As part of its ongoing effort to raise the quality of health care in Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) announced a change to the current incentive plan for hospitals.

The Sorin Group (MIL:SRN), the largest European cardiovascular company and world leader in medical technologies for cardiac surgery, is supporting a clinical trial of the Sorin MEMO 3DTM Annulopla

Diamyd Medical (NASDAQ:DMYDY)(STO:DIAMB) announced that it has received approval from the U.S. FDA to initiate a Phase I study in chronic pain using NP2, the company's first drug candidate in its

MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people

A study published in PLoS Medicine this week suggests that of women who die during pregnancy and childbirth in sub-Saharan Africa, more may die from treatable infectious diseases than fro

The University of Southern California (USC) and Second Sight Medical Products Inc, a leading developer of retinal prostheses for treating blindness, announced that they have completed enr

Scientists have found the link between what we expect to see, and what our brain tells us we actually saw. The study, published February 15 in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biol

A novel anti-angiogenic agent, TRC105 (also known as c-SN6j), developed in the laboratory of

UQ pharmacy graduate Dr Selena Bartlett is starting clinical trials of a new drug that could potentially curb addiction

The Queensland and Northern New South Wales Lions Medical Research Foundation, long time supporters of the Brisbane r

During Australian Organ Donor Awareness Week, the AMA is urging Australians who want to be organ donors to make their intent clear by registering as a donor and talking to their family about their

Abbott received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for SIMCOR®, the first fixed-dose combination of two widely prescribed cholesterol therapies, Niaspan® (Abbott's proprietar

Biogen Idec (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Cardiokine, Inc. announced the initiation of a Phase III multi-center, randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind study of lixivaptan for congestive heart failure

PriCara,™ Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. said that all lots of 25 microgram/hour (mcg/hr) DURAGESIC® (fentanyl transdermal system) CII patches sold by PriCara in

We all know that drinking and driving is dangerous and can lead to serious injury and loss of life. However, fewer people are aware of the significant of danger of driving while drowsy. If you d

Canadians are being advised not to use 25 mcg/hr Duragesic (fentanyl transdermal system) patches (Janssen-Ortho Inc.) and 25 mcg/hr Ran Fentanyl Transdermal System patches (Ranbaxy). The manufact

When you check into a hospital, the odds are one in ten that you will become infected with a strain of antibiotic-resistant bacteria as a result of your stay. That is because the problem of drug-r

A mathematical model that looks at different strategies for curbing hospital-acquired infections suggests that antimicrobial cycling and patient isolation may be effective approaches when patients

According to Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center at The Miri

Shedding new light on the great cognitive rift between humans and animals, a Harvard University scientist has synthesized four key differences in human and animal cognition into a hypothesis on wh

Researchers have identified a key reason why people make mistakes when they try to predict what they will like. When predicting how much we will enjoy a future experience, people tend to compare i

American and Canadian scientists are finding that out of sight, out of mind can no longer be the approach we take to the chemicals in our waters. Substances that we use everyday are turning up in

More of the brain is busy processing pitch from language and other sounds than previously thought, according to a researcher in neurophonetics at Purdue University.By studying brain act

As the largest European gathering of its kind, the 3rd EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF 2008) will convene in Barcelona, Spain from 18-22 July 2008, conference organizers have announced. Held every tw

According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, osteoporosis affects some 25 million Americans annually, 80 percent of them women. Because the disease causes a thinning of the bone, it can lead

For more than a decade, Peter Zandstra has been working at the University of Toronto to rev up the production of stem cells and their descendants. The raw materials are adult blood stem cells and

Hunted to near extinction, sea otters are making a steady comeback along the Pacific coast. Their reintroduction, however, is expected to reduce the numbers of several key species of commercially

There's more to biofuels than the food vs. fuel debate and talk of the various technologies associated with biofuels production.And so Steven Fales, a professor of agronomy and a member

A more sensitive, more selective and easily deployable radiation detection material is necessary to meet complex 21st century challenges. In the AAAS symposium Radiation Detectors for Global Secu

Biology is crucial to understanding psychosis, but there is more to psychosis than mere biology, says Jason Robert, an Arizona State University bioethicist and philosopher of science.