Radio frequency ID, or RFID, technology can interfere with medical equipment, according to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) Oregon Stem Cell Center and the OHSU Digestive Health Center are shining a new ray of hope on patients with pancreatic cancer. They developed new reagents, or antibodies, that can recognize this often lethal disease. This important discovery may one day lead to earlier detection and treatment.

Research says, 3D ultrasound can compensate for the thickness of the skull and image the brain’s arteries in real time.

The use of combination chemotherapy following surgery did not improve survival in patients with gastric cancer, according to a randomized clinical trial.

Ambati, professor and vice chair of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, and his colleagues have made a critical discovery that challenges the view that siRNA's therapeutic effects are imparted solely through RNA interference.

Free, online instructions for creating a pill card -- an illustrated medication schedule -- using only a personal or lap top computer and printer are now available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a part of the US. Department of Health and Human Services.

Biogen Idec Inc. and Elan Corp. warned doctors of the possibility of serious liver injury in patients being treated with the multiple-sclerosis drug Tysabri.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, is honored to announce the partnership between the Cambodian Government and AHF and the start of its collaborative AIDS treatment center in Cambodia.

Shares of Genentech Inc. soared on Monday, 25th February 2008 on news that the Food and Drug Administration has approved its oncology drug Avastin for treating advanced breast cancer opening up a promising additional market for the drug.

Shares of Tenet Healthcare made double-digit gains Tuesday after the hospital operator said it cut its fourth-quarter losses by more than 80%.

The city Manipal Health Systems and its flagship unit Manipal Hospital, Bangalore is in the news once again. This time around they have been recognized by the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals (NABH) for the quality of their full range of services spread across more than 50 specialties.

Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. has received FDA approval to offer its erectile dysfunction drug, Cialis,   in a new daily dose.

Bloomington Hospital now faces its third lawsuit filed by a patient upset by possibility they received  tainted  tissue from human cadavers during surgery.

More than 750 nurses at nine hospitals in Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia dropped their  stethoscopes and walked out at 12:01 a.m. today after negotiations over a new contract with  Appalachian Regional Healthcare stalled last week.

Baxter International Inc., which sells one of the world's leading clotting drugs for the most common form of hemophilia, said Monday it has signed a deal with a California-based biotech company to begin early research into a treatment for a  rarer form of the blood disorder.

Excluding the year-ago sale, 3M's earnings grew 14%, reflecting robust demand in all major markets for its industrial, transportation and health-care products.

Medtronic Inc said it reached a $114.1 settlement agreement for lawsuits relating to its Marquis line of implanted cardiac defibrillators.

Technitrol has agreed to acquire the capital stock of Sonion, a producer of highly microacoustic transducers and micromechanical components for manufacturers of hearing instruments, advanced acoustic devices, medical devices and mobile communication devices.