Lee won't contest losing ND licenseIn-Forum, ND - 57 minutes ago... on charges of improperly dispensing narcotics and unethical billing practices has agreed to have his North Dakota medical license permanently revoked.

Background:The status of a disease can be reflected by specific transcriptional profiles resulting from the induction or repression activity of a number of genes. Here, we proposed a time-dependent diagnostic model to predict the treatment effects of interferon and ribavirin to HCV infected patients by using time series microarray gene expression profiles of a published study.Methods:In the published study, 33 African-American (AA) and 36 Caucasian American (CA) patients with chronic HCV genotype 1 infection received pegylated interferon and ribavirin therapy for 28 days. HG-U133A GeneChip containing 22283 probes was used to analyze the global gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of all the patients on day 0 (pretreatment), 1, 2, 7, 14, and 28.

Texas Tech medical school gets $116 million budgetEl Paso Times, TX - Aug 8, 2008LUBBOCK -- The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents unanimously approved a $116 million budget for the El Paso medical school Friday.

As the weather gets warmer, people often get motivated to spend more time outdoors. Whether it's working on projects around the house, playing with the grandkids at the park or out exercising, it's important that baby boomers remember their bodies are not as young as they used to be and not overdo it.

Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz." Now, a new study links those first experiences with smoking, and the likelihood that a person is currently a smoker, to a particular genetic variation.

According to Dr. Gerald Bernstein, patient perception about diabetes has not changed much in the over forty years he has been practicing medicine at two major NYC hospitals. In fact, he still sees the same viewpoints today as when he was a former director of the Beth Israel Health Care Systems Diabetes Management Program years ago.

Sauna has a long-standing tradition on the Northern hemisphere, with Scandinavia and Russia looking back over more than 2,500 years of using sauna as a popular procedure to cleanse and regenerate the body. Over the last few years, sauna has become the epitome of wellness, with many studies proving its positive influence on general health.

This August is Menopause Awareness Month, a good time for women to discuss with their doctors female sexual dysfunction, a real but often-overlooked medical condition.

Boehringer Ingelheim presented new 100 week data at the International AIDS Conference demonstrating Aptivus® (tipranavir) long-term efficacy and safety in treatment-experienced children. Results from this two-year study show that Aptivus® enabled the children to achieve sustained virologic and immunologic responses and was a well-tolerated antiretroviral therapy.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE: BMY) and the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation announced the launch of the SECURE THE FUTURE® Technical Assistance Program (TAP), an innovative skills transfer initiative designed to enable communities in countries severely affected by HIV/AIDS to optimize the delivery of services for the comprehensive treatment and management of HIV.

GlaxoSmithKline (LSE and NYSE: GSK) and Genmab A/S (OMX: GEN) announced today positive top-line results from an interim analysis of the Phase III pivotal study evaluating ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20®) in two difficult to treat groups of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL).

A new study published on bmj.com has found that fertility is not improved in infertile couples who have been treated with long-established medical interventions. The team of researchers led by the University of Aberdeen has called for UK and national guidelines to be reviewed with this new evidence that challenges current practices.

A new study published on bmj.com has found that fertility is not improved in infertile couples who have been treated with long-established medical interventions. The team of researchers led by the University of Aberdeen has called for UK and national guidelines to be reviewed with this new evidence that challenges current practices.

New research published in The Lancet finds that childhood seizures due to fever - febrile seizure - do not increase long-term mortality. During the two years following complex febrile seizures, there appears to be a doubling of mortality, but the overall risk of death associated with febrile seizures remains extremely low.

Small renal masses are defined as stage T1a lesions (less than 4cm), but certainly lesions less than 2cm fall into this definition. There is a 126% increase in the detection of renal cell cancers since 1950, due to increased imaging and incidental detection of renal masses. It is suggested that the mean tumor growth rate of a grade 2 renal cancer is 0.28cm/yr, compared to 0.

Children with febrile seizures do not have an increased risk of long-term mortality, but for children who suffer from complex febrile seizures, mortality is doubled.

Francis, 50, never imagined that drinking a high anti-oxidant fruit beverage every day could help protect his health -- in just 1 week. That's what he found out after participating in a clinical trial near his home in Los Angeles, Calif.

Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has assigned priority review status for its New Drug Application (NDA) for Multaq(R) (dronedarone). The priority review period begins on July 31, 2008.

Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. (Amex: IMA), a leading provider of near-patient diagnostics, monitoring and health management solutions, is featuring its new TB diagnostic test, the Clearview TB ELISA, at the International AIDS conference (AIDS 2008).

Sound Pharmaceuticals (SPI) has received FDA notification that it may proceed with its Phase II study to prevent chemotherapy induced hearing loss.