Johns Hopkins today announced the introduction of the Palm OS(tm) version of its digital Guide to Antibiotics and Infectious Disease -- the ABX Guide -- designed to give physicians free and up-to-the-minute information on antibiotics and their proper use. The ABX Guide offers information on more than 190 drugs and more than 140 diseases treated by both specialists and primary care physicians.
Aggressive treatment may be necessary to avoid long-term neurological injury in a small fraction of jaundiced infants, say researchers from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
The discovery that a rare genetic condition speeds the development of heart disease may open the door to new understanding of the link between heart disease and insulin resistance, a problem of blood sugar metabolism.
Early recognition, diagnosis and care are recommended for patients with Alzheimer's disease according to new practice guidelines announced at the American Academy of Neurology's 53rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia.
Boston University School of Medicine announces Anamaria Bulatovic, MD, MPH, FAAP, president, Doctors Without Borders, as this year's commencement speaker. The BUSM Commencement will be held on Sunday, May 20 at 3:00 p.m. at the World Trade Center in Boston.
Adults who have restless legs syndrome are more likely to also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than adults who don't have the sleep disorder, according to research presented during the American Academy of Neurology's 53rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, May 5-11, 2001.
As a man's body mass index increases, so does his risk of stroke, according to a study presented today at the American Academy of Neurology's 53rd Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA.
Russert is the moderator of NBC's "Meet the Press" and is a political analyst for the "NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw" and the "Today" show.
1)Mothers have worked for peace since 1800's. 2)Electricity demands may generate higher natural gas prices. 3)Open windows to keep cool this summer. 4)"Boot Camp" recruit about to graduate from Temple.
For nearly 25 years, scientists have wondered how giant red-tipped tube worms and other exotic marine life found at hydrothermal vents on the deep sea floor get from place to place and how long their larva survive in a cold, eternally dark place. Now a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Biologist and colleagues have helped answer those questions.
Drivers tend to be more cautious during winter, but summer heat waves can spawn road conditions that are just as hazardous.
Treatment of breast cancer by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) after chemotherapy has been limited after initial negative studies.
The guilty verdict in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing trial could send a false message to the nation that race relations in Alabama are better than they actually are, says UAB civil rights historian Jack Davis, Ph.D.
May marks the beginning of high levels of ozone in the atmosphere in the Southeast. As air quality testing begins in many cities, Mary Pat Hemstreet, M.D., pediatric asthma specialist, says persons with respiratory ailments need to be aware of ozone levels
Women previously infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) are not immune to reinfection from a different strain of the virus, according to a study.
"Cold hands, warm heart," the saying goes, but what do cold hands really mean?
AHRQ announces the availability of MEPSnet/IC, a new, Web-based and interactive tool that provides quick access to national and state level statistics and trends about health insurance offered by private establishments and state and local governments, including cost of coverage.
Purdue University engineers have discovered that a device commonly used to untangle signals sent over fiberoptic lines might ultimately be used to make the Internet faster and more powerful. They will present their findings Tuesday (5/8), during the "Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics" in Baltimore.
Hospital emergency rooms treat 100,000 injuries related to trampolines each year, triple the number since 1991, reported the Academy, citing U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) data.
By comparing computer simulations of a galaxy collision with actual observations, astronomers at the University of Illinois have found discrete star-formation episodes that may help explain the prodigious star-formation rates that occurred in the early universe.
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