It seems as if every month, I see another study on the safety and benefits of allergy drops, also called sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). SLIT has yet to be approved for…

In a bid to improve management of patients who present with chest pain and other heart attack symptoms, the American Heart Association (AHA) has issued a scientific statement recommending doctors ask about cocaine use when they examine younger patients with chest pains and who have no obvious risk factors for heart disease.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell (D-Mich.) on Thursday introduced a bill (HR 5613) that would postpone seven new Medicaid regulations for one year — “potentially killing them, depending on who is president by then,” CQ Today reports (Wayne, CQ Today, 3/14).

Several newspapers recently published editorials responding to a CDC study released last week that found 25% of girls and young women ages 14 to 19 have at least one of four common sexually transmitted infections. The study was drawn from a sample of 838 girls who participated in CDC’s 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Demonstrators handed out fliers promoting antiabortion messages earlier this month at the Los Angeles premier of the children’s film “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who,” saying that the premise of the film supports the idea that life begins at conception, NPR’s “Morning Edition” reports.

A new study published in the Journal of the American MedicalAssociation reports that there is an association between thegene for the HDL-associated protein paraoxonase 1 (PON1) and adversecardiac events such as coronary artery disease.Researcher Stanley L. Hazen, M.D., Ph.D (Cleveland Clinic) andcolleagues also find that variations in both the PON1 gene and itsenzyme activity may increase the likelihood of cardiovascular diseaseevents.

A small group of patients with a common heart defect who were treated for varicose veins with an injectable microfoam experienced no neurological, visual or cardiac changes as a result of the treatment, according to preliminary results from a phase II trial. The results were presented in Washington, D.C., at the annual scientific meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR).

National Lung Cancer Partnership, in partnership with the LUNGevity Foundation, is pleased to announce the winners of their third annual research grant competition.The research grants, each $100,000, were created to advance research in basic lung cancer biology, risk assessment, prevention, detection, and response to treatment.

National Lung Cancer Partnership is pleased to announce that Adam Marcus, Ph.D., of the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University is the winner of the organization’s 2007 Career Development Award.The Career Development Award, in the amount of $80,000, provides two years of protected time for newly independent investigators to develop their careers in lung cancer research.

The following highlights recent state news about women’s health-related legislation. New Jersey: The Assembly on Thursday approved 46-30 a paid family leave bill (A 873) to allow workers to take up to six weeks leave to care for a newborn, newly adopted child or a sick family member and continue to receive a portion of their wages, the