A coalition of leading consumer groups that advocates for a solution to the nation's long term care crisis, has created a quick and easy way for Americans to contact the would-be presidential candidates.
Frustrated that Congress continues to wish away global warming, nearly 60 scientists from 24 states will converge at the U.S. Capitol to urge lawmakers to heed their warnings about climate change.
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) are urging Members of Congress to co-sponsor HR 1304, the "Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 1999," introduced by Representatives Tom Campbell (R-CA) and John Conyers (D-MI).
American research priorities must change to address the startling fact that motherhood is four times more dangerous for Black women than for White women in America, National Black Women's Health Project President Julia R. Scott said today.
The Center for Mind-Body Medicine recently concluded "Comprehensive Cancer Care II: Integrating Complementary and Alternative Therapies," its second national conference.
Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) introduced legislation today in the U.S. Senate to reauthorize several federal prostate cancer research and prevention programs.
America's largest physician groups are launching a campaign to make universal health care coverage the number one priority in the 2000 presidential election.
St. John's University announced today that it is joining forces with two major organizations established to combat sweatshops and the exploitation of apparel workers worldwide, committing funds to support this cause at levels exceeding any other college or university in the country.
At the White House Conference on Mental Health, President Clinton unveiled initiatives by the U.S. Department of Labor to help Americans understand what rights they have to receive mental health benefits under an employer's health plan.
The AOA's House of Delegates will consider a resolution supporting strategies to reduce children's access to guns.
APSA supports language (such as H.R. 1027) which provides for a federal floor- and as of this moment, The Senate HELP Committee is not providing a federal floor and therefore, is eroding our privacy.
Doctors and dietitians from the Washington, D.C.-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) have filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission challenging health claims in the "Milk Mustache" advertising campaign.
Purchasers of health care hold significant market power, which they can use to drive down costs and promote quality, according to a new report, "Purchasing Pathfinders: On Their Way, But Still Wrestling with the Realities of Containing Costs and Promoting Quality."
A remarkable number of new pharmaceutical and biological medicines have been developed and approved during recent years, accompanying dramatic and complex changes in the healthcare environment.
The American Academy of Dermatology is concerned that the Food and Drug Administration's decision on the sunscreen monograph that caps the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of all sunscreens at 30 may be detrimental to the public because it will inhibit research for better sun protection.
Health professionals have a new resource to help treat and prevent the crippling nausea and vomiting that can afflict both patients receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer and patients who have had surgery.
Drug policy in the United States is the most repressive and ineffective in the industrialized world, says Craig Reinarman, a sociologist who is receiving a lifetime achievement award from the Drug Policy Foundation.
The National Marine Fisheries Service adopted new restrictions this week to help stop overfishing of large coastal sharks in the Atlantic, based in part on scientific studies conducted by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.
The American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology called today for action against missed opportunities to reduce women's risk of coronary heart disease, the No. 1 killer of both men and women.
The U.S. economic expansion resembles a lively party in full swing, with a policeman standing quietly in the corner of the room, says a Ball State University economic analyst.
Dr. Vladeck will discuss how Medicare and Medicaid will change the managed care industry and the implications for individual plans, providers and professionals.
The American Psychiatric Association is deeply distressed by a recent Congressional advisory misunderstanding and misinterpreting of the definition of pedophilia as currently defined in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV).
Students should take an active part in parent-teacher conferences, says the dean of Purdue University's School of Education.
A type of red yeast fermented on rice, used in Chinese cuisine and sold in the United States as the dietary supplement Cholestin, has been shown to lower the level of blood cholesterol for some people in two preliminary studies presented at the AHAÃs epidemiology and prevention conference, March 25.
The American Nurses Association is concerned that Congress may place the interests of business and profit over protecting the health of RNs and other health care workers and patients by stopping OSHA from issuing its long-awaited bulletin on the dangers of latex exposure.
Nine out of ten citizens favor state support for University of Colorado Health Sciences Center's new campus at Fitzsimons.
Kansas lawmakers are currently examining a proposal that could make Kansas the only state in the country where consumers could not buy more than two packages of over-the-counter cold and flu medicines at a time. Experts with the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy are available to discuss this issue.
The American Nurses Association today released its proposal to reform the ailing Medicare program. The proposal recommends structural changes, including adding prescription drug coverage, additional preventive screening services and adding a $3,000 "stop-loss" provision as well as eliminating Medigap insurance policies.
The President of CIIT is urging a national discussion and debate among scientists on the controversy of public access to data from published government-funded research.
The March 3, 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring public schools to pay for one-to-one nursing care to some disabled students will benefit the disabled nationwide, says a University of Iowa law professor and leading American with Disabilities Act expert.
AHCPR now has available in Spanish two free pocket-sized guides containing the latest recommendations and other information for the prevention or early detection of illnesses, such as breast cancer, heart disease and lead poisoning.
To ensure the nation's future well-being, the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee urges that the priority for increased funding should be on long-term, high-risk investigations to reinvigorate research programs and computing infrastructures, which are rapidly falling behind the state of the art.
"We have to become a more active partner in the treatment of cancer patients undergoing therapy," American Dental Association (ADA) President S. Timothy Rose, DDS, said during the recent launching of an oral health and cancer-care awareness compaign.
The National Science Foundation today outlined a record budget request for fiscal year 2000 amounting to nearly $4 billion.
A University of Chicago instrument will be riding shotgun on the first spacecraft designed to return a sample of a comet to Earth. NASA plans to launch the Stardust spacecraft to Comet Wild-2 as early as Feb. 6.
The U.S. medical research community, widely regarded as being in a heyday of dramatic advances, is rapidly losing one of its most important resources, according to a Princeton University professor. In an article in a recent issue of Science, he said there is a dangerous decline in the number of physician-scientists, medical doctors who spend the majority of their time doing research.
Report recommendations include: a 15% increase in the NIH budget for biomedical research to continue the five-year doubling which began in FY1999; a 15% increase in the NSF budget to support fundamental research in fields such as biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics; significant increases in biological and life sciences programs within USDA, DOE, VA, and NASA.
Tunnel-vision teaching and traditional testing methods are multiplying the problem of students who "can't do math." One of this country's leading mathematics educators has a formula for solving the problem: broaden the definition of what constitutes good mathematical skills and create new ways to measure them.
The American Nurses Association supports many of the proposals that the president announced in his State of the Union speech, such as increasing access to care for the uninsured, bolstering the Medicare program, and providing tax credits for those with long-term health care needs as well as the family members who care for them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today published new recommendations in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal for treating middle ear infections (acute otitis media) caused by resistant strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae.
The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association lauded the release of a groundbreaking report on lesbian health by the Institute of Medicine.
A University of Iowa physician hopes that by detailing fatal conditions of two sibling infants he can increase the awareness of the carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome that affected the infants and help other physicians recognize, diagnose and treat the disorder.
A professor of medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine reports that recurrent blood shortages could be easily solved by using the blood of people with a condition known as hemochromatosis or iron overload. He says good blood is being thrown away because blood industry leaders have convinced the FDA this blood is unsafe.
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