Generally, for optimal function, the body and mind need about eight hours of sleep each night," Cefalu said in a society news release. "However, a recent study suggests that some seniors may need less sleep. Because sleep affects everyone differently,

Those symptoms could indicate either a heart attack or impending cardiac arrest. And waiting to see if the symptoms subside could cost you your life.

MANCHESTER, N.H., Sept. 13 -- Sen. Barack Obama brought his newly aggressive campaign against Republican opponent John McCain to an open-air rally here, castigating the senator from Arizona as a latecomer to the cause of change and imploring about 8,000

There has been an angry reaction from some clinicians to a decision to locate the state's new children's hospital at the Mater medical precinct in South Brisbane.

The union representing WA's ambulance officers has headed off an attempt by St John Ambulance to terminate the bargaining period for the new Enterprise Agreement and head directly to arbitration.

The ACT Government says its investment in the health system is starting to pay dividends.

One baby has died and 432 others have fallen ill with kidney problems blamed on contaminated milk powder in China.

A major study of prostate cancer patients has found more men are being diagnosed with the disease, but fewer are dying from it.

New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra says it knew last month its Chinese joint venture partner was selling contaminated milk which has since caused at least one death.

Tasmanians are being urged to be aware of the warning signs of stroke, the nation's second biggest killer.

Background:Many cancers preferentially meet their energy requirements through the glycolytic pathway rather than via the more efficient oxidative phosphorylation pathway. It is thought that this is an important adaptation in cancer malignancy. We investigated whether use of glycolysis for energy

Background:Several studies in wealthy countries suggest that utilization of GP and hospital services, after adjusting for health care need, is equitable or pro-poor, whereas specialist care tends to favour the better off. Horizontal equity in these studies has not been

Background:The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is hyper-endemic in injecting drug users. There is also excess HCV among non-injection drug users who smoke, snort, or sniff heroin, cocaine, crack, or methamphetamine. Methods:To summarize the research literature on HCV in drug users

Health ministry official Gao Qiang said, "This is a severe food safety accident," and added those responsible would be "severe" punished.

Jacob Makeke, 48 was hospitalized after being kicked in the stomach by a cow while working as a farm laborer in 1996.

Chronologically your patient may be 35 or 40, but biologically they may have the heart and lungs of an older person, indicating that something might be wrong. I-M Health measures the rate at which individual body regions are ageing, as

The first annual National Patient Satisfaction Survey of the Home Oxygen Service, published today, was commissioned jointly by the Department of Health and oxygen suppliers and is an important measure of the quality of care patients receive to show satisfaction

Lipid-lowering medication reduces blood cholesterol levels, an important risk factor for CVD. Under the absolute-risk approach, the decision to use this medication to treat people at risk of CVD depends on the estimated overall level of risk based on multiple

It has made global headlines recently: hospitals are facing a shortage of radio isotopes which means that patients will have to wait longer for cancer diagnosis. Only a handful of reactors around the world manufacture the isotope, technetium-99m, which is

We are making high-quality DNA available at price points that are affordable to any research laboratory during these tough budgetary times," stated Kevin Krenitsky MD, Chief Executive Officer of BioServe. "This will result in many more investigators who will be