A robotics expert at the University of Sheffield will today (27 February 2008) issue stark warnings over the threat posed to humanity by new robot weapons being developed by powers worldwide.

Several strains of the bird flu virus that raged across southern China were blocked from entering Thailand and Vietnam, UC Irvine researchers have discovered.This first-ever statistical

MIT biologists have provoked soil-dwelling bacteria into producing a new type of antibiotic by pitting them against another strain of bacteria in a battle for survival. The anti

Why do we almost instinctively treat babies as special, protecting them and enabling them to survive? Darwin originally pointed out that there is something about infants which prompts adults to re

Considerable attention has been paid to the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals in aquatic environments, but rather less attention has been given to routes of contamination on land. A new st

EndoGastric Solutions, the world leader in natural orifice surgery products and procedures, announces outstanding results at the completion of 1-year follow-up on GERD patients in the pha

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has once again expanded its ever-growing staff with new additions to the Health Policy and Education departments.Stephen McNutt

A single change in a protein may play a role in whether someone develops Parkinson's disease, say University of Florida Genetics Institute researchers writing in a recent issue of the Proceedin

The National Institute of Nursing Research has awarded Yale University School of Nursing (YSN) 3.4 million dollars to compare the effectiveness of Internet-based coping skills training versus an I

Using artificial cell-like particles, Yale biomedical engineers have devised a rapid and efficient way to produce a 45-fold enhancement of T cell activation and expansion, an immune response impor

Today, February 27, U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) will hold a hearing to examine the relationships between medical device manufacturing companies and surgeons.

The Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) urged Australian Health Ministers, meeting at the Conference of State and Federal health Ministers in Sydney on Friday, to address long-term sus

A new survey by the World Health Organization (WHO) has found the highest rates ever recorded for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) globally are occurring today. This is the largest sur

PrimeGen Biotech has announced that company researchers have successfully used purified proteins and DNAs in non-viral methods to reprogram adult human cells into stem cells.

Vasa Praevia is a condition which affects approximately 1 in 2500 deliveries, and as many as 1 in 300 in IVF pregnancies.A paper in Ultrasound volume 16 number 1, Vasa Praevia; a Preventa

French researchers announced a striking 15% decrease in admissions of patients with myocardial infarction to emergency wards since the public ban on smoking came into effect in restaurants, hotels

In an article published in the March issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, researchers from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) assess the totality of evidence

Pregnant women who perceive having a well-balanced relationship with their parents during their childhood will experience fewer difficulties in the transition to motherhood, as opposed to women wh

For women who lack a home or a safe place to stay, getting a regular mammogram is probably way down on their list of things to do. They are too busy struggling just to survive. But now California

If you are elderly and live in California, how poor do you have to be to become eligible for public assistance?Too poor, says a new report issued by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Rese

As many as half of patients with superficial bladder cancer do not respond to the standard first-line chemotherapy placed into the bladder, according to current multi-center outcomes data. When th

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have demonstrated that living human nerve cells can be engineered into a network that could one day be used for transplants to repa

The first waves of baby boomers turn 62 this year and begin claiming Social Security benefits. And, according to new research from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), ma

Scientists at NanoBio Corporation and the University of Michigan have demonstrated their nasally delivered vaccinia vaccine can protect animals against 77 times the potentially lethal dose of

Pharmacopeia (Nasdaq: PCOP), an innovator in the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, announced the completion of recruitment in the company's multi-center Phase 2a

Results of a study examining the credentials of 9,597 physicians, nurses and ancillary personnel practicing in 24 healthcare organizations including hospitals, surgery centers and health plans, sh

Akesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCBB:AKES), an emerging diabetes drug-development company, announced it has initiated dosing of patients in its placebo controlled Phase IIa trial for AKP-020, a no

The following summarizes research from the February 2008 edition of the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.

From 2001 to 2005, the death rate for minorities in Forsyth County, N.C., was 34% higher among minorities than whites, according to a report from the county health department, the

New Jersey's pilot needle-exchange program is struggling to enroll injection drug users in part because of a lack of funding, the