Health Guide

<![CDATA[ Electronic health records* (**EHRs) have been touted as a means of improving the quality of care in the United States. Conventional wisdom holds that younger *physicians* **might be more likely to adopt EHR functionality. […]

<![CDATA[ Boston, MA A new four-year, $20 million grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will enable Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers to evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of

<![CDATA[ The six grants, announced by Fattah, totaling $3,660,250 for Philadelphia’s University City institutions, have been awarded by health and research agencies of the National Institutes of Health at the U.S. Department of Health and

<![CDATA[ Australian researchers have identified a master gene which could be the key to reversing Type 2 diabetes. Called Id1, the gene switches on and disrupts beta cells inside the pancreas responsible for insulin production

<![CDATA[ Breast-feeding is linked to higher mental development at age 14 months, according to the results of a birth cohort study reported in the September 19 issue of *Pediatrics.* “Several studies have reported positive associations

<![CDATA[ The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has unveiled a cancer progress report that calls for sustained funding increases for biomedical research. This first cancer progress report ever from the AACR was issued amid

<![CDATA[ Respect for human dignity is essential in the authorization and conduct of scientific research, a point underscored by numerous and horrific past failures to establish or follow such protocols. As a UW-Madison graduate with

<![CDATA[ A new study shows that higher levels of air pollution appear to be associated with an increased risk of MI one to six hours after exposure, but later on there is a reduction in

<![CDATA[ Gilead Sciences Inc’s four-drug experimental HIV pill called the Quad worked as well as a regimen containing protease inhibitor Reyataz (atazanavir) in the second pivotal trial of the drug, the company said on Monday.

<![CDATA[ A medicine used to treat asthma may also be a fat-burning drug, new research suggests. When taken in pill form, the drug known as formoterol boosted fat burning while preserving protein metabolism, thus maintaining