http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Newcastle University (Medical Xpress)—A focus on alcohol-related entertainment in the North East normalises binge drinking among young people, a new study has found. Tim Townshend, of the School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape, aimed to capture how 'ordinary' urban young English people live, which included getting them to keep a diary for a weekend to show how they spent their leisure time. This was followed up by in-depth interviews and focus groups. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-lack-alternatives-teenagers.html Health Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:49:41 EST news285490173 (Medical Xpress)—A new study could help earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, after a Malaysian researcher working for Newcastle University in the UK identified that even early in the disease people experience symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-parkinson-discovery-earlier-diagnosis.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:49:09 EST news285490111 Vitamin D is vital for making our muscles work efficiently and boosting energy levels, new research from Newcastle University has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vitamin-d-proven-boost-energyfrom.html Medical research Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:20:09 EST news284379594 Poorer lung cancer patients in the developed world are significantly less likely to receive treatment than richer patients, researchers from Newcastle University have found. This inequality in treatment may contribute to the higher death rates for lung cancer in poorer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poorer-patients-lung-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:50:03 EST news279527851 (Medical Xpress)—A study has found that many patients receiving a potentially life-saving drug for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are potentially being under-dosed. Every year in the UK approximately 100 children aged between 0-15 are diagnosed with neuroblastoma and currently only half of those will survive. The drug, 13-cis-retinoic acid, has been used in high doses to treat children with the disease for the last ten years. It plays a key role in stopping cancer returning after tumours are treated by surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-vital-children-cancer-drug-underdosed.html Cancer Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:01:50 EST news277718504 (Medical Xpress)—Getting your family and friends to support you in being physically active and setting yourself physical activity goals are among the top ten tips scientifically proven to help combat Type 2 diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-ten-combat-diabetes-year.html Diabetes Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:45:31 EST news276342322 (Medical Xpress)—The fascinating but deeply weird illusion of the scintillating grid, where the grid appears to sparkle, has been shown to be more sparkly when you view it with both eyes rather than one eye. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-paper-illusion-scintillating-grid.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:13:39 EST news275123602 (Medical Xpress)—Many people do not recognise the signs of stroke and delay calling emergency services, limiting their chances of getting effective early treatment, a new study has revealed. Even those who think they are having a stroke often do not act fast enough. Every year an estimated 150,000 people in the UK suffer a stroke, about one every 5 minutes. Recent research has found that if people with stroke are treated with clot busting drugs within the first few hours, they are much more likely to make a complete recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-patients-emergency-treatment-quickly.html Cardiology Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:32:34 EST news273825146 (Medical Xpress)—The ideal male and female bodies according to each of the sexes have been identified by researchers at Newcastle University using a special 3D design programme. The findings, published today in the journal PLOS One, reveal the remarkable similarities and differences in what men and women find attractive but also what they perceive to be attractive in their own sex. The research is part of a bigger project looking at the causes of, and possible treatments for, anorexia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ideal-body-size.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:13:17 EST news273741188 A Newcastle University expert has won a prestigious award for her work to help young children with language difficulties. Dr Cristina McKean and Drs Sean Pert and Carol Stow, who both work for Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, have been presented with the Sternberg Prize for clinical Innovation from the Royal Society of Speech and Language Therapists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-technique-language-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:28:43 EST news273317311 Welfare rights advice has been shown to help patients with cancer and their carers receive millions in unclaimed benefits to help cope with the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-extra-cash-patients-cope-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:21:48 EST news269504499 (Medical Xpress)—Heightened activity between the emotional and auditory parts of the brain explains why the sound of chalk on a blackboard or a knife on a bottle is so unpleasant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-interaction-auditory-cortex-amygdala-responsible.html Neuroscience Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:11:58 EST news269075512 (Medical Xpress)—Chemicals similar to those found in cannabis form the basis of a new drug that is being trialled in UK cancer patients for the first time. The trial – funded by Newcastle University spin-out company e-Therapeutics plc, who also manufacture the drug – will investigate its potential for treating patients with a variety of solid tumours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cancer-fighting-properties-cannabis-related-chemical.html Cancer Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:22:10 EST news268046524 An ultra-low cost scanner that can be plugged into any computer or laptop to reveal vital information about the unborn child has been developed by engineers at Newcastle University, UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ultrasound-imaging-world.html Medical research Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:00:01 EST news266764767 Researchers at Newcastle University have revealed the mechanism by which neurons, the nerve cells in the brain and other parts of the body, age. The research, published today in Aging Cell, opens up new avenues of understanding for conditions where the aging of neurons are known to be responsible, such as dementia and Parkinson's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-brain-ages.html Neuroscience Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:00:01 EST news266598942