Hearings will begin on June 11th at the U.S. Federal Claims Court to determine if autism is linked to vaccines and their components, including the mercury-based preservative thimerosal. As the Autism Omnibus Proceeding approaches, parents of children diagnosed with autism are calling attention to the conflicts of interest they believe continue to threaten the safety of vaccines.
In the first scientific study of its kind, shark cartilage extract, AE-941 or Neovastat, has shown no benefit as a therapeutic agent when combined with chemotherapy and radiation for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Craving is an important contributor to the development and maintenance of alcoholism. New findings show that appetite-regulating peptides leptin and ghrelin influence alcohol craving.
Non-profit Kaiser Permanente, one of the state’s largest health insurers, reported today a $1.2 billion revenue increase and a “profit” of $698 million up from $448 million over last year.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US? largest provider of HIV/AIDS healthcare, education and prevention and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, lauded the Government of Thailand for its vow to continue with plans to issue compulsory licenses for the manufacturing and importing of generic versions of lifesaving drugs, including AIDS drugs, despite the fact that the office of United States Trade Representative (USTR), earlier this week elevated Thailand to its ?Priority Watch? List.
With obesity, diabetes and other diet-related maladies on the rise in the United States, are healthy choices available when eating out? In an interview study of top executives at major U.S. restaurant chains, researchers found that the message is mixed.
Consumers enduring double-digit health insurance increases joined Assemblyman Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) and consumer advocates today to support Jones’ legislation requiring HMOs and health insurers to justify their rates and get approval for increases.
An independent United Nations rights expert denounced a campaign by Filipino milk companies to promote breast-milk substitutes for manipulating UN data to protect their huge profits regardless of the interest of a country where 16,000 children under 5 died in 2003 from improper feeding practices including infant formula.
Matria Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:MATR) announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December_31, 2006.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) market study has today recommended a fundamental reform of the drug pricing system in the UK, which would see the current profit and price controls replaced with a value-based approach to pricing.