The first medical conference to focus on the emerging field of stem cells for tissue transplant will be held in New Orleans March 22 - 24. The conference, entitled ``Mesenchymal and Nonhematopoitic Stem Cells: Recent Progress and Current...

To help guide its policy on direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to conduct two telephone surveys of patients and doctors about how the ads affected them...

The Society for Women's Health Research, in association with Pfizer Women's Health of Pfizer Inc, announced the recipients of the 2001 Pfizer/SWHR Scholars Grants for Faculty Development in Women's Health. This competitive program was established...

A new National Training Program for the Comprehensive Care of Individuals With Multiple Sclerosis will be created at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in collaboration with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, will bring...

For two hours on Friday afternoons, medical students from the University of Arizona College of Medicine meet at a ranch just outside of Tucson, Arizona, to learn horsemanship exercises. Through these exercises, the students also learn something...

Cogent Healthcare Inc., a provider of inpatient care management programs, has announced the addition of a new online course to its Continuing Medical Education program for the practicing hospitalist, the first Internet-based CME program especially...

The American Medical Association (AMA) yesterday presented the 2001 Pride in the Profession Awards to six physicians who have made heroic contributions to their communities as healers and leaders...

LifeMasters Supported SelfCare, Inc., a provider of interactive health management services, has received Continuing Education Provider status from the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). The designation enables LifeMasters' nurses, who...