http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Elhuyar Fundazioa (Medical Xpress)—Research done at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has determined the frequency of genetic variants linked to alcoholism for the Spanish population, and its incidence not only in individuals with a high level of alcohol intake, but also in individuals with alcohol dependence. Furthermore, the broad presence of women in the sample has made it possible, for the first time, to associate some of these genetic variants with a high level of alcohol intake in women. The results have been published in various top, international journals worldwide, like the journal Addiction, a leader in the field of misused substances. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-genetic-alcoholism-women.html Addiction Tue, 19 Feb 2013 11:20:03 EST news280492090 How are non-heterosexual people affected by discrimination endured in the school environment due to their affective-sexual orientation? This question was the starting point in the PhD thesis produced by the researcher Aitor Martxueta. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-key-elements-homophobic-bullying-schools.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:09:47 EST news278248179 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common childhood neuropsychiatric disorder. Yet there is currently no tool that will confirm the diagnosis of ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dna-chip-attention-deficit-hyperactivity.html Attention deficit disorders Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:48:32 EST news277980502 Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, the most common paediatric cancer, has been the subject of study in the PhD thesis of ElixabetLópez.In the work entitled New genetic markers for treatment personalization in paediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, the UPV/EHU biologist has presented new genetic markers that could improve the classification of risk groups and predict treatment toxicity in the patient.That way it would be possible to achieve better personalisation of the treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-markers-treatment-survival-acute-lymphoblastic.html Cancer Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:37:07 EST news275308620