http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of British Columbia Forget apples – lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cardio-weight-access-health-seniors.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 17:02:13 EST news287769712 The majority of family doctors receive little or no information about harmful effects of medicines when visited by drug company representatives, according to an international study involving Canadian, U.S. and French physicians. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-doctors-effects-medicines-sales.html Medications Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:27:23 EST news284804807 Health systems worldwide are increasingly negotiating secret price rebates from pharmaceutical companies and Canadians risk losing out on the deal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-canada-drug-pricing.html Health Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:05 EST news284644853 Patients are more likely to follow preventive health practices like getting a flu shot or mammography if their doctors do likewise, researchers at the University of British Columbia and in Israel have discovered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-healthy-doctors-patients.html Health Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:00:08 EST news284632371 (Medical Xpress)—University of British Columbia researchers have successfully normalized the production of blood vessels in the brain of mice with Alzheimer's disease (AD) by immunizing them with amyloid beta, a protein widely associated with the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-drugs-blood-vessels-candidates-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:09:59 EST news281862590 Obesity rates across Canada are reaching alarming levels and continue to climb, according to a new University of British Columbia study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-canadian-adult-obesity-historic-high.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:20:02 EST news281199898 Giving back through volunteering is good for your heart, even at a young age, according to University of British Columbia researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-good-volunteer-adolescents-healthier-hearts.html Pediatrics Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:00:13 EST news281008845 A new class of influenza drug has been shown effective against drug-resistant strains of the flu virus, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-flu-drug-virus-tracks.html Medical research Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:00:11 EST news280676007 Using powerful X-rays, University of British Columbia researchers have reconstructed a crime scene too small for any microscope to observe – and caught the culprit of arrhythmia in action. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-arrhythmia-culprit-caught-action.html Medical research Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:30:02 EST news280329612 Babies as young as seven months can distinguish between, and begin to learn, two languages with vastly different grammatical structures, according to new research from the University of British Columbia and Université Paris Descartes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bilingual-babies-grammar-months.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:32:39 EST news280063950 To predict whether a problem drinker will hit the bottle again, ignore what they say and watch their body language for displays of shame, a University of British Columbia study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-body-language-outcomes-recovering-alcoholics.html Addiction Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:11 EST news279198219 New research from the University of British Columbia is shedding light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we're full. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-food-porn-allure-science-satiety.html Neuroscience Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:01:17 EST news278611253 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists trying to create drugs to treat chronic inflammation in diseases like arthritis now have a new culprit known MMP2. New University of British Columbia research shows that this enzyme works as a master switch to activate inflammatory diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-master-discovery-road-treatment-arthritis.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 23 Jan 2013 07:10:02 EST news278145932 Children who make an effort to perform acts of kindness are happier and experience greater acceptance from their peers, suggests new research from the University of British Columbia and the University of California, Riverside. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kindness-key-happiness-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:00:04 EST news275756755 Finding the next Barack Obama or Warren Buffett might be as simple as looking at who attracts the most eyes in a crowd, a new University of British Columbia study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-power-status-dominance-skill-trump.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:35:42 EST news275110535