This review from the Journal of Emergency Medicine (full text via Medscape) may be the best evidence synthesis available on the topic. It deals
There's one benefit to having children besides the joy they can bring you: tax breaks. CCH, a provider of tax information and services, released
Exposing a female fetus to a chemical found in plastics causes permanent changes in a daughter's uterus that might result in cancer - and a
The list of health benefits for people who were breastfed as babies is growing, with research unveiled this week showing they are more likely as
Obese patients with colon cancer are at greater risk for death or recurrent disease compared to those who are within a normal weight range,
BARCELONA- On Monday evening I moderated a panel on corporate venture financing at BIO-Europe Spring, joined by Roel Bulthuis, the head of Merck
@FierceBiotech: Between 4Q07 and 4Q09, 25 percentof US public biotechs disappeared (half via M&A), says BIO.| Follow @FierceBiotech
PHARMACEUTICAL giant Merck is being urged to settle with hundreds of Australian heart attack victims after a Federal Court judge found the
The New Jersey Superior Court Case (Middlesex County) of Baker v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP is now focusing on the drug manufacturer’s
Watch here.MARCIA ANGELL: Well, if you get-- I think it was Senator Rockefeller who said, I mean, that was a wonderful comment he made in the
St. Jude Medical is touting results of a recently published study that analyzed the clinical benefits of frequent and regular left atrial
The Third Eye Retroscope from Avantis Medical Systems (Sunnyvale, CA) is getting some good reviews in two studies just published in
Rcadia Medical Imaging out of Haifa, Israel won European approval for the COR Analyzer software for identifying coronary artery stenosis from
ThermalTherapeuticSystems of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania received FDA regulatory approval to market the VERATHERM Portable Hyperthermic Perfusion
Researchers at the City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution (ESPCI) have shown that opaque substances can
Next week at the Intercompany Long Term Care Insurance Conference (ILTCI) in New Orleans, Robosoft a company out of Bidart, France, will unveil
Nuance Communications (Burlington, MA), makers of the popular Dragon Naturally Speaking voice recognition software, have unveiled new smart
Three years ago, Thailand made waves by threatening to issue compulsory licenses for several best-selling meds, including Abbott Labs’ Kaletra
In a briefing yesterday about social media, the PhRMA trade group reiterated its proposal that the FDA should allow drugmakers to use a
The drugmaker is adding four new senior positions to “promote highly ethical and compliant behaviors” as part of a settlement of two
Travel can be rewarding in more ways than oneTravel medicine is not formally recognized as a specialty in Canada. Travel medicine consultations
More nutritional child abuse.Obese children are less likely to survive CPR in the hospital, according to research published online February 22nd
Kudos, fatsos.The average age of patients presenting with a first stroke in the greater Cincinnati area dropped nearly three years from 71.3 in
Rumors suggest our office, at some point, will be "forced" to fork over $30,000, or more, to convert to an EHR (Electronic Health Records)
I know, it’s raining or snowing, the sky is gray, you’re chilly, your feet are cold, you feel gray, tired.Well, this won’t be a shocker,
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology of HHS (the Department of Health and Human Services) has issued a