Patients who undergo complete prostate removal are less likely to experience urinary incontinence or other complications if the operation is done by an experienced surgeon in a hospital that does many of the procedures, according to a report funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Behavioral experiments indicate that infants aged 4 ½ months or older possess an early “number sense” that allows them to detect changes in the number of objects. However, the neural basis of this ability was previously unknown.

Texas Medical Association (TMA) president William W. Hinchey, MD, unveiled the association’s hard-line strategy to ensure Medicare patients get the health care they need and deserve. Dr. Hinchey called on all physicians and their patients to support and participate in the association’s “Texas Medicare Manifesto.

One of every 14 American infants is hospitalized for a respiratory illness, kidney infection, septicemia, or other infectious disease before age one, according to a new study by researchers with HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite advances in public health, childhood infectious diseases continue to be a major health problem in the United States.

Weight gain caused by inconsistent exercise cannot be lost by simply resuming a previous exercise routine, suggests a study published in the February 2008 issue Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise®, the official scientific journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). In an eight-year study of more than 40,000 runners, researcher Paul Williams, Ph.D.

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted tentative approval for the Company’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for Tamsulosin Hydrochloride Capsules, 0.4 mg. Final approval of this product is expected upon expiry of patent protection for the brand product in October 2009.

A new study by US researchers has revealed that exposure to phthalates, man-made chemicals found in baby care products like shampoo, talc and lotion, is widespread in infants and that the chemicals are metabolised in their bodies and can be detected in their urine.

Acting CMS Administrator Kerry Weems on Thursday announced that enrollment in the Medicare prescription drug benefit in 2008 increased by 6.2% from last year to 25.4 million beneficiaries, Bloomberg/Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Among the overall 44.2 million Medicare beneficiaries, 17.

President Bush on Monday will release a fiscal year 2009 budget request that will total more than $3 trillion and include a large reduction in Medicare spending, the Wall Street Journal reports (McKinnon, Wall Street Journal, 2/1). The budget request would decrease Medicare spending by $178 billion over five years as part of a $200 billion reduction in entitlement program spending (Freking,

Center for Pan Asian Community Services: The group has received a $600,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the