Blocking the signals from a protein that activates cells in the immune system could help kill cells that cause a rare form of blood cancer, according to physicists and oncologists who combined com

Heart disease is a principle cause of death in dogs, affecting more than 10 percent of all dogs and more than 60 percent of aged dogs. A new Web site devoted to this issue -

The NHS is failing to make it more convenient for the public to receive the care they need, by not making use of everyday technology and innovation that consumers would welcome, say two new report

Dari Taylor, MP for Stockton South and Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infertility, will put an amendment to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill on 22 October, which seeks to

The 100th hospital scheme to be built under the biggest hospital building programme in the history of the NHS - St Helens Hospital in Merseyside - has admitted its first patients.

Despite the progress made in the fight against HIV since it was discovered in 1983, there is still a long way to go, Luc Montagnier, who recently

An independent team of scientists is leading Alzheimer's disease research in a new, promising direction. Through a $1 million grant they received last year from Alzheimer's

Individuals in groups are often thought to scan their surroundings for predation threats independently of one another. However, foragers could monitor the vigilance level of their neighbours to pr

Ten individuals, many of them world renowned researchers, reviewed - and in some cases released - partial coding region data of their genomes in the first phase of a major initiative to make perso

Researchers are one step closer to finding a vaccine that better protects against tuberculosis. An investigational vaccine for TB tested at Saint Louis University appears likely to offer significa

Amines are needed for the production of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, agrochemicals, plastics, dyes, pigments, and additives. Most important are compounds with a terminal amino group (-NH2), kn

Data presented today at the United European Gastroenterology Week Congress (UEGW) show that a significantly greater proportion of patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease experienced stero

Physicians who generally favor advancement of stem cell research in terms of its actual or potential benefits don't always agree on the ethical issues at the heart of the stem cell research debate

In the famous Dutch Post Code Lottery, the winning ticket is drawn on the basis of the post code. When the post code of somebody who didn't buy the ticket is drawn, this person is surrounded

A recently identified cancer-causing protein makes the anti-leukemia drug imatinib, less effective. By blocking the protein, an international team of researchers was able to slow the spread of leu

At the United European Gastroenterology Federation Annual Scientific Meeting in Vienna, Austria (UEGW Vienna 2008), world-renowned gastroenterologist Jerome D. Waye, MD, principal investigat

DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, responding to reports that many Americans are forgoing basic medical care in the economic downturn, today called for renewed vigilance in the fight against chron

Urologic Nursing journal presented its annual Writer's Awards for excellence in urologic nursing clinical scholarship at the Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA) 39th Annual Con

A study presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists provides evidence that the carbon monoxide levels of children exposed to second-hand smoke are often si

UNAIDS congratulates Dr Peter Piot on his appointment as the first Director of the new Institute for Global Health at Imperial College London. He will spearhead the institute's quest to find far-r

At the end of the year, Peter Piot will step down as Executive Director of UNAIDS, the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS and the largest organisation devoted to a single disease. He has been in the p

Senators Chuck Grassley and Herb Kohl are continuing their campaign to shed light on financial relationships between the pharmaceutical and medical device industries and medical doctors. Today th

Monash University has secured $32 million in the latest round of National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funding - the University's highest ever NHMRC funding amount for the greatest

An gene has been identified in fruit flies that can helpoxygen-deprived cells live longer, according to an article released onOctober 17, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics.

A research consortium of French scientists has identified the effect of genetic variants that confer increased risk of early-onset asthma. This risk is further enhanced by exposure to environment

UroToday.com - Fournier's Gangrene (FG) has historically been defined as a fulminant necrotizing fascitis of the male genitourinary tract. However, a similar condition of the female perineum is c

2008 Update on Consumers' Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information,

Doctors are being warned to be alert to a new allergic skin disorder, caused by mobile phones, according to the British Association of Dermatologists. A new phenomenon called mobile phon

People suffering from anxiety and depression prefer to receive counselling over medication because they feel it addresses their underlying problems and not just their symptoms. This is

People traveling to other countries to receive kidney transplants experience more severe post-transplant complications with a higher incidence of acute rejection and severe infections, according