Netsmart Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise-wide software and services for health and human services organizations, today announced dates for a special Web seminar to help behavioral health organizations understand electronic prescribing and the new Medicare bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that provides ...

New research published in the British Journal of Nutrition (Br J Nutr., Dec. 17, PMID: 18081945, 2007) shows that blueberries may have a cardio-protective effect, by significantly lowering cholesterol. Lead scientist, Wilhelmina Kalt, Ph.D, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada conducted tests on pigs fed a blueberry-supplemented diet. Blueberry-supplemented diets resulted ...

If "an apple a day keeps the doctor away", a carrot a day might help to keep the sun burn away. That is the conclusion of a recently published analysis by Professors Wolfgang Köpcke and Jean Krutmann, of Münster University Hospital and the Institut für Umweltmedizinische Forschung in Düsseldorf, Germany, ...

Compass Clinical Research and the Reproductive Science Center of the San Francisco Bay Area (RSC) are hoping to recruit between 20 to 50 women suffering from hydrosalpinx, a build-up of fluid in the fallopian tubes that can cause infertility, to receive free surgeries as a part of a study of ...

Our homes, schools, playgrounds and neighborhoods are riddled with preventable asthma triggers that leave millions of children gasping for air. But a new report released today by PolicyLink and The California Endowment lays out a plan for what we all can do to make our children's air safer and healthier.

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With spring in the air, most of us will be arming ourselves with all the essentials that warm weather brings -- flip flops, shorts, sunglasses, sun hats and, of course, sunscreen. The available options in sunscreen protection have become more plentiful than ever, including formulations offering a smoother application or ...

Research presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) shows that by starting flu vaccinations in August -- ahead of the start of the typical flu vaccination season -- healthcare providers could reach an additional 10.7 million children when these children are already in the doctor's office. ...

A new study funded by Health Canada and other organizations has proven a direct correlation between dietary consumption of the omega-3 DHA* and enhanced infant development. The study, which was supervised by Universite Laval researchers and published in the Journal of Pediatrics, reveals DHA consumed during the last months of ...

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) delivered a new report today on medicines in the research pipeline. The report found America's pharmaceutical research companies are testing a record 750 new medicines to help treat cancer.
 

"We released this report in Baton Rouge because of its particular relevance to the ...

At the same time that medical science is making possible new therapies for treating AIDS, cancer, and other once fatal diseases, a new report finds major shortcomings in the way clinical trials are designed, carried out and funded in the U.S. with serious implications for the outcomes of medical research ...