As part of a continuing effort to ensure the American public has the most accurate and truthful knowledge available when making critical healthcare decisions, the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS) strongly supports H.R. 2260, the Healthcare Truth and Transparency...

Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced nowadays that it has received final approval from the US FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Simvastatin Tablets 10mg, 20mg, 40mg and 80mg. Lupin’s Simvastatin Tablets are the AB-rated generic equivalent of Merck’s Zocor(R) tablets....

Using an innovative statistical approach, a research team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California, Los Angeles, has identified two regions of DNA linked to autism. They found the suspicious DNA with a much smaller sample of citizens than has been used...

The Starkey Hearing Foundation, a world leader in promoting hearing health awareness, is announcing its “Don’t Say What?” hearing loss prevention campaign in May for Better Hearing Month. Starkey is partnering with platinum country recording artist and three-time Grammy winner Trisha...

The IMMULITE®/IMMULITE® 1000 and IMMULITE® 2000 Free PSA tests are lab tests, used along with digital rectal examination, to help diagnose prostate cancer in men age 50 years and older. The tests degree how much free prostate-specific antigen (fPSA)… (Approved: 5/11/2007) Original post by Patricia...

When I’m in the middle of a major migraine attack, there are few things worse than a bright computer screen.  On the other hand, sometimes doing something on the computer can get my intellect off the pain.  So, I dim the screen a lot. On some computers, that is easy.  On others,...

The likelihood of developing bipolar disorder depends in part on the combined, small effects of variations in many different genes in the brain, none of which is energetic ample to cause the disease by itself, a new study shows. However, targeting the enzyme produced by one of these genes could lead...

Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and Virginia Tech biological sciences associate professor Chris Lawrence is teaming up with Mayo Clinic on a $2.4 million project funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The work could help researchers develop treatments, diagnostic...

Dr. Quinn’s new book reviews the most up-to-date research on the use of antidepressants in bipolar disorder and provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of entire spectrum of bipolar disorders. Eric Harris, one of the shooters at Columbine, was on an antidepressant...

Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) was among the most discussed issues at April’s worldwide Combined Otolaryngology Spring assembly (COSM) in San Diego. The only medical device designed to detect LPR, the Restech Dx-pH Measurement System™ was featured in a comparative study presented during a poster...

Crohn’s disease is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder of the intestinal tract that affects an estimated 0.15% of society in the developedworld. Common symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea, but the disorder is often associated with debilitating clinical complications. Researchersfrom...