Experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) lauded the efforts adopted by some local governments and communities to combat obesity, poor diet and inactivity, three major - and clo

A new report, issued by the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) and the Association of American Universities (AAU), calls on all medical schools and major research universities to deve

Genomatix Software with businesses in Munich, Germany and Ann Arbor, Michigan has released that the group of Kenneth R. Boheler at the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, B

Forgiveness can be a powerful means to healing, but it does not come naturally for both sexes. Men have a harder time forgiving than women do, according to Case Western Reserve University psycholo

From April 26 to 29, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences will hold its 145th annual meeting, at which new Academy members will be elected. ELECTION RESULTS will be available online at noon EDT o

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers - in collaboration with scientists at the University of California at San Diego and Yale University - have discovered perhaps the strongest evidenc

In a rare, large-scale study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who span the full range of severity from mild to moderate and severe, Canadian researchers have found that the more severe the

Ms Maire Hoctor TD, Minister for Older People, was delighted to be invited to be part of the launch of CARDI, a not for profit organisation, developed by leaders in the field of research into agei

Commenting on the new drug strategy published the chief executive of drug information charity DrugScope, Martin Barnes said: The investment by government in the past 10 years should be a

The last day of the 2008 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition, I am proud to announce that this has been a record-breaking event, with more than 28,

Responding to the news that the Department of Health has decided to accept some of the recommendations of Sir John Tooke's report into medical training, Professor Andy Adam, President of the Roy

A 44 year old registered adult nurse who failed to disclose that she had been diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis has been struck of the Nursing and Midwifery Council register for putting patien

Commenting on the latest survey by Nottingham University into smoking outside NHS hospitals, Karen Jennings, UNISON Head of Health, said:UNISON supports a smoke-free workplace and campai

Telling pregnant student nurses to buy their own uniforms is outrageous said UNISON, the UK's largest public sector union. The Staffordshire University, Shropshire is telling students

UNISON, the UK's largest public service union, said called for a recruitment drive for NHS cleaners to raise hospital cleaning standards. The union welcomed the step-change in cleaning services

In a tradition dating back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President George W. Bush declared March as Red Cross Month, calling it a time to honor this charitable organization and reflect on its r

Just a few months ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the European Football Cup, top experts on asthma and allergic diseases from the United States and Europe, gathered in Barcelona, Spain

An increased cancer risk in post-menopausal women after they stopped taking combined hormone therapy was an unexpected finding in a study that will be reported in the March 5 edition of the

Adults without symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) should not be screened for the disease using spirometry, according to a new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services

GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE: GSK, LSE: GSK] announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Priority Review for PROMACTA(R) / REVOLADE(R) (eltrombopag) for the short-ter

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) has announced the release of new health information to raise awareness about diabetes, digestive diseases, and kidney a

The female sex hormone estradiol is present in both men and women, and is generated from testosterone in men by the protein aromatase. Estradiol plays various roles in addition to its gender-spe

New high-throughput methods are revolutionizing our understanding of transcriptional regulation. This month's issue of

Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University have examined the complete genomes of viruses that infect the bacteria E. coli, P. aeruginosa and L. lactis and have found that

The New Zealand Branch of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) has expressed concern about recently highlighted shortages of ophthalmologists in Dunedin and el

An open-source solution to the problem of managing trial dataResearch organizations and funders should combine efforts to produce an open-source solution for trial data managemen

The quality of health care improved by an average 2.3 percent a year between 1994 and 2005, a rate that reflects some important advances but points to an overall slowing in quality gains, accordin

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating lung disorder of unknown cause that leads to death in a relatively short time because of the lack of any effective treatment. In an article in

In this age of high-tech medical breakthroughs, some brain surgeons say it's a simple black goo that's yielding some pretty remarkable results. It's called Onyx. Doctors are injecting it into

Certain groups of kidney disease patients, including minorities, are not being referred to specialists soon enough, according to a report by researchers at Wake Forest University