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Beginning Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether patients can sue drug manufacturers under state laws ...

In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Laura Sirri, Silvana Grandi and Giovanni A. Fava outline the state of a widely used instrument for assessing hypochondriasis and illness behavior.

A new report from a non-profit health group in the US suggests that emerging infectious diseases are on the rise and the nation's defences are not ready for them. Trust for America's Health (TFAH) released their report titled "Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America" on 29th October.

The global financial crisis provides governments worldwide with an opportunity for course correction by putting health, equity and sustainability as the focus of government policy, according to a researcher from The Australian National University.

Australian Medical Association (AMA) President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, today said international studies prove that ensuring general practitioners remain at the centre of primary health care keeps patients well and saves lives.

Plaid MEP Jill Evans (Wales) believes a twenty year old European law on animal testing is in urgent need of updating because it allows too many animals to suffer unnecessarily. The MEP says many experiments are being duplicated, leading to animal suffering that could be avoided.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the five leading causes of death worldwide. It is characterised by an inflammatory response to inhaled fumes (mostly tobacco smoking) that leads, in the long term, to the loss of lung function, limiting airflow and causing shortness of breath.

Sleep apnoea is a common disorder related to snoring. In patients with sleep apnoea, the throat collapses and occludes during sleep, causing cessation of breathing and lack of oxygen. Fortunately, after several breathing attempts without air, the patient wakes up, but the repetitive arousals cause daytime fatigue, as well as heart diseases.

Like something from a horror movie, the swarm of bacteria ripples purposefully toward their prey, devours it and moves on. Researchers at the University of Iowa are studying this behavior in Myxococcus xanthus (M. xanthus), a bacterium commonly found in soil, which preys on other bacteria. Despite its deadly role in the bacterial world, M.

Whether it's in the human body or under the Earth's crust, modeling the unseen involves many similar techniques. Physicians and geologists will be meeting at the University of Houston to discuss just how much they have in common. Through a partnership between UH, M.D.