Zimbabwe Wants To Boost Access To ART By End Of 2010, Health Minister Says Zimbabwe’s government plans work with international organizations to increase the number of people receiving anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to 300,000 by the end of the year, up from the 180,000 who currently [...]

Patients taking ipratropium bromide, an anticholinergic used in the treatment of COPD, may be at an increased risk for cardiovascular events (CVE), including heart failure. Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, and Hines VA Hospital in Hines, IL, conducted a cohort study on 82,717 US veterans with a new diagnosis of COPD [...]

New research suggests that tiotropium, a long-acting anticholinergic used in patients with COPD, may be associated with a reduction in all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular events. Researchers from Caritas-St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Boston, MA, reviewed the outcomes of 30 completed clinical trials in the tiotropium project database…

Changes have been made to the childhood vaccine schedule to include a meningitis vaccine booster and an HPV vaccine to boys as well as to girls.

Radiologists say women need annual mammograms starting no later than age 40–-against the new breast-cancer screening advice from an HHS panel.

Early signs of Alzheimer's diseases may be predicted with an imaging technique that measures random motion of water in the brain.

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