Now that health insurance reform legislation has passed, President Obama and Congress must urgently turn their attention to ensuring quality maternal care for every American woman to reduce rising deaths and complications during pregnancy and childbirth, Amnesty International said...
Co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, the Canadian Stroke Network, and the Canadian Stroke Consortium, the Canadian Stroke Congress brings together leading stroke experts to exchange ideas and present the latest breaking research in prevention, treatment, rehab, and recovery. The Congress takes place in Quebec City from June 7 to 8, 2010...
We're pleased that Congress has taken another significant step in reducing tobacco use in the U.S. with passage of the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009. This measure will support ongoing efforts to protect children and adults from heart disease, stroke and other chronic illnesses linked to tobacco use...
Enhance National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported research to improve health, spur economic growth and innovation and science. American Heart Association patient advocates and researchers today delivered that message to members of Congress during the association's Research Saves Lives Fly-In Lobby Day...
The expanded recall of TYLENOL Arthritis pain reliever is fresh evidence of the need for Congress and the FDA to regulate wood pallets used to transport food and pharmaceuticals in the United States because of the dangers they pose to human health.
Sports nutrition continues to be a hot topic both in Congress and the news. Because the physical stress from intense exercise increases an athlete's nutrient needs and depletes electrolytes, vitamins and other supplements play a vital role for athletes. However, legal dietary supplements, which are used by more than 150 million Americans, should not be confused with illegal anabolic steroids.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announced its schedule of events at the 38th annual Global Congress for Minimally Invasive Gynecology (AAGL), which runs from November 15-19 in Orlando, Florida.
The Senate Finance Committee yesterday became the fifth and final committee in Congress to pass a health care overhaul bill. The committee voted 14-9 in favor of the bill with Sen. Olympia Snowe, of Maine, joining all of the panel's Democrats to cast the sole Republican "yea" vote.
NPR examines U.S. policy for HIV-positive visitors and immigrants. While "Congress has removed the statute, and the Department of Health and Human Services is working on a more lenient immigration rule,"
It is no coincidence that the stroke theme is being given wide exposure at the ENS Congress. Stroke has become a major challenge for health policy and for medicine in general. It is now the second most common cause of death globally and the major cause of adult disability in the industrialized countries. Pointing to WHO estimates, Prof. Ferro notes that "the incidence of stroke is expected to increase by another 30 percent by 2020.
BOSTON - Favorable 12-month outcomes are maintained through 30 months of follow-up when renal transplant patients are converted from a cyclosporine (CsA)-based regimen to a sirolimus (SRL)-based regimen three months post-transplant, according to results of the CONCEPT study announced here at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) 2009.
The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: The U.S. House of Representatives today put Congress on the brink of truly historic action to reduce tobacco use -- the nation's No. 1 cause of preventable death -- by approving legislation granting the FDA authority over tobacco products. We urge the Senate to quickly pass this legislation and resist all efforts to weaken it.
The International Pediatric Transplant Association (IPTA) will welcome leaders in the field of pediatric transplantation to present at the 5th Congress of the IPTA, being held April 18 -- 21, 2009 in Istanbul, Turkey. The Congress is a critical component in transplantation education, and the only event concentrating solely on the clinical and research aspects of pediatric solid organ, tissue, and bone marrow/stem cell transplantation.
EBMT, the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation, is pleased to announce its 35th Annual Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 29th March to 1st April. This meeting is a forum to promote all activity aimed at improving stem cell transplantation (SCT) and cellular therapy.
