http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University College London Women at a particular stage in their monthly menstrual cycle may be more vulnerable to some of the psychological side-effects associated with stressful experiences, according to a study from UCL. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-hormone-key-psychological-disorders-women.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 24 May 2013 12:05:42 EST news288615932 Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organisations, according to a Viewpoint article in this week's Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-global-health-policy-burden-disease.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:01 EST news287944669 Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-emotional-self-control.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 09 May 2013 09:19:20 EST news287309860 Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer program could be possible with proper training, according to researchers. In a study published today, experiment participants who had been trained on statistically idealized data vastly improved their ability to predict the outcome of a baseball game. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-memory-winner.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:00:19 EST news285854423 Up to 10 per cent of the population are affected by specific learning disabilities (SLDs), such as dyslexia, dyscalculia and autism, translating to 2 or 3 pupils in every classroom according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-disabilities-affect-percent-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:00:14 EST news285511379 For the first time, teams that care for children needing heart surgery have been able to review their short-term success rate better across all the different operations they perform. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-child-heart-surgeons-access-clearer.html Cardiology Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:20:01 EST news284362875 Previous research has shown that obesity runs in families, and twin studies suggest that this is largely due to genetic factors, with heritability estimates over 50%. 32 genes have been identified as risk factors for obesity but previous analyses suggest that these genes alone cannot fully explain the high level of heritability in childhood obesity, as together they explain only 2% of individual differences in childhood body weight. This has led to a problem of 'missing heritability'. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-strong-genetic-component-childhood-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:58:05 EST news283514280 Stem cells taken from amniotic fluid were used to restore gut structure and function following intestinal damage in rodents, in new research published in the journal Gut. The findings pave the way for a new form of cell therapy to reverse serious damage from inflammation in the intestines of babies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-amniotic-fluid-stem-cells-gut.html Medical research Sun, 24 Mar 2013 19:10:02 EST news283356693 In high income countries brain cooling is standard treatment for neonatal encephalopathy - unexpected, devastating brain injury due to low oxygen and blood in the baby's brain at birth. This therapy reduces mortality and disability. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-brain-cooling-birth-asphyxia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Mar 2013 08:07:07 EST news283072006 New research, published in Neuron, gives insight into how single mutations in the VCP gene cause a range of neurological conditions including a form of dementia called Inclusion Body Myopathy, Paget's Disease of the Bone and Frontotemporal Dementia (IBMPFD), and the motor neuron disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-mutations-vcp-gene-implicated-neurodegenerative.html Neuroscience Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:37:06 EST news282472618 Researchers at UCL have made a breakthrough in the way that drugs could be delivered to the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-team-breakthrough-drugs-brain.html Medical research Mon, 11 Mar 2013 08:17:22 EST news282208635 Bowel cancer cells missing one of three genes can rapidly reshuffle their genetic 'pack of cards' – the chromosomes that hold the cell's genetic information. This reshuffling has been previously shown to render tumours more resistant to treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bowel-cancers-reshuffle-genetic-treatment.html Cancer Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:10:26 EST news281193016 Alcohol consumption could be much higher than previously thought, with more than three quarters of people in England drinking in excess of the recommended daily alcohol limit, according to a new paper in the European Journal of Public Health. The study, conducted by researchers in the UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, is the first to investigate the potential public health implications related to the under-reporting of alcohol consumption. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-alcohol-consumption-higher-england.html Addiction Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:00:12 EST news281124861 Obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the body, according to a study led by the UCL Institute of Child Health (ICH). Efforts to tackle obesity should thus also help to reduce levels of vitamin D deficiency in the population, says the lead investigator of the study, Dr Elina Hypponen. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-obesity-vitamin-d-deficiency.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EST news279305575 The 2011 annual report of the National Audit of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) highlights the significant progress within hospitals to expand PCI services to treat more patients with acute coronary syndromes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-national-percutaneous-coronary-interventional-procedures.html Cardiology Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:00:02 EST news278591562