Using commercially available software to enhance breast scans done by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reduces the number of false positive identifications of malignant tumors and the subsequent need for biopsies, according to a new study.
amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, will grant almost $1.2 million for 10 new research projects aimed at increasing understanding of the social and biological factors that influence the treatment of HIV/AIDS, Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR?s vice president of research.
Working parents are more able to care for their chronically ill children when given greater access to federal and employer-provided time off from their jobs, according to a RAND Corporation study issued.
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a division of Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), provides comment on the Women?s Health Initiative (WHI) Coronary Artery Calcium Study published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
More than 1,500 participants from around the world are exchanging lessons learned from their efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS and to care for sufferers at a four-day United Nations-backed meeting in Rwanda.
In this week?s PLoS Medicine, three psychiatrists working in India and Pakistan debate how best to improve the care of the 25 million people living with schizophrenia in low and middle income countries.
Consultation seeks to stimulate debate on New Deal for Carers. Details of a huge national debate on how to improve the future of the nation’s six million carers were released today by Care Services Minister, Ivan Lewis.
Researchers have found that the probability of the breast cancer gene mutation BRCA among women with a history of breast cancer is greater when the number of older, female relatives in the family is smaller, according to a study in the June 20 issue of JAMA.
Statement on the Ovarian Cancer Symptoms Consensus issued from the Ovarian & Gynecologic Cancer Coalition/Rhonda’s Club and In My Sister’s Care:
New research, revealing the true extent of abuse suffered by older people in the UK, was released today by Comic Relief, Chief Executive, Kevin Cahill and Health Minster, Ivan Lewis.