Gastric Acid May Help Protect Against Foodborne DiseasesA new study suggests that low levels of gastric acid in the stomach can increase one's likelihood of getting a foodborne in

Two new proposed rules that would give states unprecedented flexibility in designing their own Medicaid programs, including adjusting their benefit package to more closely align with beneficiary n

Professor Ian Gilmore, President of the Royal College of Physicians and Chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance responds to reports in the media that Tesco are willing to discuss legislation that wou

GE Healthcare announced that Memorial Hospital North is the first healthcare institution to deploy ApexPro® FH, a spread-spectrum frequency hopping telemetry system, on its CARESCAPE™ En

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. B

GE Healthcare IT, a leading vendor for comprehensive clinical, financial and administrative information technology solutions, announced that Inova Health System has selected Centricity Electronic

For quite some time now, scientists suspected the so-called hexosamine pathway - a small side business of the main sugar processing enterprise inside a cell - to be involved in the development of

Scientists hope that research being conducted in Binghamton University's Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy will create lasers that work at wavelengths currently inaccessible.

The aim of any IVF treatment is for the woman to become pregnant and to give birth to a healthy baby. In order to achieve greater success, some doctors implant more than one embryo into the womb o

UNISON, the UK's leading public service union, challenged the government over plans to force UK immigrants to pay added charges for the public services they use. Greg Thomson, UNISON Nati

An international research study, published in The Lancet, has thrown into question the current method of treating Crohn's disease - opening the door to a safer and more effective treatment

Lack of adequate sleep can lead to increased injuries among preschool children, new research shows. This study published in Public Health Nursing shows that the average number of injuries d

A Los Angeles City Attorney's lawsuit accusing Health Net Inc. of promising medical coverage, then dropping patients if they needed expensive treatment, sends a strong message to insurers that suc

University of Utah scientists developed a new crime-fighting tool by showing that human hair reveals the general location where a person drank water, helping police track past movements of crimina

A new electron microscope recently installed in Cornell's Duffield Hall is enabling scientists for the first time to form images that uniquely identify individual atoms in a crystal and see how t

Integrated Genomics announced the publication of the complete Granulibacter bethesdensis genome sequence, the first acetic acid bacteria to be identified as an agent of an emerging invasive

Cystic fibrosis (CF), a hereditary disorder causing thick mucous production and frequent lung infections, is associated with a high mortality rate primarily due to lung failure. Although it is kno

Emerging information on diet and nutrition is published on a frequent basis. And, more Americans are aware of and better educated with overall health as they hear new information come through repo

Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ:SQNM) announced a significant step in the development of a noninvasive test for Trisomy 21, Down syndrome, that will incorporate multiple RNA fetal markers, including the PL

The Arizona Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (Arizona CERT) announced the launch of a Personal Digital Assistant (P

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BIOTRONIK, the pioneer in remote monitoring technologies for patients with cardiac devices, has launched its revolutionary Home Monitoring® system in India. This wireless telecardiology soluti

Biotech startup HairDX , providers of the first consumer genetic test for the likelihood of developing male baldness (Androgenetic Alopecia), announced that George Tiemann & Co. (Hauppauge, NY), a

Methodological Challenges in Biomedical HIV Prevention Trials, Institute o

The South Dakota House on Tuesday unanimously voted to approve legislation (SB 65) that would require people who

Health officials from nine Asian countries on Wednesday met in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to discuss strategies for curbing the spread of tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS in the region,

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed former French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy as special adviser on innovative financing for the

China's Ministry of Health on Wednesday announced that the country this year will develop an HIV prevention policy t

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) on Tuesday announced a package of health care proposals that aim to reduce the number of uninsured state residents and make health coverage more affordable, the

The New York Times on Thursday examined how Britain's