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The Health Protection Agency welcomes the Chief Medical Officer's (CMO) MMR catch up programme, which urges Primary Care Trusts and GPs to identify individuals not up to date with their MMR and offer catch-up immunisation to reduce the risk of a measles epidemic.

Adolescents who are skilled in interpreting media messages about tobacco may be less likely to smoke and less likely to start smoking in the future, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. The report is now online in the American Journal of Health Behavior. In this study, researchers assessed the media literacy of more than 1,200 adolescents.

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) applauds the recent introduction of HR 6792 Veterans Physical Therapy Services Improvement Act of 2008 by Representatives Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and John Boozman (R-AR). This bill will improve the recruitment and retention of physical therapists in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

The American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is urging parents and caregivers to ensure that babies get enough "tummy time" throughout the day while they are awake and supervised, in light of a recent survey of therapists who say they've noticed an increase in motor delays in infants who spend too much time on their backs while awake.

Are you aged 18 years or over and have been diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes within the last six months? If so we would like you to consider taking part in a focus group to discuss Diabetes UK's popular booklet, 'Understanding Diabetes', which is to be updated.

Researchers claim that a compound found in brassica vegetables such as broccoli could undo the damage caused by diabetes to heart blood vessels.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has given approval for a medicine to be made available from a pharmacist without a doctor's prescription to treat chlamydia. The azithromycin pill, which will be called "Clamelle", will be available to buy by people 16 years and over if they have tested positive for the infection and have no symptoms, and for their sexual partners.

Scientists have found a new method for delivering a malaria vaccine using the cold and pox viruses which could hold the key to success in combating the disease.

Although rare, children do serve as living solid-organ donors, and these donations raise serious ethical issues. In the clinical report, "Minors as Living Solid-Organ Donors," the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) examines the exceptional circumstances under which minors younger than 18 can morally serve as living organ donors. Four of these criteria are suggested by the U.S.

University of Manchester scientists have uncovered the 3D structure of Mps1 - a protein that regulates the number of chromosomes during cell division and thus has an essential role in the prevention of cancer - which will lead to the design of safer and more effective therapies. Mps1 belongs to the family of proteins called kinases.

A major study exploring how science can enhance global food-crop production has been launched by the Royal Society (1), the UK's national academy of science, recently.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved an updated licence to goserelin 3.6mg and goserelin LA 10.8mg [i] to reflect survival benefits in all three stages of prostate cancer (localised, locally advanced and advanced also called metastatic).

University of Florida College of Pharmacy researchers have discovered a marine compound off the coast of Key Largo that inhibits cancer cell growth in laboratory tests, a finding they hope will fuel the development of new drugs to better battle the disease. The UF-patented compound, largazole, is derived from cyanobacteria that grow on coral reefs.

Heritage Labs, a division of Hooper Holmes (AMEX:HH), introduced the Appraise® Home A1c Kit, a new at-home consumer product that measures the average blood glucose level of diabetics and potential diabetics.

Private-sector employers and their employees have seen their health insurance premium costs go up by more than 100 percent since 1996, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Research Scientists at Oxford University have received £150k raised by Action Duchenne to fund the latest research into 'Exon skipping', a gene therapy approach to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

A group of leading health figures will advise the Department of Health on how to most effectively engage people in the consultation process for the NHS Constitution, Health Minister and Joint Chair Ivan Lewis announced recently.