http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from The Conversation High-intensity, short duration warm up activities at half time intervals boost athletic performance, a study of soccer players has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-warm-ups-boost-athletic.html Health Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:02 EST news288261761 Neurological disorders can have a devastating impact on the lives of sufferers and their families. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-deep-brain-drugs-dont.html Neuroscience Fri, 17 May 2013 09:29:38 EST news288001707 We're told to have power naps to keep us safe on the road and improve our alertness if we've had insufficient sleep. They even help our surgeons stay awake during long shifts. But siestas and nana naps can also leave us feeling groggy and lethargic. So are they healthy or harmful? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-boost-memory-mood-nap-short.html Sleep apnea Fri, 17 May 2013 09:26:08 EST news288001512 Women admitted to psychiatry wards experience high levels of violence and sexual assaults, according to a report released this week by the Victorian Mental Illness Alliance Council. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-sexual-assaults-psych-wards-urgent.html Health Fri, 17 May 2013 08:20:01 EST news287996890 Actress Angelina Jolie has today written an op-ed in the New York Times explaining that she has opted to have a double mastectomy because she carries the hereditary BRCA1 gene, which she says increases her risk of breast cancer by 87%. Her mother died from cancer after a ten-year struggle at the age of 56. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brca1.html Cancer Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:05 EST news287827418 Beep….beep……….beep……….beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep. "We're losing him. Out of my way, nurse!" The quick-thinking young doctor charges the defibrillator paddles and places them on the chest of the lifeless patient, whose cardiac monitor is showing a straight green line. The patient gets a huge dose of electricity; his back arches and his limp body lifts up off the bed with the shock. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-medical-myth-flatlining-patients-life.html Cardiology Tue, 14 May 2013 09:10:01 EST news287740616 Over the past two decades, the frozen preservation of embryos has become routine practice in IVF. What currently happens to embryos next is controlled by overlapping and complicated rules that confuse and disempower IVF users. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-frozen-laws-ivf-embryo-destruction.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 13 May 2013 08:30:08 EST news287651185 To keep your body functioning, glucose must always be present in your blood. It's as important as oxygen in the air you breathe. The brain can only function for a few minutes without either before it stops working altogether. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 13 May 2013 08:20:05 EST news287651123 Zebrafish are probably not the first creatures that come to mind when it comes to animals that are valuable for medical research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-animals-zebrafish.html Medical research Fri, 10 May 2013 09:10:01 EST news287394648 Some groups of migrant women in Australia are at a higher risk of medical interventions in childbirth that may lead to health problems for the mother or child, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-migrant-women-unassisted-birth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 06 May 2013 08:41:50 EST news287048311 The word intuition is derived from the Latin intueor – to see; intuition is thus often invoked to explain how the mind can "see" answers to problems or decisions in the absence of explicit reasoning – a "gut reaction". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-intuition.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 03 May 2013 08:33:08 EST news286788717 Think of your favourite magic trick. Is it as grandiose as David Copperfield's Death Saw, or is it as simple as making a coin disappear in front of your very eyes? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-science-magic-hocus-pocus.html Neuroscience Wed, 01 May 2013 09:39:46 EST news286619976 It's ten years since SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) upset our complacency about infectious diseases and now we are faced by another "new" disease. H7N9 bird flu is currently spreading through China and so far there have been more than 108 cases and the virus has caused at least 22 deaths. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-evidence-h7n9-humansbut.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:48:55 EST news286440527 Testosterone may trigger a brain chemical process linked to schizophrenia but the same sex hormone can also improve cognitive thinking skills in men with the disorder, two new studies show. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-testosterone-role-schizophrenia.html Neuroscience Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:20:01 EST news286182507 Institutions that make big money out of gambling – such as governments, casinos, clubs and pubs – are fond of telling us how much they care about problem gambling. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-responsible-gambling-spectacle-problem-gambler.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:27:05 EST news286179977