A bill (S. 221) approved by the North Carolina Legislature that would require a public school sex education curriculum covering abstinence, contraception and sexually transmitted infections “will be the most comprehensive and sciencebased approach the state has used” for sex education, a Charlotte Observer editorial states, adding that Gov. Bev Perdue (D) “should sign it.” [...]

On June 26, 2009 several articles published online in Diabetologia by the European Association for the Study of Diabetes investigated the possible relationship between use of insulin glargine (Lantus, sanofiaventis) and the development of certain malignancies. The authors themselves, and the accompanying editorial, cautioned against overinterpretation of their limited data and analyses, which precluded them [...]

Morbidly obese seniors, age 65 and over, who had laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery lost nearly 76 percent of their excess weight after two years and had low complication rates and short hospital stays comparable to younger surgical patients, according to a new study presented today at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for [...]

A UK consumer watchdog that is campaiging for clearer food labelling analysed a selection of prepacked salads from high street supermarkets and found that while many provided the recommended “5 a day”, they varied widely in the amount of calories, fat and salt they contained, and one in particular had more calories and fat [...]

Joel B. Nelson, M.D., chairman of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers (UPMC) Department of Urology, performed his 2,000th radical prostatectomy at UPMC Shadyside, a milestone achieved by only a handful of surgeons worldwide. Radical prostatectomy, or removal of the entire prostate gland, is the most common treatment for patients with localized prostate cancer. Studies [...]

Novasys Medical, Inc., a developer of innovative therapies in womens health, announced that as of July 1, 2009, First Coast Service Options, Inc. (”First Coast”), a large regional Medicare carrier serving over 3 million beneficiaries in Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, has removed the nonsurgical Renessa(R) treatment for women with stress urinary [...]

“Just because something is legal and should be legal does not mean it is always ethical,” Frances Kissling, former president of Catholics for Choice, writes in a Salon opinion piece, adding that “sometimes the right thing to say to a woman [seeking abortion] is I am so sorry, I cannot do what you [...]

Diabetes UK would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped to make this years Diabetes Week such a great success we could not have done it without you.
Throughout the week our volunteers, supporters and staff have been busy raising funds and diabetes awareness.
Of the thousands of events that [...]

The Royal Pharmaceutical Societys campaign to change the unjust law which automatically criminalises any dispensing error has reached a significant milestone after the Department of Health announced plans to amend the Medicines Act 1968 at the earliest opportunity.
The Society has been working with several Government departments and the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) [...]

A shocking four out of every ten people who suffer from a skin disease in the UK have been bullied as a result of their condition, a new snapshot survey reveals.
23% said that they had suffered from an isolated incident of bullying, with a further 18% revealing that they suffered from regular bullying from [...]