http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Monash University (Medical Xpress)—Better management of diabetes could dramatically improve outcomes for lung transplant patients, with new research showing that those without diabetes lived twice as long as transplant recipients with the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-diabetes-key-transplant-success.html Diabetes Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:40:03 EST news290841800 (Medical Xpress)—Results in a study of Australia's first women-only psychiatry ward at The Alfred have been published in the prestigious Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-gender-psychiatry.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Jun 2013 08:00:01 EST news289462397 (Medical Xpress)—Australians have a poor track record of talking about death and dying. A recent survey of Australians who'd just lost a loved one to a terminal illness found just 15 per cent were told how their relative wanted to be cared for in their final days. Consequently, while most (70 per cent) people prefer to die at home, more than half (54 per cent) die in hospital and 32 per cent die in nursing homes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-disabilityand-good-death.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:50:01 EST news289462364 (Medical Xpress)—Over the last two decades, incremental gains have been made in the number of men given early diagnosis of prostate cancer, and the way they are treated, a Victorian study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-early-diagnosis-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:40:01 EST news289462341 A Victorian study examining the experiences of young people with a disability as they transition out of state care has detailed the lack of post-care accommodation and support. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-state-leavers.html Health Mon, 03 Jun 2013 07:12:12 EST news289462325 (Medical Xpress)—There were almost 32,000 substantiated cases of severe abuse, neglect and violence in Australia last year with some children dying as a result. According to the Australian Institute of Criminology, the age group most likely to be murdered is 0-12 months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-homeless-abused-children-benefit-animal-assisted.html Health Fri, 31 May 2013 07:10:02 EST news289201935 Researchers have found that conditions in the womb can affect kidney development and have serious health implications for the child not only immediately after birth, but decades later. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-good-kidney-health-birth.html Health Thu, 30 May 2013 19:00:02 EST news289155044 Researchers have identified a sub-group of cells that could contribute to prostate cancer recurrence, opening up new ways to treat the disease, which claims more than 3000 lives a year in Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-possibilities-prostate-cancer-treatment-revealed.html Cancer Wed, 29 May 2013 14:00:01 EST news289051323 (Medical Xpress)—A three-year multinational study has tracked and detailed the progression of Huntington's disease (HD), predicting clinical decline in people carrying the HD gene more than 10 years before the expected onset of symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-huntington-disease-trials-track.html Neuroscience Tue, 21 May 2013 05:52:53 EST news288334365 Salamanders' immune systems are key to their remarkable ability to regrow limbs, and could also underpin their ability to regenerate spinal cords, brain tissue and even parts of their hearts, scientists have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-salamanders-solution-regeneration.html Medical research Mon, 20 May 2013 15:00:10 EST news288270588 New research undertaken on the streets of Richmond and Abbotsford has revealed increasing health risks for people who inject drugs and significant community concern over the impact of injecting in public areas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-reveals-impact.html Health Mon, 20 May 2013 07:50:02 EST news288252792 (Medical Xpress)—A powerful new way of imaging kidneys is providing scientists with insights into the importance of the body's filtering system and how it is affected by cardiovascular disease, stroke and other health concerns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-powerful-imaging-tool-kidneys-secrets.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 May 2013 07:09:14 EST news288252536 (Medical Xpress)—The pain sensations of others can be felt by some people, just by witnessing their agony, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pain-contagious.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 08 May 2013 07:30:07 EST news287216044 Growing old is generally viewed in negative terms in our society. And our individualistic and consumerist approach to health care leads us to believe that it's within our power to alter the "biological clock"—if we are willing and able to pay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-wise-anti-ageing-industry.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 07:00:01 EST news286782206 (Medical Xpress)—Both doctors and parents are reluctant about raising the issue of childhood obesity, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-child-obesity-taboo-subject.html Overweight and Obesity Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:25:27 EST news286179921