A rabies-based vaccine protects monkeys against SIV, the simian equivalent of HIV, a finding that may help in efforts to develop an AIDS vaccine, say U.S. researchers.

Most home-based child-care providers meet nutrition standards but don't give children enough physical activity, allowing them to spend too much time in front of the TV, a new study contends.

The Democrats may just pass their health care reform bill by Christmas, a nice Christmas gift and end of the year win for

New findings show that marijuana and

Results of a new study show that ten to fifteen percent of women participating in a phone study were found to affected by disordered eating.

In consultation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., is expanding its voluntary recall of Tylenol Arthritis Pain Caplet 100 count bott

Yes, the weather outside is frightful, and soon you will have to think about shoveling snow. But should you be the one doing the work?

The World Health Organization (WHO) wants to make sure scientists recognize that climate change has an impact on health as well as the environment.

According to Stuart Warden, a researcher who studies musculoskeletal health and sports medicine, athletes who ritualistically take NSAID's to prevent post event and workout soreness and inflammation m

A new research has discovered that only half of American children and teenagers who are diagnosed with

Williamette Shelling of Newberg, Oregon is recalling 114,350 pounds of shelled hazelnuts nationwide because of potential contamination with salmonella.

A new study from Brown University Center forand Addiction Studies in Providence, Rhode I

The effectiveness of PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screening on reducing prostate cancer mortality has been given a boost with new data from the European Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC). This shows the true impact to be far higher

Supplementation with a selenium-based antioxidant compound decreased the risk of developing new polyps of the large bowel - called colorectal metachronous adenomas - in people who previously had colorectal polyps removed.

The natural compound xanthohumol blocks the effects of the male hormone testosterone, therefore aiding in the prevention of prostate cancer.

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. announced that Ruth Pettengell, M.D. of St. George's Hospital, University of London during a session at the 2009 American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting updated results from the pivotal phase III EXTEND (PIX 301) clinical trial of

There have been significant scientific advances in the field of blood cancers, and leading experts continue to gain a better understanding of how certain diseases progress in order to discover new treatment options and provide patients with the best care.

GlaxoSmithKline announced updated long-term survival data from two Phase II studies of BEXXAR (tositumomab and iodine I-131 tositumomab) used in either patients with previously untreated cancer of the immune system (follicular lymphoma) or in patients with cancer of the lymphocytes

Arrayit Diagnostics, Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Arrayit Corporation, announced that it has signed an exclusive License Agreement with Wayne State University to key intellectual property covering discoveries of biomarkers of ovarian cancer.

Investigators publish new data in the report 'GM3 synthase overexpression results in reduced cell motility and in caveolin-1 upregulation in human ovarian carcinoma cells.' According to recent research from Italy, In this paper, we describe the effects of the expression