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Posted March 23rd, 2007 in medicine news

BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) — Wall Street analysts and many doctors expect another potential setback for makers of stents when results of a blockbuster study Tuesday will answer whether an artery-opening procedure plus drugs is better than medication alone for lower-risk heart patients with chest pain.

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Posted March 23rd, 2007 in medicine news

(AP) — Millions of college students are suddenly facing sharply higher prices for birth control, prompting concerns among health officials that some will shift to less preferred contraceptives or stop using them altogether.

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Posted March 23rd, 2007 in health

WASHINGTON (23 March 2007) — Healthcare experts will discuss the challenges and opportunities of RFID technology in health care and its implications on government policy during the first IEEE International RFID Conference (IEEE RFID 2007). The panel will look at what training and processes must be installed to take advantage of RFID technology; what standards and government regulations need to be developed; and what laws need to be passed, among other topics.

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Posted March 23rd, 2007 in health

A New York University College of Dentistry (NYUCD) research team has found the first oral bacterial evidence supporting the dispersal of modern Homo sapiens out of Africa to Asia.

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Posted March 23rd, 2007 in health

Prostitutes, perversions and public scandals – the stuff of the 21st century tabloids was familiar to readers three centuries earlier, according to new research from the University of Leeds.

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Posted March 22nd, 2007 in medicine news

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — More people than ever got cosmetic plastic surgery in the United States in 2006, with breast enlargements the most popular procedure, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reported Thursday.

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