Two new studies have been released this week that examine the health implications of a vegetarian diet. One, released today by researchers in Australia says vegans and vegetarians have lower bone density, Another, released yesterday, found that vegetarians are 12% less likely to develop cancer: Via ...

DARREN CHURCHILL ACT Democrats President Media Release 1 July 2009: Democrats raise privacy concerns over national e-health ID The Australian Democrats have raised privacy concerns over the Unique Healthcare Identifier (UHI) programme being developed by the National E-Health Transition Authority. AC ...

A new study published in the July issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that positron emission tomography scans in mice can be used to determine whether a novel type of breast cancer treatment is working as intended. ...

Panel physicians are increasingly offering individual health services to patients with statutory health insurance. This is documented by Susanne Richter et al. of the Department of Social Medicine, Lubeck University, in the new edition of Deutsches Arzteblatt. IHS include medical health services whi ...

New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides for the first time a solid scientific answer for the long-standing question of whether there is an association between preterm birth and brain malformations. ...