Like any species that aspires to rule the world, the honey bee, Apis mellifera, invades new territories in repeated assaults. A new study demonstrates that when these honey bees arrive in a place

The rise of oxygen and the oxidation of deep oceans between 635 and 551 million years ago may have had an impact on the increase and spread of the earliest complex life, including animals, accordi

Researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) demonstrated a new type of optical tweezer with the potential to make biological and microfluidic force measurements in

As part of our Scientific Support activities, ECDC is involved with catalyzing public health research. Our aim is to identify directed research needs (i.e. question- and need-based research goal

The U.S. Consulate in Kolkata announced that the United States will provide an additional Rs. 4.4 million (US$110,000) for control of Avian Influenza in India following the recent outbreaks in the

The eighth annual Consumer Attitudes to Food Survey1 published by the Food Standards Agency, points to increased confidence among the public in the food they are consuming and to wider food issues

Ophthalmologists inject gas into the eye mainly during the surgical treatment of retinal hemorrhages or injuries. The purpose of the gas is to help press the detached retina to the wall of the eye

Oregon Health & Science University Cancer Institute researchers, in a first-of-its-kind study, have found that even men with advanced prostate cancer can take a much-needed safe break, or holiday,

MIV Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCBB: MIVT) (FRANKFURT: MIV), a leading developer of next-generation coatings and advanced drug delivery systems for cardiovascular stents and other implantable medical d

Antisense Therapeutics Limited (ASX: ANP) announced that the Company is scheduled to present at Sachs Associates 7th Annual North America Forum for Investing and Partnering in Biotech taking plac

Enclarity Inc., a leading healthcare information solutions company, is helping healthcare organizations meet the May Medicare deadline for HIPAA- mandated National Provider Identifier (NPI) compli

The Center for Assisted Reproduction (CAR) announced it will be the first IVF center in the southwest to offer the Repromedix's Plan Ahead™ test, an innovative blood test that provides an a

Two advocates have received the inaugural Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy. The awards honor the late Omololu Falobi, a long-time HIV advocate and

The Australian Psychological Society (APS) called attention to the release of the Australian National Council on Drugs (ANCD) report into Supporting the Families of Young People with Problemati

Researchers have developed software which could potentially identify over 600,000 people who are undiagnosed or at increased risk of Type 2 diabetes. The research, published in the Bri

On Sunday, February 17, 2008 the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued its largest meat recall in United States history, less than three weeks after a slaughterhouse worker secretly made a

The scale of Britain's childhood obesity crisis was revealed as a quarter (23 per cent) of four to five year-olds and almost a third (31 per cent) of 10-year-olds are overweight and obese.

Blood clots can save lives, staunching blood loss after injury, but they can also kill. Let loose in the bloodstream, a clot can cause a heart attack, stroke or pulmonary embolism.A new

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is offering all under graduate pharmacy students and pre registration trainees, a special day rate of £5 (+VAT) to attend the British Pharmaceu

In responding to the government's announcement of the make-up of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) expressed concerns regarding the futur

Most hospitals and health systems in the U.S. use multiple complex health information technologies to support patient medication use, but only some of them have integrated these systems, according

On behalf of 22 health groups, ASH will be meeting the Exchequer Secretary, Angela Eagle today to present plans on tackling smuggling and raising tobacco taxes, ahead of the forthcoming Budget. [

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Brownwood Acres Foods Inc., Cherry Capital Services Inc. (doing business as Flavonoid Sciences) and two of their top executives have signed a c

Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have isolated biomarkers in the blood that identify mood disorders, a breakthrough that may change the way bipolar illness is diagnosed and treate

During her first visit to Liberia, UNICEF Executive Director, Ann M. Veneman announced that US$17 million will become available through a new public/private partnership which will help rebuild Lib

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the Company to repurchase up to $250 million of its common stock. Purchases may be made in the open market, i

The pea is one of many important crop species that is unsuited to the Agrobacterium-based genetic modification techniques that are commonly used to work with crops. Researchers, reporting in the o

Massachusetts as recently as 2001 was spending $51 million a year to prevent HIV/AIDS and provide services to those suffering from the disease, a

Congress must insist that Washington, D.C., is allowed to fund needle-exchange programs to prevent the spread of HIV and must pass measures that allow states and health organizations to use fed

Good Samaritan Hospital is named as one of America's 50 Best Hospitals in 2008 by HealthGrades, the nation's leading independent healthcare ratings company. Good Samaritan Hospital received this d