‘These images are a stark reminder that we can’t treat our lungs as if they were hoover bags able to filter out harmful substances like cigarette smoke’ says Dame Helena Shovelton, Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation. ‘Smoking causes disabling lung diseases like COPD and kills more than 120,000 people in the UK each [...]

The National Hispanic Science Network (NHSN) on Drug Abuse will hold its eighth annual conference, "Community, Behavioral and Molecular Sciences in Addictive Disorders," October 1-3, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Bethesda, Maryland.

The contribution that general practice, with an international flavour, makes to our health system will be in the spotlight this week at the combined Wonca Asia Pacific Regional Conference/ The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Annual Scientific Convention 2008.

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 [...]

The following statement was issued today by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) regarding a new survey from the AARP on price trends for biotechnology drugs:
"The report issued yesterday by the AARP on price trends for specialty drugs ignores the many factors that counter and mitigate the price trends mentioned in this analysis. The report focuses [...]