Donna Bednarski, MSN, ANP, BC, CNN, CNP, has been elected national president-elect of the American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) for 2008-09. Bednarski's responsibilities will include ser

TORISELTM (temsirolimus), a breakthrough therapy shown to extend median overall survival of patients with metastatic (advanced) renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the most common form of kidney cancer,1

The largest study to date of a controversial cardiac surgery drug shows it increases death rates and damages kidney function, according Duke University Medical Center researchers.Aprotin

Researchers in both academia and business have a growing need for very large computing power to solve problems that range from minimizing global warming to finding cures for genetic diseases. This

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found a previously unknown molecular pathway in mice that spurs the growth of new blood vessels when body parts are jeopardized by poor circulation

On Valentine's Day, one of the nation's first three-way living-donor kidney transplant chains was initiated by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and its medical partner Th

ICU nurses are poor at spotting delirious patients in their care according to previous research, but a simple educational programme could soon remedy this serious failing. Reporting in the open ac

BMA Scotland today (Thursday 21 February 2008) called on MSPs to reject plans for direct elections to NHS Boards and instead to support improvements to local public involvement structures as a mea

A new US study suggests that brain health is improving among older Americans as demonstrated by a decline in thinking and memory problems in this group. The researchers said improved cardiovasc

The objective, serious and highly responsible debate was very impressive, said the President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), Professor Matthias Kleiner,

The California Department of Public Health this week is observing Black Infant Health Week to focus on reducing the gap bet

Recent arrests by Egyptian authorities of several people suspected to have HIV are undermining efforts to prevent the spread of the virus and violating human rights,

The Indian Network for People Living With HIV/AIDS last week called on the country's Parliament to consider a bill during its upcoming budget s

GlaxoSmithKline on Tuesday announced that it is reducing by an average of 21% the cost of 14 of its antiretroviral drugs currently sold at not-for-

President Bush on Tuesday during a visit to Rwanda discussed the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the

Proposals to address the health crisis that we all share -- getting good, timely medical service and being able to afford it -- require physicians and politicians to answer three critical que

On the day of her graduation from the Berhane Hewan project, Yideneku Chanie got up especially early. After attending 18 months of classes at the project, she was awarded a certificate, along with

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver (D) on Monday proposed four measures that would increase state residents' access to health insurance and lower coverage costs, the

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Saturday approved nearly $2.2 billion in state budget cuts over the next two years to address a projected $14.5 billion state budget deficit, the

The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday examined House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations

The International Neuromodulation Society (INS) announced that it now represents a professional association of more than 1200 members worldwide, approximately twice as many members as recorded at

Foreign-born physicians working in Ohio through the J-1 visa program are practicing at larger hospitals such as the Cleveland Clinic, r

Critics of Medicaid regulations that will begin to take effect on March 3 contend that impl

Center for Health Transformation CEO Nancy Desmond participated in a small roundtable discussion in Georgia on Febraury 20th, featuring Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service

CME LLC, a leading provider of fully accredited continuing medical education programs since 1978, today announced a new interactive educational program designed to increase recognition of the comp

The experimental microbicide Carraguard, a seaweed-based gel that blocked HIV infection of cells in lab tests is safe but does not provide women with protection against HIV infection, according

The administration of therapeutic drugs via injection is an indispensable delivery method for numerous drugs critical to patient health and well-being. Now this segment is evolving in response to

U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Leighton on Friday refused to lift an injunction that is preventing a policy from going into effect that would require Washington state pharmacies to dispense em

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Tuesday pledged to remain in the presidential nomination race to advocate for a constitutional ban on abortion and ensure that the ban stays on the Repu

After almost 50 years of working together to fight cancer, Leukaemia Research and Great Ormond Street Hospital have come together to give a special present to children fighting leukaemia.