Purchases of cholesterol and diabetes prescription drugs by elderly Medicare beneficiaries reached nearly $19 billion in 2007, equating to about one-fourth of the approximately $82 billion spent for medications for the elderly, says the federal for

In a new study, researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in New York City, claim to have taken a major step toward gaining the ability to predict adverse drug reactions, by using genetic, cellular, and clinical information to learn why some

Providence Physicians Services, a doctors group that's part of the Providence Health Care network here, is opening clinics specializing in epilepsy and stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA) in a combined space in the Sacred Heart Doctors A TIA

Infrastructure upgrades are under way at Newport Community Hospital, in Newport, Wash., to free up space to consolidate some of the hospital's functions and eventually open an outpatient clinic there, says the architect on the project.The Don of

A consortium of Spokane-based Inland Northwest Health Services, the North Idaho Health Network Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, and four other nonprofit groups has been awarded a $12.8 million federal stimulus grant intended to boost adoption of electronic

Having health insurance doesn't mean workers will take advantage of immunizations, cancer screenings, and other preventive health services, a new study finds."Employment and insurance do not guarantee better health outcomes," says lead study M.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have discovered how red wine consumption might protect the brain from damage following a stroke. Two hours after feeding mice a single modest dose of resveratrol, a compound found in the skins and seeds of a

National guidelines say patients undergoing heart attacks should receive balloon angioplasties as soon as possible, or within 90 minutes of arriving at the hospital.Now, some hospitals are striving to reduce such door-to-balloon times to less 60

The growing number of Americans with cardiovascular disease has caused a heightened sensitivity in the evaluation of chest pain.In a study published in the April issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings journal, researchers reported that patients to