The experimental microbicide tenofovir is safe for women to use daily, according to results from clinical trials funded by NIH and conducted in thr

The number of HIV/AIDS cases reported in China in 2007 was 45% higher than the number reported in 2006, according to a report released Friday by the country's

Creating a Center for Evidence-Based Medicine,

The New Hampshire Legislature on Friday approved $50 million in cuts to the fiscal year 2008 state budget, including reductions in Medicaid hospital payments,

The Georgia Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill (SB 395) that would provide grants of up to $150,000 for

Pfizer on Monday announced plans to end an advertising campaign for the cholesterol medication Lipitor that features Robert Jarvik, who inv

The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether FDA has the staff and resources it ne

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) has proposed requiring most Medi-Cal beneficiaries to fill out eligibility forms four times annua

Senate Finance Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Tuesday sent letters to

Governors are pressing Congress to include funding for Medicaid in a second economic stimulus package, CongressDaily reports. A bipartisan group of governors on Monday morning met wi

The Washington Post on Sunday published several opinion pieces examining how examining religion and abortion in the presidential election. Summaries appear below.

A new study by researchers in the UK suggests that antidepressants only benefit the very severely depressed and are no more effective than a placebo for everyone else.The meta-analytical

A new gel that contains the HIV drug tenofovir is safe for women to use daily to protect against HIV, according to results from clinical trials funded by

FDA granted accelerated approval to Genentech's cancer treatment Avastin for metastatic breast cancer

Cockroaches spread nearly 33 different kinds of bacteria, six kinds of parasitic worms and at least seven other kinds of human pathogens. As cockroaches crawl through decaying matter or sewage, th

Star Hospitals.net a North American healthcare service, is answering the call for patients seeking affordable, timely med

ExxonMobil Foundation announced its support for the launch in Nigeria of the NetsforLife program to fight malaria. Long-lasting insecticide-treated nets will be distributed to Nigerian communities

The Children's Cancer Hospital Foundation 57357 (CCHF) in Egypt announced that it has selected Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN) as the healthcare information technology (HIT) provider for Children

Synthetic Blood International, Inc. (OTCBB:SYBD) announced that The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has approved the award of a $1.9 million grant to M. Ross Bullock, M.D., Ph.D., of the

Having nurtured the dawn of civilization in the Amazon River basin, the peanut moved on to support seafaring European explorers as early as the 15th century. They, then, spread the goober pea to

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has urged people taking antidepressants not to discontinue their medication without consulting a doctor.NICE guidelines point to the efficacy of antidep

Rats use their whiskers in a way that is closely related to the human sense of touch: Just as humans move their fingertips across a surface to perceive shapes and textures, rats twitch their whisk

Speciality European Pharma (SEP) announced the launch of Plenaxis(R) in Germany. Plenaxis(R) is used to treat advanced and metastatic hormone responsive prostate cancer and it causes a rapid and

EUSA Pharma announced that Rapydan® (70 mg lidocaine/70 mg tetracaine medicated plaster) has now received marketing authorisation in Sweden, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Spain, A

HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings organization, has identified America's 50 Best Hospitals, an elite class of top-performing facilities. The HealthGrades America's

A vaginal microbicide that incorporates an antiretroviral (ARV) drug normally used to treat people with HIV is safe for sexually active HIV-negative women to use every day over an extended period,

Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical (STM) information, has announced the launch of illumin8 (

A team of scientists led by Washington University in St. Louis has begun to unlock the genetic secrets of corn, a crop vital to U.S. agriculture. The researchers have completed a working draft of

Up to 20 percent of patients taking aspirin to lower the risk of suffering a second cerebrovascular event do not have an antiplatelet response from aspirin, the effect thought to produce the prote

About one in four women who have tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) expect pregnancy and motherhood to be a part of their future, recent research suggests.A woman