As global ambassador for Oxfam International, Sex and the City’s Kristin Davis is a tireless champion for women and children in need. Here, she reveals why her work in Africa gives her hope, what makes her happiest, and the major life ...

The first panel, Picking up on Second Life - Educational Projects in Germany will begin at 9am SLT. The second panel, The Future of Healthcare in Virtual Worlds will begin at 11am SLT. The third panel, Visualizing Real Data in a Virtual ...

Earlier this week, we ran a Q&A with Julie Salamon, author of the new book Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids. Given the richness of her book and the primacy ...

UnitedHealth Group has announced that it is cutting its full-year earnings outlook because of tough competition in the health benefits business.

“And, in this mouse study, we have shown that this particular compound has very strong positive effects on preventing cardiovascular disease, reducing heart inflammation, keeping bone health in terms of structure and function, ...

John McCain's, R-Ariz., health-care plan would replace the existing tax exclusion for employer-sponsored coverage with a refundable tax credit for all Americans. The tax change is intended to create a more...

Global Health brings together the resources of the Public Health and Tropical Medicine (PHTM) database, previously produced by the Bureau of Hygiene and Tropical Diseases (BHTD), and the human health and diseases information extracted ...

Health risks for the 21st century worker keep getting weirder. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that quantum dots—nanoparticles made of semiconducting crystals that emit light when stimulated at certain ...

Unlike roaches, which can be spotted easily, bed bugs hide, so "we don't even bother looking for them," said Charles Minor, a supervisor with the Health Department's environmental division. "If we get a complaint, we assume that they're ...

Angel Lugo, Defense Center of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury. Brig. Gen. Sutton will sort fact from fiction about TBI, PTSD and other mental health issues, and explains what DoD is doing to help service ...