Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.

The UW Medicine Alumni Association will honor four alumni June 7 at an evening reception at Bell Harbor International Conference Center. The event is part of the annual UW Medicine All-School Celebration planned for June 6 and 7.

A drug to prevent bone loss during breast cancer treatment also substantially cut the risk that the cancer would return, results that left doctors excited about a possible new way to fight the disease.

A total of seven cases of measles have been confirmed in school-age children in DuPage County, bringing new urgency to health officials' calls for vaccinations for all children.

Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year's end-and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.

Convenience stores across the country are facing new rules on displaying cigarettes that require them to keep the packages behind closed doors or in drawers out of public view.

People with schizophrenia from families with no history of the illness were found to harbor eight times more spontaneous mutations — most in pathways affecting brain development — than healthy controls, in a study supported in part the National Institutes

Senators Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) and Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD) will visit the National Institutes of Health's Biomedical Research Center (BRC) on the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus in Baltimore, Maryland on Monday, June 2, 2008.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness honors Jane Pauley for her contributions to public education about mental illness, announces PBS and MTV will air documentaries on the issue (PRWeb May 30, 2008) Read the full story at

Old-fashioned asthma inhalers that contain environment-harming chemicals will no longer be sold at year's end - and the government is urging patients not to wait until the last minute to switch to newer alternatives.