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The 'dozens of pills or more' that some people living with HIV need to take daily 'can seem overwhelming,' the Post-Intelligencer reports, 'Add homelessness, mental illness or drug addiction into the mix, and ...

UroToday.com - In the September, 2008 issue of the Journal of Urology, Dr. Hiroyoshi Suzuki and Japanese collaborators reported that following maximum androgen blockade (MAB) for prostate cancer (CaP), the use of alternative nonsteroidal antiandrogens is effective for treating relapsed disease. A total of 232 CaP patients treated with MAB and disease progression made up the study cohort. Upon disease relapse they were treated with an alternative antiandrogen.

Reacting to the BMJ report which shows the NHS and private healthcare not providing basic care to older people, Kate Jopling, Head of Public Affairs for Help the Aged, says: 'These depressing results show that when it comes to healthcare, all too often older people and the conditions that affect them come far down the pecking order. Yet again ageism rears its ugly head.

New York's Northern Metropolitan (NorMet) Hospital Association today became the first in the country to file to become a Patient Safety Organization (PSO) with the US Department of health and Human Services (HHS). PSO's are private entities recognized by the Secretary to collect and analyze patient safety events reported by physicians and other healthcare providers.

Childbirth Connection, a leading national not-for-profit organization that works to improve the quality of maternity care, today released New Mothers Speak Out, National Survey Results Highlight Women's Postpartum Experiences.

— A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, Louisiana scientists are reporting in a study scheduled for...

Morris and a couple of other affluent counties have the lowest numbers of hospital admissions that could have been avoided by better preventive care, according to a state report released on Friday.

College students want to please their parents but often stress out about meeting goals far tougher than what their parents have in mind, psychologists have found. Scientists have examined the effects of parenting styles on how students adjust to college. Students reported making smoother transitions if they have at least one parent whose style combines warmth, a demanding nature and democracy.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antibodies from survivors of the 1918 flu pandemic, the worst in human memory, still protect against the highly deadly virus, researchers reported on Sunday.

Johannesburg - A drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (TB) is spreading at an alarming rate in South Africa and is threatening to overwhelm health services in neighbouring countries, a report in the country's Sunday Times said. The report said that ...