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Scientists at New York University have disproved the connection between autism and the mirror neuron system in the brain.

Is your insurer on your side? How furious do you become when they seem to use technicalities to refuse you coverage?

A physician looks back fondly on the healthcare community's early love affair with Palm PDAs and recounts the subsequent disappointment that ultimately led to the company's fall.

With Barbara Walters' announcement that she is scheduled to undergo surgery to replace a faulty aortic valve (most likely caused by stenosis of the aortic valve, according to Sara Sirna, MD, of the Temple Heart Center), your patients may be asking you questions about stenosis, aortic valve replacement surgery, mitral valve regurgitation, and a other related topics.

This week, a new report suggests that many people who think they have a food allergy actually don't, and Apple doctors its iPhone sales figures.

A study that examined cross-sectional data from Medicare's Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Systems survey revealed that Hispanic ethnicity was significantly associated with cost-related non-adherence (CRN).

A recent review posted in PubMed suggests that one dose of aspirin provides comparable pain relief to Imitrex.

Provenge (sipuleucel-T), an autologous cellular immunotherapy for the treatment of asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic, castrate-resistant prostate cancer (also referred to as hormone-refractory), has become the first FDA-approved therapeutic vaccine for cancer. The highly anticipated approval follows nearly 2 decades of research and development that included a controversial rejection of the vaccine by the FDA in 2007.

The editors of HCPLive have put together this collection of resources about the digestive condition.

Researchers at Teikyo University identified the species of pathogenic algae through a biopsy of a chronic skin ulcer.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine have discovered that common intestinal bacteria may promote tumor growth, but that introduction an inhibiting protein enzyme can prevent this promotion.

A new control mechanism in the immune system has been discovered by researchers at the Swedish Medical University Karolinska Institutet. The mechanism may be useful in the treatment of diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and synaptic lupus erythematosus.

Premature babies may feel more pain than previously reported by commonly used methods to assess pain measurements in infants, according to a study by University College London researchers published in the journal Public Liberty of Science Medicine.

Dr. Pullen examines the importance of statistics in medicine, how the meaning of them can often be hard to interpret, and the need, perhaps, for more statistics courses in medical school.

A study that evaluated the facial expressions of mice during painful stimuli could lead to the development of new pain-relief drugs for humans, according to scientists at McGill University, who performed the study published in the journal Nature Methods.

Signaling of the hormone leptin, which is involved in body weight regulation, increases survival during sepsis, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati.

People have their favorite phrases… Paris Hilton thinks she owns "That's Hot." I wouldn't doubt that Homer Simpson's "D'OH!" is copyrighted. And how many people do you know use "Sweet"? I sometimes utter, "My bad." Elke hates that one. Some flight attendant should have copyrighted "B'bye." I like that one; it's simple.

Drugs, such as were available to mid 19th-century regular physicians, where usually mineral in origin. Primarily because of their speed of onset and severity of action, they were initially favored over botanical derivatives for they quickly authenticated the power of a physician's intervention.

Being able to predict which women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are likely to develop subsequent invasive breast cancer could prevent a lot of unnecessary treatment, said researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Some 400 genes were described for the first time in this study, which the researchers hope may lead to transcription therapy.

The study of a family where the father and all eight offspring have Tourette syndrome revealed a rare mutation that could lead to new treatment options for the condition.

IT news in healthcare this week has been a mixed bag. The industry is buzzing around Sebelius' announcement of 15 communities chosen to participate in a $200 million IT program.

This year marks the 20th annual week-long celebration of nurses.

Apple recently held a workshop designed for healthcare professionals to learn more about medical apps, how to use them, and where to get them.

As concussions have become a more frequent health concern that young athletes are faced with, the knowledge and medical protocol for treating these injuries has evolved.

In data presented at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference, a team of investigators said adding ifosfamide to a combination regimen of cisplatin plus etoposide demonstrated strong activity and tolerability in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).

In the April issue of Hepatology, researchers from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, reported that administering sirolimus (Rapamune) after liver transplantation in patients with nonresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) significantly increased survival rates.

It looks like NHIN Direct will provide a move toward a secure, Internet-based program to allow exchange of data in a more secure and useful way. Now the question is, "How fast and well can it be executed?" Being available yesterday would not be too soon.

Insulin may actually protect patients with diabetes against artery damage, rather than worsening the damage that occurs, new research from the Joslin Diabetes Center shows.