Today, AARP endorsed the Part D Equity for Low-Income Seniors Act, introduced by U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Gordon Smith (R-OR), that would help people with limited incomes on Medicare get the prescription drugs they need.
Today, the long-awaited federally funded evaluation of abstinence-only-until-marriage programs was released showing that the programs had no impact on teen behavior.
Researchers at the University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center have found that nitric oxide plays an important role in tumor cell survival following treatment with radiation therapy.
“About 11:00 o?clock on Wednesday night there were three loud explosions outside my house, and I looked out and saw flaming wires falling to the ground,? said Carolyn Keith. ?Then all the lights went out all up and down Ferry Street where I live, and I lost power at my house too.?
New research shows that gay and bisexual men are more satisfied with sexual health services in England and Wales than they were in the late 1990s.
The increase in shift-work among junior doctors could have a detrimental effect on the NHS of the future warns a junior doctor in this week?s BMJ.
A little-understood medical condition ? which affects millions of older people in Britain ? is to be studied at The University of Nottingham. David Humes of the Division of Gastroenterology, in The School of Medical and Surgical Sciences, has gained funding from Help the Aged and the Royal College of Surgeons to explore how the pain caused by diverticular disease can be reduced.
Childhood obesity is increasing among the general population in Canada, but the statistics are even more alarming among First Nations, Inuit and M?tis children.
A new study in Psychophysiology confirms a surprising fact ? men who have undergone chemical castration for conditions such as prostate cancer experience hot flashes similar to those experienced by menopausal women.
Monitoring patients’ health by phone can make a real difference to people with chronic heart failure, according to a study published on bmj.com.