http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Lancet A study of around 1,000 UK mothers and their children, published in The Lancet, has revealed that iodine deficiency in pregnancy may have an adverse effect on children's mental development. The research raises concerns that the iodine status of pregnant women is a public health issue that needs to be addressed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-iodine-deficiency-pregnancy-adversely-affect.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 21 May 2013 18:30:04 EST news288376587 Minimally invasive autopsies, using a combination of MRI scans and other techniques, such as blood tests, can accurately determine the cause of death in fetuses and babies nearly as well as conventional autopsies, according to new research published in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-mri-autopsies-alternative-conventional-techniques.html Other Wed, 15 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news287856721 New research in The Lancet reports that just four pathogens—rotavirus, Cryptosporidium, enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli producing heat-stable toxin, and Shigella—are causing most cases of moderate-to-severe diarrhoea among children living in the poorest countries of the world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pathogens-diarrhoeal-deaths-illness-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 13 May 2013 18:30:03 EST news287688171 Scientists have developed a global media surveillance system that enables them to look for, and systematically monitor, up-to-the-minute public concerns and rumors about vaccines originating from 144 countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-global-surveillance-tool-detectsmonitors-vaccines.html Medications Sun, 12 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287576224 Bipolar disorder – where patients experience recurrent episodes of mood disturbance, ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression – is thought to affect roughly 2% of the world's population in its most pronounced forms (bipolar I and II), with milder forms of the disorder affecting another 2%. A new Lancet Series provides a comprehensive overview of the genetics, diagnosis, and treatment of bipolar disorder, outlining future challenges, and debating imminent changes to the criteria that psychiatrists use to diagnose the illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-lancet-series-bipolar-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 May 2013 18:30:02 EST news287337873 Scientists have identified a set of tests that could help identify whether and how Huntington's disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms. The latest findings from the TRACK-HD study, published Online First in The Lancet Neurology, could be used to assess whether potential new treatments are slowing the disease up to 10 years before the development of noticeable symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-scientists-early-predictors-disease-huntington.html Neuroscience Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news287248987 For the first time, a small device implanted in the brain has accurately predicted the onset of seizures in some adults who have epilepsy that doesn't respond to drugs, according to a small proof-of-concept study published Online First in The Lancet Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-implanted-device-epilepsy-seizures-humans.html Neuroscience Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:01 EST news286645243 Latin America is facing an alarming increase in cancer rates, and unless urgent action is taken to prevent cancers, improve health-care systems and facilities, access to vital medical care, and treatment of poor people, the region threatens to be overwhelmed by the burgeoning epidemic, say the authors of a major new report on cancer control in the region, published in The Lancet Oncology, and launched at the Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group (LACOG) 2013 conference in São Paulo, Brazil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-latin-america-overwhelmed-burgeoning-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news286129430 Three-dimensional breast screens (mammograms) could offer substantial improvements in cancer detection and reducing false positives when used in conjunction with traditional two-dimensional mammograms, according to the results of a new study published in The Lancet Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-d-breast-screens-false-positives.html Cancer Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:30:03 EST news286038148 New research published Online First in The Lancet confirms that routine intimate partner violence screening and counselling in primary-care settings does not improve women's quality of life, but does help reduce depressive symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-routine-screening-partner-violence-health-care.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:06 EST news285245904 According to Sir Richard Feachem, Director of the Global Health Group at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, and senior author of the study, "The malaria control strategies implemented over the last decade have been highly successful in reducing malaria worldwide. However, these strategies must evolve to respond effectively to the changing patterns of infection in low transmission areas. More sophisticated and targeted approaches to identifying those people who are infected, and responding promptly and effectively, must be put in place. The good news is that these new approaches are being pioneered with great success in countries such as China, Sri Lanka, and Swaziland."* http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-malaria-strategies-patterns-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:30:01 EST news285142960 Using DNA tracking of an outbreak among cystic fibrosis patients at a treatment centre in the UK, the scientists identified frequent patient-to-patient transmission despite stringent infection control measures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-genome-reveals-human-to-human-multidrug-resistant.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:30:01 EST news283707839 A study of nearly 4,000 pairs of mothers and their children in the Children of the '90s study at the University of Bristol has shown that maternal vitamin D levels during pregnancy are not associated with the child's bone health in later life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-maternal-vitamin-d-pregnancy-affect.html Health Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:30:03 EST news282829319 Most strikingly, the study found that the proportion of young servicemen (under 30 years old) with a conviction for violent offending was much higher than among men of a similar age in the general population (20.6% vs 6.7%). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-uk-military-personnel-violent.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:30:06 EST news282498625 New research on contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for contraception in married or co-habiting women of reproductive age (15 – 49 years), based on data from 194 countries, suggests that although the proportion of women in this group using contraception has risen in the last two decades, and unmet need has fallen, 233 million married or co-habiting women are projected to have an unmet need for modern contraceptive methods by 2015. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-million-women-worldwide-unmet-modern.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:30:02 EST news282223323