NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research hints that the social and sexual networks of Black gay men, constrained by the preferences and attitudes of non-Black gay men, may explain the risk of more rapid spread of HIV, the virus

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A telemedicine program designed to help Medicare beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes take care of their health didn't cut costs, and had only a "modest" effect on patients' health, researchers report in the journal Diabetes

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study published Monday strengthens the evidence that long-distance travel can lead to potentially fatal blood clots in some people -- showing that the risk grows in tandem with the length of the trip.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The vaccine against the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer would have to be a lot cheaper in order for it to be cost effective in the Netherlands, and probably in other countries

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - By the age of 5, most triplets are on par with their peers in mental and emotional development, but those born at the lowest weights may still lag behind, according to a study published Monday.

On Wednesday, July 15, 2009, St. Mary's Hospital and Dean Health System orthopedic surgeons will offer viewers the rare opportunity to see a total hip replacement surgery up close. The procedure will be broadcast live over the internet from 4

TRIST study, evaluating TroVax plus standard of care against placebo plus standard of care

Fund to be used in the production of new antibiotics

The study showed long term safety of Lantus as compared to NPH

EMR to equip Metcare physicians with paperless patient information

Demonstrates nevirapine to be associated with increase in HDL cholesterol and overall improvement in total HDL cholesterol ratio

Prescription painkillers made her retch. Muscle relaxants ravaged her liver. So Jean Marlowe put down her pills and rolled a joint. "I tried marijuana, and in five minutes, my stomach stopped shaking for the first time in five years," said

As a committed Republican activist, it has not been easy coming forward and describing my experience with cancer and medical marijuana. I kept quiet for years after I successfully used marijuana to relieve my nausea when expensive prescription drugs had

WINDSOR - Although the debate about medical marijuana may be heated, there is one group in Windsor working to help share information and provide the medicine itself. In Harmony Wellness is the only medicinal marijuana clinic in town. Recently opened

South Lake Tahoe city attorneys Jacqueline Mittelstadt and Patrick Enright have signaled police will begin enforcement against three medical marijuana providers who have opened in South Lake Tahoe over the past year. Possession of amounts of marijuana in excess of

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The EU-funded CASBLiP project was conceived to integrate the image processing and acoustic mapping technologies into a single, portable device that could be worn by blind people and help them to navigate outdoors.

A research project focusing on quality and patient safety in hospitals has been offered €3 million from the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme - Health. The Jönköping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare is one of six collaborating project

Health officials on the North Coast of New South Wales say there is now an epidemic of whooping cough in the region and they are advising young children and those who have close contact with them to be vaccinated.

Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have found a connection between DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 and aggressive brain cancer known as glioblastoma. The findings are reported in the current online issue