Since successful antiretroviral therapies have made HIV a treatable condition, more HIV patients who are also infected with hepatitis B or C are experiencing the progression of their liver disease. In the face of this novel challenge, experts in the field convened to share information and opinions on the management of such patients.
People can be encouraged to walk for up to 30-60 minutes more per week if they are given the right kind of help, finds a study published on bmj.com today. This could make a valuable contribution to improving public health.
After July 1, smokers who comply with the smoking ban in England by lighting up outside a public building instead of in it could face an on the spot fine for littering.
More than 92 percent of Illinois dentists provide oral cancer examinations for their patients, but many are not performing the procedures thoroughly or at optimum intervals, according to a new University of Illinois at Chicago study.
Could tons of neurotoxic mercury now stored in the United States wind up in the hands of poverty-stricken gold miners in developing countries and eventually be released into the environment, where it could end up entering the human food chain” An article scheduled for the May 28 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS’ weekly newsmagazine, explores that possibility in a script that reads like an environmental version of the hit film, Blood Diamond.
Infants are able to comprehend when a different language is spoken by watching the shapes and rhythm of the speaker’s mouth and face movements, revealed by researchers.
The General Medical Council (GMC) has launched a consultation to find out how doctors and patients can best work together to make decisions about treatment.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced its intention to take action against companies that market unapproved drug products in timed-release dosage form that contain guaifenesin, a substance commonly used in medicines to relieve cough and cold symptoms by stimulating removal of mucous from the lungs.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to buy or eat imported fish labeled as monkfish, which actually may be puffer fish, containing a potentially deadly toxin called tetrodotoxin. Eating puffer fish that contain this potent toxin can result in serious illness or death.
At four months, babies can tell whether a speaker has switched to a different language from visual cues alone, according to a University of British Columbia study.