Because North Dakota Department of Health surveillance indicates that the new H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, is established in Ward County and being transmitted from person to person, the Department of Health will conduct laboratory testing only

Dr. Damon T. Arnold, state public health director, today announced mosquito samples collected in Cook County have been confirmed as the first positive West Nile virus test results in Illinois this year.A positive mosquito sample was collected on May 11

Uninfected women aged 24 to 45 still may benefit from HPV vaccine, study finds.

One stool sample can be used to perform several screens, researchers say.

Cubital tunnel syndrome results from prolonged flexing of the elbow, experts say.

Golin/Harris International) Olympus America Inc. today expanded its medical portfolio by introducing the X-Suit NIR, a biliary metallic stent designed with exceptional anatomic conformability and superior radial support. The X-Suit NIR's proprietary NIRflex cell design provides a physician support and

University of Michigan Health System) Researchers have identified a gene that is overexpressed in up to 20 percent of breast cancers and that could be blocked in the lab by a currently available blood pressure drug, according to a new

University of Michigan Health System) A gene well known to stop or suppress cancer plays a role in cancer stem cells, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The researchers found that several pathways

International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) Dr. Martin Carl Tammemagi and his team of researchers examined the chest radiographs of 12,314 individuals obtained through the National Cancer Institute's Prostate Lung Colorectal Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. They found that

Virginia Commonwealth University) Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding could lead to an

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore) Renowned Singapore-based cancer geneticists Neal Copeland, Ph.D., and Nancy Jenkins, Ph.D., who are among the top 50 most-cited biomedical scientists in the world today, have been elected into National Academy of Sciences.

Research Australia) A new global study has found that lifestyle risk factors such as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking are important risk factors for bowel cancer. Researchers have shown that people who consume the largest quantities of alcohol (equivalent to

Children's Hospital Boston) A study led by Children's Hospital Boston stem cell researcher George Daley, M.D., Ph.D., shows that a protein that keeps embryonic stem cells in their stem-like state, called LIN28, is also important in cancer. It offers a

Major and minor depression are relatively common in pregnant women, each with different risk factors, according to research published in the June issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Adults who were exposed to parental violence during childhood are more likely to have mental health problems and become violent spouses and parents themselves, according to a study published online on May 28 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community

In patients with depression and chronic pain, an optimized three-step intervention may lead to significant improvements in both conditions, according to a study published in the May 27 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Barriers to care include worries about family's reaction, study finds.

After four months of adding boceprevir to peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin, a whopping 75 percent of treatment-naïve individuals with Hepatitis C genotype 1 had undetectable viral levels....