Executive Director of the World Food Programme, Josette Sheeran, called on donor nations to fully fund urgent hunger needs and infrastructure rehabilitation in Haiti, which has been ravaged by a succession of tropical storms.

Recognizing the challenges of covering women’s sexual health and education in consumer media, The Women’s Sexual Health Foundation (TWSHF) has announced its first ever Media Award. To be presented annually, the award will recognize an outstanding media professional whose work has broadened the knowledge and understanding of women’s sexual [...]

Adheris, Inc., a leader in patient adherence and education programs, announced today the results of a new study that examined adherence rates among patients on SSRI/SNRI antidepressant therapy.
Study results showed that patients new to antidepressant treatment and those who had restarted therapy after a lapse of 6 or more months were twice as likely to [...]

Today U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) sent a letter to Congressman Bart Stupak, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, regarding the subcommittee’s letters to pharmaceutical companies over the implementation of temporary moratoriums on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertisements featuring newly-approved drugs. In the letter, Kohl suggests [...]

Ms Kathryn Allan was on Saturday announced as the winner of the Harry Steele-Bodger Memorial Scholarship travel award for 2008. The announcement came during the Awards Ceremony at the British Veterinary Association’s Annual Congress in London.