Pregnancy at age 40 and beyond is an independent risk factor for intrauterine fetal demise or stillbirth, according to an abstract presented by Yale School of Medicine researchers at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Conference February 10 in San Francisco.
Standing with the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and national labor and civic leaders, SEIU helped launch a historic, new cooperative effort with the goal of fundamentally changing the nation?s broken health care system.
UCSD Medical Center has announced plans to pursue discussions with Sharp Memorial Hospital toward a potential collaboration in heart transplantation.
The new national study showing higher-than-expected incidences of autism comes as no surprise to special education personnel and autism advocates, says a special education professor at the University of Indianapolis.
Michel Kazatchkine, France’s ambassador for HIV/AIDS and communicable diseases, was selected to lead a multi-billion-dollar fund the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
A joint statement released by the health ministry and Abbott to reduce the price of Kaletra in Thailand to increase access to the drug among HIV-positive people who have developed resistance to other antiretrovirals.
NHS Health authorities have announced a plan to reward hospitals for low death and infection rates and few readmissions.
Today the Rhode Island Department of Health was notified of a confirmed case of Neisseria Meningococcemia in a resident of an assisted living residence in Rhode Island (resident did not develop meningitis).
Antibiotics to treat respiratory infections can increase resistance to the drugs, Belgian scientists reported the findings in The Lancet medical journal.
People with advanced cancer felt they received little or no spiritual support from religious communities and the medical system, according to a new survey. However, those who did receive such support reported a better quality of life.