“In my State of the State Message, I pledged to reform our health care system to make health care affordable for each person, family, business, and for government”, said New York Governor Eliot Spitzer at the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
What is nanotechnology? How is nanotechnology expected to transform medicine and health care in the future? How can nanomedicine help the truly needy in developing countries? And what are the challenges of ensuring that nanotechnology meets the specific health needs of Third World peoples? These questions are the focus of an event and live Web cast at noon Tuesday, Feb_27 in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Antibodies that selectively bind and destroy cancer cells represent some of the most promising cancer therapy approaches being developed today.
With $2.5 million in new support from the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Adult and Child Mental Health Center, Inc. are evaluating the effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment.
The General Medical Council has today published its key aims and objectives for 2007.
Giving patients prior information about diagnostic tests can help improve patient outcomes and give reassurance, says a new BMJ study.
Allergy shots are effective and safe for reducing symptoms of hay fever, according to a new review.
New Joslin-led study uncovers role of appetite-related melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) in the brain to beta cell growth and insulin secretion. Findings may lead to treatments that stimulate insulin production.
Researchers at UC Davis have created a new type of nanoparticles that could be used in tests for environmental pollution or contamination of food products, and for medical diagnostics.
New research has shown a possible association between a popular magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent and the incidence of a rare disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with kidney disease, according to an editorial appearing in the March issue of Radiology.