When Olivia's Cruise for Our Cause heads to the Caribbean on March 30 with 1,800 women on-board, it will be the first cruise experience dedicated to breast cancer, women's health awareness and r

Ichor Medical Systems, whose advanced TriGrid electroporation system is being tested worldwide for its ability to enhance delivery of DNA drugs and vaccines, announced that recruitment of patients

A follow-up study of postmenopausal women who took the combination of estrogen and progestin for more than five years as part of the landmark Women's Health Initiative shows that the women continu

A new mouse model for a genetic cause of obesity has been developed by scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. The researchers hope that le

A new poll, the third in a series conducted jointly by USA Today and public opinion researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, finds Americans greatly val

The launch of the Healthcare Commission's maternity website follows the most comprehensive comparative review of maternity services ever carried out. The review, which published in January, found

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has become aware of a case of confirmed rabies in a dog, diagnosed in France on the 26th February. The French authorities have identified 4 potential risk areas

Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ENDP) and a market leader in pain management, announced that it has entered into a licensing agr

Warnex Inc. (TSX:WNX) announced that its Medical Laboratories division has launched a new screening service for prostate cancer, the PCA3 assay. The Warnex PCA3 screening service for prostate canc

Chemokine Therapeutics Corp. (the Company) (TSX:CTI)(OTCBB:CHKT), a biotechnology company developing chemokine-based therapies to treat cancer, blood disorders, and vascular diseases, announced

Medicare Interactive Counselor, an online educational tool now includes health information and resource

The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) have issued a new guideline on current pharmacologic treatment of dementia. The guideline appears ssue

Argosy Publishing, an award-winning interactive, visual content developer, has officially launched The Visible BodyTM (www.visi

Impaired brain function is a prominent and still unsolved problem in AIDS . Shortly after an individual becomes infected with HIV, the virus can invade the brain and persist in this organ for life

Learning, Arts, and the Brain, a study three years in the making, is the result of research by cognitive neuroscientists from seven leading universities in the United States. In the Dana Consortiu

More than 2,500 researchers and professionals in the area of biomolecular science and drug discovery are expected to attend the 14th Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Society for Biomolecular

Curing cancer with natural products - a case for shamans and herb women? Not at all, for many chemotherapies to fight cancer applied in modern medicine are natural products or were developed on th

The cannabinoid receptors best known for delivering the psychological effects of marijuana also explain the connection between chronic alcohol use and a buildup of fat in the liver, according to a

Learning that your child has a chronic illness is never easy, especially when it's the unpredictable and potentially fatal autoimmune disease lupus. When it comes to physical activities for child

It is estimated that as many as 40 percent of all people with the autoimmune disease lupus, and as many as two-thirds of all children with lupus, will develop kidney complications that require med

Drugs known as thiazolidinediones (TZDs), which are used to treat type 2 diabetes, seem to come with an added side benefit: They lower blood pressure. Now, researchers reporting in the March issue

In April the University of Granada will host an International Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition in Europe: fro

The Australian Nursing Federation has launched national online continuing professional education for nurses and midwives. The self directed learning tutorials are designed to provide nurs

A unique dietary supplement called NutraStem ® has been shown to have beneficial effects following experimental stroke. A nutritional supplement product, NutraStem also known as NT-020, is a p

ASHP and the ASHP Foundation are marking National Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 2-8) with a radio tour emphasizing pharmacists' role in medication safety. Scott T. Micek, Pharm.D., BCPS, cl

COULD ASTHMA 'DROPS' BE ON THE HORIZON?Children with allergic asthma may benefit from an oral therapy designed to increase tolerance to allergens that trigger asthma and, in turn,

The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has received a five-year, $20.5 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to expand an international program investigating the biological fact

In a technical advance that could allow researchers to watch cells as they act during the process of photosynthesis, scientists have developed a method that extends the power of fluorescence-media

Children with special health care needs have higher than average access to health insurance and almost all have regular sources of health care when they are ill, a new survey from the Health Resou

* Although children of alcoholics (COAs) have a greater risk of developing alcohol-use disorders (AUDs), not all COAs will develop AUDs. * A new study uses functional magnetic reso