http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) Spanish researchers have studied how job stress affects cardiovascular health. The results, published in the 'Scandinavian Journal of Public Health', link this situation to dyslipidemia, a disorder that alters the levels of lipids and lipoproteins in the blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-work-related-stress-linked-blood-fat.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 10:28:41 EST news287918828 The Spanish research centre Innotex has developed a device that enables automatic suturing of the large intestine after being sectioned during cancer colon surgery. The novelty of the system, called Insewing, is that it allows the use of absorbable suture material instead of metallic staples which are currently used and could cause intestinal stiffness and obstruction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-spanish-group-patents-automatic-suture.html Cancer Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:50:52 EST news286105845 The intrauterine environment plays an important role in the health of the offspring. Now, experts from the University of Navarra affirm that the mother's stress, due to socio-economic or psycho-social causes, is associated with the development of pathologies related with obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-relationship-prenatal-stress-obesity-rats.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:01:35 EST news284727686 The level of education of parents has an influence on the frequency with which their children eat foods linked to obesity. The children of parents with low and medium levels of education eat fewer vegetables and fruit and more processed products and sweet drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-better-educated-parents-children-fats-sugar.html Health Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:02:18 EST news283600932 The fact that excess weight during pregnancy has negative consequences is not new information. A new study now concludes that the children of mothers obese before falling pregnant are four times more likely to have frequent wheezing, which is one of the symptoms of asthma, compared to the children of mothers weighing a normal weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-maternal-obesity-frequent-wheezing-offspring.html Pediatrics Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:29:27 EST news281964556 A European study published in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal has analysed the association between physical activities and in situ or non-invasive breast cancer, or, in other words, cancer that has not yet invaded cells within or outside of the breast. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-physical-situ-breast-cancer-epidemiological.html Cancer Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:09:24 EST news281272048 (Medical Xpress)—Spanish researchers have studied adults' accuracy in the recognition of the emotion causing babies to cry. Eye movement and the dynamic of the cry play a key role in recognition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-anger-pain-babies.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:10:01 EST news280497896 Researchers at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) have analysed more than 60 brands of cheese commonly available in supermarkets. The concentration of organochloride contaminants in the majority of the samples was lower than levels set by European legislation, but in a few cases it was higher. The scientists recommend that an eye is kept on polychlorinated biphenyls as they are carcinogenic. The majority of these compound concentrations appeared in organic cheeses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cheeses-contaminant-eu.html Health Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:03:46 EST news280487001 Since 1992 the number of deaths linked to breast cancer in Spain has decreased among young and middle aged patients but not among the elderly. Spanish researchers also predict that it will continue to decline over the next decade, although more slowly as observed up until now. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-breast-cancer-mortality-declined-women.html Cancer Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:51:00 EST news277552254 Football players display different muscle response parameters depending on the position that they hold on the pitch, according to a study conducted by a team of Spanish researchers which has been published in the Journal of electromyography and kinesiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-muscle-response-footballers-position-field.html Other Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:38:46 EST news277472318 on purpose – quicker than their male counterparts, and live a more sedentary life than they do, according to a study by the University of Vigo. Results show that 56.1% of female students are considered binge drinkers, as opposed to 41.3% of males. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-percent-female-university-students-drunk.html Health Fri, 28 Dec 2012 11:06:47 EST news275915196 Experts already know that pregnant women should not eat for two. A study now insists on the importance of a healthy diet as a way of avoiding increased insulin and glucose levels in the child, both of which are indicators of diabetes and metabolic syndrome risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-inadequate-diet-pregnancy-predisposes-baby.html Health Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:19:58 EST news273928778 Published in the Comunicación journal, a study conducted by the University of Seville analyses violence content in Spanish TV series. It concludes that Telecinco's Sin tetas no hay paraíso is the most violent of the five studied. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-popular-tv-series-youngsters-spain.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Nov 2012 09:53:44 EST news272714000 Fear of visiting the dentist is a frequent problem in paediatric dentistry. A new study confirms the emotional transmission of dentist fear among family members and analyses the different roles that mothers and fathers might play. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dentist-children-parents.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 16 Nov 2012 10:20:24 EST news272283614 Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterised by persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviours. A new study reveals that sufferers worry considerably more than the general population in the face of morality problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-ocd-moral-dilemma.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:25 EST news271602250