Rapid HIV tests have been found to be highly effective in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission in clinical trials in India, according to a study published online Tuesday in PLoS Medicine, the Times of India reports (Sinha, Times of India, 5/7). For the study, the researchers used

Depression and Anxiety Are Common, But So Is HelpA diagnosis of breast cancer is one of the most devastating things a woman can hear. After such shocking news, it is...

Two thirds of GB adults of all ages (67 per cent) think the present Government is not taking older people seriously, according to new research launched today (9th May)(1). Figures from leading older people's charity Help the Aged show that three-quarters (74 per cent) of older people themselves believe the Government isn't responding to their needs.

Multi-disciplinary, multi-faceted and multi-lingual clinic offering comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of pediatric sarcomas. (PRWeb May 8, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/pediatricsarcomas/sarcomasurgeons/prweb925054.htm

The area is called Miramar - a dry, dusty arroyo that just happens to be the home for hundreds of impoverished Mexicans; mostly children. This area is the town dump where vultures fight over discarded fish heads, a perpetual fire burns with noxious fumes, and the stench of rotting garbage assaults your nostrils with each breath. Off in the distance, there is a clear view of the azure blue Sea of Cortez; beaches lined with multimillion dollar haciendas owned by wealthy Americans and Canadians. A Holland America cruise ship can be seen in the distance, discharging elderly passengers for a day of shopping.

A new study suggests that American adults who usually sleep fewer than 6 hours a night are more likely to have poor health habits than those who sleep 7 to 8 hours. The findings also suggest a similar poor pattern of health behaviours for those who usually sleep 9 hours or more. However, the authors were keen to stress that the finding do not prove that too much or too little sleep causes poor health behaviours, or the other way around.

According to CDC data , cigarette smoking is the single most preventable cause of premature death in the United States, with more than 400,000 Americans dying from cigarette smoking each year (one in every five deaths in the United States is smoking related). Exposure to secondhand smoke (or environmental tobacco smoke) causes an estimated 3,000 deaths from lung cancer, alone, among American adults, and according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health. They also found that the deleterious effects of the exposure remain in the body for at least 24 hours, much longer than previously thought : According to the study, a 30-minute exposure to the level of secondhand smoke that one might normally inhale in an average bar setting was enough to result in blood vessel injury in young and otherwise healthy lifelong nonsmokers. Compounding the injury to the blood vessels themselves, the exposure to smoke impedes the function of the body's natural repair mechanisms that are activated in the face of the blood vessels' injury, the researchers report. Many of these effects persisted 24 hours later.

It's time once again for global asthma education and awareness, on World Asthma Day 2008. World Asthma Day is a partnership between health care groups and asthma educators to raise awareness...

Oncore(r), the most widely adopted clinical trials management software system among cancer clinical research centers, is undergoing a makeover. In anticipation of the National Cancer Institute's cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (NCI caBIG(tm)) Silver Compatibility Certification process for vendor software, PercipEnz Technologies, Inc. is adopting a modular approach by exposing the key modules comprising its flagship product. (PRWeb Apr 28, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/r