High blood pressure is a problem that cannot be cured perfectly but theblood pressure levels in a person can be...

The ovaries aren't easily accessible for examination, unlike a woman's skin or breast or cervix. And the symptoms that accompany ovarian cancer are vague and can be confused with other less life-threatening conditions.

Anesthesiologists at Penn State Hershey testing a simple color-coding system in simulated emergency room situations said the universal system could help prevent some of the 1.5 million adverse drug reactions each year caused by medication mistakes. These mistakes cost the

TORONTO, Oct. 18 -- Canada declared a chemical widely used in food packaging a toxic substance on Saturday and will now move to ban plastic baby bottles containing bisphenol A.

Chronic health problems are keeping more than 650,000 older Australians out of the workforce, new research has found.

Background:Myxopapillary ependymomas (MPE) occur in the filum terminale of the spinal cord, but also present in extra-spinal locations such as subcutaneous tissue and brain. They are slow growing grade I gliomas. Areas of solid growth pattern with aggregates of cells

Background:Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most frequently encountered tumor in the adult kidney. Many factors are known to take part in the development and progression of this tumor. Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-KappaB) is a family of

Anterior pelvic ring disruptions are often associated with injuries to the genitourinary structures with the potential for considerable resultant morbidity. Herniation of the bladder into the symphyseal region after injury with subsequent entrapment upon reduction of the symphyseal diastasis has

Background:Neck pain is a significant health problem in modern society. There is evidence to suggest that neck muscle strength is reduced in patients with neck pain. This article provides a critical analysis of the research literature on the clinimetric properties

While he jokes now that he "beat the rush," the 22-year-old North Bay police constable turns serious when recalling his bout with E. coli during an outbreak that, as of Sunday, may have sickened upwards of 159 people, mostly in

The NCDMHR, established last year with funding from the National Institutes of Health, aims to study long-term recovery from disasters, focusing on mental health. Hurricane Ike is the first opportunity to deploy the research teams, who will be on the

Preclinical in-vitro and in-vivo studies of RDEA119 have demonstrated synergistic activity across multiple tumor types when RDEA119 is used in combination with other anti-cancer agents, including sorafenib. This Phase 1/2 study in patients with advanced cancer will evaluate the safety,

With more than half of all unintended pregnancies in the United States occurring among couples who used some type of birth control, it's very troubling that the majority of women are not confident in their contraceptive methods," said Mary Jane

We are excited to begin the first ACE-011 Phase 2 study in multiple myeloma patients suffering from cancer-related bone loss," said Matthew Sherman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Acceleron. "We have encouraging results from Phase 1 studies with ACE-011, and

Along with recent approvals in China and South Korea in the Asia-Pacific region, this approval provides an important treatment option for women in Australia with metastatic breast cancer," said Patrick Soon-Shiong, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Abraxis BioScience.

David joins The Cochrane Collaboration from his current role as Editorial Director of the BMJ Group's "Knowledge" division, responsible for BMJ Clinical Evidence and its sister product BestTreatments.

The study shows that integrating TB and HIV treatment and care saves lives," says Salim S. Abdool Karim, MD, PhD, professor of clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health and director of the Centre for the AIDS Program

However the Statement adds that physicians recognize they must take into account the structure of the health system and available resources.

Over the past four years, AVMA leadership worked to develop a set of five goals to guide the association into the future, emphasizing legislative advocacy, workforce shortages, education, animal welfare, and economic viability. In a survey of membership, members identified

A team of neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), studying this phenomenon in rats, has demonstrated that "spike timing" in cortical neurons can influence behavior even at minuscule time intervals, more precise than previously imagined. Experiments focusing on the