http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Linköping University A drug developed at Linköping University in Sweden protects against the side effects of cancer treatments while strengthening the effects on the tumour. An international drug evaluation is now starting up on a larger group of patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-side-effects-chemotherapy.html Cancer Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:36:42 EST news278062507 Women who have undergone group therapy and learned to relax have reduced their menopausal troubles by half, according to results of a study at Linköping University and Linköping University Hospital in Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-good-therapy-hot-flushes.html Health Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:00:01 EST news272886560 Infant mortality has fallen by half, and the number of women who died from complications during pregnancy and childbirth by three-quarters. This is the result of a four-year health care project in one of India's poorest districts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-health-india-mothers-children.html Health Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:44:48 EST news271071879 The highest levels ever of DDT in breast milk have been measured in mothers living in malaria-stricken villages in South Africa. The values lie well over the limits set by the World Health Organization. DDT has been used for many years in South Africa, sprayed indoors to fight malaria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-high-ddt-breast-south-africa.html Health Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:36:42 EST news265887389 Disruptions to the circadian rhythm can affect the growth of blood vessels in the body, thus causing illnesses such as diabetes, obesity, and cancer, according to a new study from Linköping University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-zebrafish-circadian-rhythm-affects-health.html Medical research Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:05:43 EST news265370737 The inexorable spread of Alzheimer's disease through the brain leaves dead neurons and forgotten thoughts in its wake. Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden are the first to show how toxic proteins are transferred from neuron to neuron. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-alzheimer-infects-neuron.html Neuroscience Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:00:05 EST news259944735