diagnostics, the industry leader in biomarker assays, announces

A federal judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval of an agreement between General Motors and the U

America's Health Insurance Plans officials on Tuesday met with the Senate Finance Committee

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) on Tuesday won the Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas pri

A Johnson County, Kan., grand jury refused to indict Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri's

A recent article in the Archives of General Psychiatryreports that older men with depression have lower total and freetestosterone levels in their blood, but a randomized controlled tria

A federal court in New Jersey on Monday invalidated Bayer Schering's patent on its oral contraceptive Yasmin, ruling in favor of a

Women taking combination hormone replacement therapy have a slightly increased risk of cancer three years after ending treatment, but initial increases in cardiovascular risks appear to fade, ac

People who drink regularly have higher systolic blood pressure thanpeople who do not, according to a recent article published in PLoSMedicine. Researcher Sarah Lewis (University ofBrist

Advanced Cancer Therapeutics (ACT), a for-profit private company dedicated to bringing new anti-cancer therapies to market, announced that it has signed an exclusive license to develop and market