http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Health Behavior News Service The availability of sugar-sweetened or diet soda in schools does not appear to be related to students' overall consumption, except for African-American students, who drink more soda when it's available at school, finds a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-black-students-soda-school.html Health Wed, 15 May 2013 08:50:02 EST news287822971 Menu labeling has made more people aware of how many calories are in restaurant meals and has some people reducing their intake, according to new research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-calorie-menus-small-effects.html Health Wed, 15 May 2013 08:30:06 EST news287822948 Patients coping with chronic pain should also be evaluated for anxiety disorders, according to new research published in General Hospital Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-chronic-pain-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 15 May 2013 07:26:36 EST news287821587 Among fibromyalgia patients taking either of two commonly prescribed drugs to reduce pain, 22 percent report substantial improvement while 21 percent had to quit the regimen due to unpleasant side effects, according to a new review in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drugs-fibromyalgia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:20:05 EST news278844198 One in four people with HIV/AIDS is over 50, yet older adults are more often diagnosed at a late stage than younger people. Despite this, nearly half of older adults visiting a public health clinic where HIV/AIDS is prevalent were not screened for the disease in the past 12 months, finds a study in The Gerontologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-at-risk-older-adults-arent-routine.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 29 Jan 2013 08:47:33 EST news278671639 Using active transport to commute to work can reduce the weight gain common to most adults. According to an Australian study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, urban residents who drive to work gain more weight than those who do not commute by car. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-commuting-car-linked-weight-gain.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:00:02 EST news278152926 Youth with a deployed military parent or sibling use drugs and alcohol at a higher rate than their peers, finds a new study in American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-children-siblings-deployed-military-drugs.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:00:01 EST news277721309 White young adults were 50 percent more likely than their Black, Hispanic or Asian peers to self-report driving after drinking at age 21, finds a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-white-young-adults-dui.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 10:46:13 EST news277555563 Getting to the emergency room within the first few hours of recognizing stroke symptoms can help prevent permanent brain damage, but a recent study in Ethnicity & Disease finds that Blacks are only half as likely as Whites to get timely treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-blacks-critical-early-treatment.html Cardiology Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:40:21 EST news277116005 Employers, in an effort to help drive down health care costs, have increasingly offered work-sponsored health promotion programs but have had limited success with encouraging workers to participate. A new study in American Journal of Health Promotion finds that whether or not workers enroll and participate in health coaching programs depends more on the worker than on an employer's motivational tactics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-age-gender-employer-sponsored-health.html Health Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:19:55 EST news276945589 Despite the importance of physical activity, many people feel they don't have enough time to exercise. An active lifestyle that includes engaging in physical activity for less than 10 minutes multiple times a day can have the same health benefits as more structured exercise, finds a new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-minutes-physical-multiple-day-health.html Health Fri, 04 Jan 2013 09:18:48 EST news276513522 People with disabilities, while making up just 17 percent of the working-age adult population, account for almost 40 percent of all emergency department (ED) visits, finds a new study in Health Services Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-adults-disabilities-emergency-department.html Health Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:30:01 EST news275303332 Babies born prematurely are at higher risk of having a lower IQ and impaired cognitive and motor skills. Programs aimed at helping these infants and their families once they leave the hospital have been found to increase IQ in the period up to school age and provide lasting improvements in cognitive skills, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-early-intervention-premature-infants-iq.html Pediatrics Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:20:01 EST news275303080 Medical students, doctors and nurses can be taught to use a more holistic, patient-centered approach during medical consultations, focusing on the person and not just their medical complaint, finds a new review in The Cochrane Library. Furthermore, short term training (less than 10 hours) was as effective as longer-term training. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-health-patients.html Health Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:43:43 EST news275132618 The company a teen keeps can influence how much time they spend either in front of a screen or participating in healthy physical activity, finds a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-teen-physical-screen-friends.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:42:08 EST news274700523