Revenues of IT companies have been growing at a healthy rate but US-based firms witnessed higher revenue growth than their Indian...

Troubled pop star Britney Spears has fuelled speculation she is pregnant again, after sneaking into a clinic for a health check...

Kolkata, May 16 : The report of Bhopal based Animal Disease Laboratory has confirmed the outbreak of bird flu at Pool Bazar Bijanbari block in Darjeeling sub division of the District....

Washington, May 16 : While actor Patrick Swayze is battling pancreatic cancer, three top doctors have offered him a sure-shot cure with their new revolutionary treatments....

Washington, May 16 : Scientists at The Wistar Institute have developed a new type of enzyme inhibitor that can deactivate proteins called phosphatidyl-inositol-3-kinases (PI3Ks), which are crucial to cancer...

London, May 16 : Forcefully flashing your teeth at work is dangerous for health, scientists have...

Washington, May 16 : Researchers from University of Minnesota have identified a molecular mechanism that may explain the onset of sun-induced skin...

Washington, May 16 : A research team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has reported the development of bacteria-resistant films applied to medical devices and other surfaces to ward off microbial accumulation....

Washington, May 16 : A new research has found that lack of exposure to sunlight, specifically ultraviolet B (UVB), is clearly linked to breast...

Washington, May 16 : Doctors' dependence on radiology studies such as CT scans and ultrasound for breast cancer therapy could soon become...

Washington, May 16 : In a new study on mice, genetic researchers have pinpointed hundreds of genes that may have a major role to play in the development of...

Washington, May 16 : Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have challenged the long-held assumptions about high salt intake, by finding that high-salt diets may not increase the risk of...

TORONTO - Canada's state-owned atomic energy company said Friday that it is scrapping development of a nuclear reactor project designed to produce medical radioisotopes after it failed a number of...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Studies of drugs that may stop the spread of many cancers -- vaccines for brain tumors, treatments that prevent bone metastases, vitamins that may improve...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Pfizer announced today that study results across several difficult-to-treat cancers will be presented at the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology...

Seven patients have been put into isolation following an outbreak of a highly toxic strain of C difficile in Aberdeen and Glasgow.The bug was said to be a contributory, but not the main cause of...

May 15 2008 by Gregory Tindle, South Wales Echo Miss Wales Kelly Pesticcio proves you can have brains as well as beauty. Greg Tindle spoke to the newly-qualified doctor about life in two very...

May 15 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail FAMILIES affected by the deadly E.coli outbreak accused councils of giving “rogue trader” William Tudor a licence to sell contaminated...

Charmaine Noronha May 16, 2008 - 6:20 p.m. TORONTO (AP) - Canadian energy officials Friday scrapped development of a nuclear reactor project to produce radioactive isotopes for the diagnoses of...

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more was caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said...

May 15 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, South Wales Echo ONE of the councils involved in the E.coli outbreak said it hoped William Tudor’s conscience was troubling him. In his closing statement...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT By Bradley J. Fikes, North County Times, Escondido, Calif. May 15--As some other companies trim their payrolls, Scripps Health is hiring, big time. The...

‘People are playing God with other people’s lives’ A MUM with bowel cancer has issued a plea for help from her hospice bed after health officials turned down her request for a...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Glenn Dewberry, a family medicine physician, is the newest member to join the team at Mercy Health Bethany, 2701 N. Rockwell Ave. Dewberry previously...

May 14 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail First Minister Rhodri Morgan said organ donation is the “biggest single gift” a person can give the health service. Speaking at the...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT By Lynn Anderson, The Baltimore Sun May 16--It wasn't the fluoride varnish --dabbed on her baby teeth by a medical assistant -- that made little Denisha...

May 14 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail AN 85-YEAR-OLD man had to wait 45 minutes for an emergency ambulance to arrive after an accident. Bernard LeClaire was bleeding heavily from a...

May 15 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, South Wales Echo E.COLI butcher William Tudor was a “rogue trader” who was given a licence to continue supplying sub-standard meat to vulnerable...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Consumers concerned about an influenza outbreak can breathe a little easier: 3M has just released two new NIOSH N95 respirators for use by the general...

May 14 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail DOCTORS gave Tara Yasmin Jones just 24 hours to live after her liver was destroyed by a virus. The bug had been circulating among students in...

May 14 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, South Wales Echo ORGAN donation is the “biggest single gift” a person can give the health service, according to First Minister Rhodri Morgan. ...

May 14 2008 by Madeleine Brindley, Western Mail THE E.coli public inquiry will resume today as the main participants make their closing statements. The inquiry has already heard six weeks of...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 12:00 CDT Alliance Imaging, Inc. (NYSE:AIQ), a leading health care services provider of diagnostic imaging services, announced that Paul S. Viviano, Chairman of the...

Bhubaneswar, May 16: The state directorate of family welfare started a State Maternal and Child Survival Cell on Thursday to accelerate implementation of reproductive and child health-II...

But the more recommendations a cancer survivor did meet, the better his or her health-related quality of life (HRQoL), Dr. Christopher Blanchard, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, and...

FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- A panel of 15 genes may help determine which patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer will experience a recurrence and, therefore, benefit the most from...

FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- New details about the immune cells thought to be responsible for type 1 diabetes are revealed in a study by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT CapMed, a division of Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: BITI) and a leader in interactive personal health management solutions, today announced that...

India is one of the few countries allowed to send aid to Burma A team of 50 Indian medical personnel is being sent to Burma to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis, following a request by the...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT FARMINGTON - A special luminaria (candle lantern) ceremony will be held during the American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Franklin County to remember...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT PITTSBURGH, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- UPMC for Life, the Medicare product of UPMC Health Plan, is the Pennsylvania state sponsor for the 15th annual National...

Elaine Farrell deals with insurance forms and rules every day at the dental office where she works. But she recently found out that she's as much a novice as anyone else when it comes to general...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Health regulators warned again Friday that Roche and Novartis drugs prescribed to organ transplant patients can cause miscarriages and birth defects when used by pregnant...

FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally-invasive laparoscopic surgery and open surgery for colon cancer produce similar outcomes, according to researchers who reviewed findings from 12...

Just 5 percent of U.S. cancer survivors are meeting experts' recommendations on diet, physical activity and cigarette smoking, a new survey shows.But the more recommendations a cancer survivor did...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT A BARBECUE is to be held in The Royal Terrace Hotel Gardens to raise funds for Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre in Edinburgh. The event is being organised by...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 15:00 CDT A Canadian scientist says he's found a way to trigger a protein that causes cells to fight cancer-causing agents, such as ultraviolet radiation. University...

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings said Friday it will launch the first commercial gene methylation test for key tissue markers in prostate cancer. The assay detects the status of key genes that...

Taking Control of Your Diabetes will hold a conference for people living with diabetes on May 31st from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Taking Control of Your Diabetes is...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Wednesday released a revised fiscal year 2009 state budget that includes deeper cuts to health and social service programs than previously proposed,...