The Dutch Health Ministry said that it plans to extend its experimental medical marijuana program for five years.

Honda Foundation Announces Honda Prize 2007 Goes to French Private Surgeon Dr. Philippe Mouret, the Performer of the World-First Practical Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Who Marked the Beginning of Rapid Spread of Endoscopic Surgery and Its Related Technologic Innovations in Modern Medicine

Catalis® Accelerator™, the World's Premier Graphical Health Record, Wins Most Innovative Vertical Industry Software Award at theSoftwareCEO/ CompTIA Software Innovation Awards.

Researchers say they have found a link between a blinding eye disease called glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease. Investigators say the connection has to do with a protein called beta amyloid.

An international team of researchers is proposing a plan for building a “toolkit” for personalized medicine — that long-anticipated era in which physicians customize efforts to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases to match the unique genetic characteristics of each individual patient.

FDA approves limited treatment IND program for Zelnorm
Novartis continues discussions with FDA to evaluate Zelnorm safety data and identify appropriate next steps

There are special diseases that are so old that it is known that even Egyptian mummies and tsars’ families were suffering from them. No medications have been yet created to cure them, and no doctor can help get rid of such diseases. Doctors say that such diseases that are called hereditary diseases emerge as a result of natural selection. These diseases are programmed to progress only.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Nanotechnology Task Force today (July 25) released a report that recommends the agency consider developing guidance and taking other steps to address the benefits and risks of drugs and medical devices using nanotechnology.

Israeli researchers have developed the smallest micro robot designed to crawl inside the human body's smallest tubes.

The latest developments in robotic surgery and personalised healthcare technology will be demonstrated for Her Majesty The Queen today (9 July) when she officially opens the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London.

FDA Clears 'Computerized Medication Box' for U.S. Market

Over one in 10 British families have gone without medicine (11 per cent) or food (10 per cent) because they didn't have enough money, according to a survey released on Wednesday, 13th June by leading children's charity NCH and Barclays.