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Plastic tubing taped to a handheld egg-beater could save lives in developing countries, the Royal Society of Chemistry's journal Lab on a Chip reports.The low-cost centrifuge replacemen
One in 20 English hospital admissions for those aged 35 and over in 2006/7 were attributable to smoking, a report by The NHS Information Centre shows today. Figures included for the first
Ten years after graduation, high-school students who had been rated as conscientious and cooperative by their teachers were earning more than classmates who had similar test scores but fewer soci
Researchers in the Laboratory of Structural Sciences at Van Andel Institute (VAI) have determined how the hormone corticotrophin releasing factor (CRF) precisely binds to its receptor. This detai
Ikonisys, a leading provider of next-generation, cell-based diagnostic solutions, today announced positive results from a clinical study conducted by a research group at the Weatherall Institute o
Antibiotic treatment for pneumonia in intensive care 'to be on the safe side' no longer necessaryPatients in intensive care units (ICU) are often administered antibiotics against ventilat
A study[1] published in the November issue of a scientific journal, Toxicological Sciences, which is published by Oxford Journals on behalf of the Society of Toxicology, describes the kidney toxic
Three Johns Hopkins University researchers have been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. Harry C. Dietz, M.D., Lisa A. Cooper, M.D., M.P.H., and Nancy
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has awarded 116 national research and training grants totaling more
RF Surgical Systems, Inc., the developer of the RF Surgical Detection System, has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Blair-Port Wand as a reusable scanning
A coalition of Canadian HIV/AIDS organizations led by the Canadian AIDS Society on Thursday called for the country'
Illinois officials announced last week that the state's Medicaid program will now cover genetic testing and counseling for women with a hig
New research suggesting skin cancer may soon require one million GP consultations in Australia each year showed why the Federal Government must commit to a long-term SunSmart campaign or face uns
Spreading the word, not the germ, about the dangers of a potentially fatal superbug is the goal of Students Fight MRSA, a new educational campaign launched in the Philadelphia region t
Clinical investigators at the Innovative Devices and Futuristic Therapies session during the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Ca
The following statistics were released today by the Department ofHealth: GP extended opening hours for month ending September 2008. This data shows the number of GP practices wi
Armed with the knowledge that they have a defective gene that increases their risk of developing breast cancer, a growing number of women are taking a pre-emptive strike by opting for a bilateral
The first ever National Heart Failure Audit today highlights the need for more NHS hospital trusts to submit information about patient care. As of March 2008, 105 of 147 trusts providing
Health care cost and coverage has been a hot topic among presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 4 election.But which candidate has a plan
Medical News Today has launched a diabetes information hub called All About Diabetes - a comprehensive
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rapaflo (silodosin) capsules for the treatment of symptoms due to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a condition also known as an enlarged pro
PPD, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPDI) today announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited reported that Takeda Global Research and Development Center, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, received noti
An online survey for World Arthritis Day (WAD), completed by over 3,600* respondents revealed that access to psychological support and self-management courses could help people with arthritis/rheu
National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have identified a protein that plays matchmaker between two key types of white blood cells, T and B cells, enabling them to interact in a way that is
Boston Medical Center (BMC) has received a $5,807,469 grant over five years from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to fund the Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. BMC'
In 2005, 34.6% of Hispanics in Arizona were uninsured, compared with 12.7% of whites, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Thursda
Thirty-five percent of the 2,000 to 2,500 new HIV infections in Spain last year occurred among immigrants, Daniel Zulaika, president of the AIDS Interdisciplinary Society of Spain, said Wednesday
The sleeper issue of the presidential campaign is the potential for Supreme Court nominations under the next president, who could have a tremendous impact on the Court well into this century
Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust will be working with the National SpecialisedCommissioning Team (NSC Team) and the Healthcare Commission over the nextmonth on a review of Harefield Hospital
An early proof-of-concept study presented shows promising results for imatinib in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe, incurable blood vessel disorder.Preliminary fin