Health watchdogs have warned Government reforms could harm patient care and “undermine” the future of the NHS. The British Medical Association (BMA) urged against what it suggested were “arbitrary” cuts, a “slash…
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Drugs giants cashing in by ‘inventing’ low libido label in women
Drug companies have invented the ‘problem’ of low libido in women so that they can sell new drugs, research claims. The pharmaceutical industry is accused of creating the label of ‘female sexual…
GSK pulls Simplirix herpes vaccine
GlaxoSmithKline has decided not to pursue further worldwide development of Simplirix, an experimental vaccine intended to prevent genital herpes disease in women. The decision was made after studying the results of a…
Funds needed “for older population”
The government needs to prepare funding and new policies to provide for the increasing number of people in the UK who are living past the age of 100, the Age UK charity…
It’s not ADHD, Sir, it’s in my genes. . .
It is always tempting to ascribe bad behaviour, whether our own or someone else’s, to an external factor, which reassures us that no one is really to blame: the fault, dear Brutus,…
EDIMS Announces Interface With Proven Healthcare Solutions’ New Admission Screening Service
EDIMS, provider of electronic medical record (EMR) solutions specifically for emergency departments (EDs), announced its new interface capability with Proven Healthcare Solutions (PHS), a state-of-the-art provider of real-time medical necessity admission review…
UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center wins $11.5M grant for pancreatic cancer research
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center, in collaboration with the University of Minnesota, has won an $11.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to explore groundbreaking pancreatic cancer…
Achillion initiates ACH-1625 Phase II dosing for HCV infection
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ACHN), a leader in the discovery and development of small molecule drugs to combat the most challenging infectious diseases, today announced that the Company has initiated patient dosing in…
Just enough sleep leads to a long life
A new study, derived from novel sleep research conducted by University of California, San Diego researchers 14 years earlier, suggests that the secret to a long life may come with just enough…
Researchers study potential of menstrual blood-derived stem cells for stroke therapy
USF, Cryo-Cell and Saneron collaborate on Florida-funded biotech project The potential for stem cells derived from menstrual blood to benefit stroke sufferers will be jointly investigated by researchers at the University of…
Analyzing the Pros and Cons of Medical Tourism
Affordable healthcare treatments have become a thing of the past, with the unstoppable soaring of medical bills today, citizens of developed countries like the US and Canada are compelled to find refuge…
Researchers discover key leukemia defense mechanism
Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher Steven Grant, M.D., and a team of VCU Massey researchers have uncovered the mechanism by which leukemia cells trigger a protective response when exposed to…
Swedish Medical Center researcher receives NIH grants to study pregnancy complications
Michelle A. Williams, Sc.D., co-director and principal investigator at the Center for Perinatal Studies at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle and Professor of Epidemiology and Global Health at the University of Washington,…
CSHL professor receives NIH grant to study mechanism behind autism and schizophrenia
Anthony Zador, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Program Chair in Neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), has been awarded a $2.17 million, 5-year grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)’s…
Albert Einstein College of Medicine receives grant to study role of proteins in health and disease
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University a five-year, $30 million grant to study the structure and function of thousands of…