Congressional Democrats on Wednesday said that they plan to draft legislation to overturn a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court that protects medical device companies from some product liability l

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in 2007 spent more than $22 million on efforts to lobby the federal government, about a

A new economic study finds that the competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment (DME) being rolled out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would lead to reduced c

Speaking in Salt Lake City on Thursday, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said that publicly releasing cost and quality data about medical providers would

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has welcomed the launch of the World Health Organization (WHO) technical report, Assessment of osteoporosis at the primary health care level1

CMS on Thursday announced two proposed rule changes that the agency said would grant states unprecedented flexibility in designing Medicaid p

Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and

Despite the fact that congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common birth defect in the United States, pediatric cardiology receives relatively little attention compared to adult cardiology.

As President Bush returns to the United States from his whirlwind tour of Africa, Africa Action notes with concern that coverage of Bush's trip has concentrated on particular successes in

HBV is tiny. The genome of this virus is a partial double stranded circle. When made fully double stranded, this genome carries about 3000 base pairs, compared to 200 kilo base pairs of the genome

5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is a common chemotherapeutical drug. It exerts its antitumor effect through competitive thymidylate synthase (TS) inhibition. Thymidylate synthase (TS) catalyses deoxyuridin

Scientists at the University of Michigan have shown that their new metabolic imaging instrument can accurately detect eye disease at a very early stage. Such a device would be vision-saving becaus

LevelI trauma centers may have very different results when treatingpatients, even when they have similar injuries. This was analyzed in areport on February 18, 2008 in the Archives of Surgery, one

The National League for Nursing, for more than 60 years a recognized leader in assessment and evaluation in nursing education, announced increased benefits to faculty and students who use the comp

An analysis of global trends in new infectious diseases suggests that we are looking in the wrong places for the world's next major outbreak.The study is the work of Dr Kate Jones, Seni

The National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee (NDPSC) considered the scheduling of zolpidem (contained in the medicine Stilnox) at its February 2008 meeting, held this week, because of concern

The National Osteoporosis Foundation released its new Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis which represents a new era for healthcare providers in the evaluation and tre

Growth hormone boosts immune cell numbersIndividuals who are infected with HIV-1 are often highly susceptible to life-threatening infections because they are depleted of a subset

Cancer Research UK funded scientists have discovered a mutation in a DNA repair gene which may increase the risk of developing meningioma, a rare type of brain tumour, according to new research pu

Novartis announced the opening of a new research institute in Siena with a nonprofit mission to exclusively focus on the development of vaccines for diseases of the developing world. The Novartis

Biological and medical research is on the threshold of a new era based on better understanding of how large organic molecules bind together and recognise each other. There is great potential for e

A team of academic, industry and independent researchers has demonstrated a new class of computer attacks that compromise the contents of secure memory systems, particularly in laptops.

On April 1, 2008, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulation requiring the use of tamper resistant prescription pads for Medicaid beneficiaries will go into effect. This date r

The focus of two recent Nobel prizes, a species of roundworm has made possible another advance in the understanding of how cells talk to one another, according to a study published online Feb. 21

A better understanding of how memory works is emerging from a newfound ability to link a learning experience in a mouse to consequent changes in the inner workings of its neurons. Researchers, sup

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and BIO Ventures for Global Health (BVGH) are pleased to announce U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, R-Kan., will deliver the Breakfast Plenary, Incentives

Axel Ullrich, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2008 Pezcoller Foundation-AACR International Award for Cancer Research for his pioneering work in the translation of genomics-based discoveries into no

An alarming number of adults fail to recognize heart attack warning signs and symptoms that could, if heeded, save their lives, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Preparing groundwork for an exascale computer is the mission of the new Institute for Advanced Architectures, launched jointly at Sandia and Oak Ridge national laboratories.An exaflop is

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration licensed a treatment for hemophilia A, a rare, hereditary blood-clotting disorder that affects approximately 15,000 individuals, almost exclusively males, in