The Alzheimer’s organization released its third set of Dementia Care Practice Recommendations for Assisted Living Residences and Nursing Homes. The Recommendations focus on improving the end of life experience for public with Alzheimer’s and other dementias by offering concrete suggestions...

U.S. Census Bureau details released that week shows a rise in the number of American lost health insurance. The Census Bureau documents shows that 47 million citizens did not have coverage in 2006, up from 44.8 million in 2005. The number of children without healthcare coverage additionally rose to 8.7...

The split-bolus (cross sectional) MDCT urography technique reduces both radiation dose and number of images produced, according to a recent study conducted by radiologists from Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA and VA Palo Alto Health Care System in Palo Alto, CA.”Since CT...

Graphic images illustrating the devastating effects that tobacco can have on health will be printed on all tobacco packets from next year Health Secretary Alan Johnson announced final day. The 15 images to be used were chosen following a consultation in 2006, market research and a public vote....

Filed under: Survivor Spotlight Lesa, How did you find out you had breast cancer? I found out during a routine annual mammography. Something didn’t look right and I was urged to follow up with a surgeon for a biopsy. The official word came from him a week later. What types of breast cancer treatments...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Evithrom (human thrombin), a blood-clotting protein used to help control bleeding during surgery.Evithrom is the first human thrombin approved since 1954 and is the only product currently licensed. It is derived from human plasma obtained from carefully...

The National Medical organization — which represents 30,000 black physicians in the U.S. and other countries — has called on the government to tackle HIV/AIDS, NMA President Albert Morris said at the association’s annual conference and Scientific Assembly, which is being held that week...

Dia-B Tech Limited (ASX:DIA) has achieved a major clinical milestone of its ISF402 diabetes drug development by confirming its detection in the bloodstream of trial patients. Peptides and proteins already existing in the bloodstream often mask small peptide drugs, making drug evaluation unreliable....

A multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego has determined the structure of a protein found in cells that shows potential as a target for the development of new drugs to treat diabetes. The study, published September 4 in the journal Proceedings of the National...

GE Healthcare announced that it has signed an agreement with Novation for GE’s advanced radiology and cardiology image and knowledge management technologies. Novation is the health care contracting services company for VHA Inc. and the University Health System Consortium, two national health care...

As records go, that isn’t the one to defeat: Mississippi recently became the first state in the nation to have 30% of its citizens qualify as obese. Health experts have several theories why Mississippi is now “the fattest state,” including the fact that it’s one of the poorest...