WASHINGTON, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Cooks who've had their fill of cooking these past few weeks -- and diners who've had their fill of celebratory food -- will turn to the simplicity of fish.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Pfizer and Perlegen have signed a gene research deal that will focus on using DNA samples to predict drug responses.
ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A physician at a 16-bed hospital in Colorado calls his job "frontier medicine," but it would be a lot harder without EMR, a new health IT system recently installed in the hospital.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- New York City's two-day transit strike rattled many in public-policy circles, particularly as the city's economy sagged to potential deficits of $1.5 billion. Y
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- A new combination of gene therapy and RNA interference therapy appears to cure sickle cell disease in the laboratory and may eventually be the basis of a cure for the disorder in patients.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Pfizer has invested $50 million in Perlegen Sciences, giving the drug giant a 12 percent stake in the biotech firm.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Providing medical care to the uninsured is among the biggest challenges facing U.S. hospitals as a new year begins, said the president and CEO of a California hospital in an exclusive interview with United Press International.
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This festive time of year is one of high hopes and deep dread for retailers. It's the season of maximum profits and, with their stores packed with shoppers, max
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- The federal government is working on three new health IT initiatives aimed at making the interaction between doctor and patient easier, faster and safer, a government health IT specialist said this week.
A soldier with the Army's 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, places a flag at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Flags-In Memorial Day ceremony on May 24, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia. American flags were placed at each of the more than 220,000 grave markers in honor of those who served and Memorial Day. UPI/Kevin Dietshc
