http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Granada Being a woman, unemployed and living in a situation of social adversity are the three strongest trigger influences in subjects with a genetic predisposition to mental disorder. Moreover, in Andalusia, over 20% of the population present a mental disorder at some time in their lives. The most frequent disorders are the least serious—like depression, the most frequent disorder in 12% of the population, and anxiety disorders, present in nearly 10%. In contrast, nearly 3% suffer from psychotic disorders, the most severe form of mental illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-gender-employment-status-social-conditions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 13 May 2013 09:00:01 EST news287652915 New scientific evidence seems to confirm the famous Roman saying "Mens sana in corpore sano". Researchers from the University of Granada have demonstrated that people who normally practice sport have a better cognitive performance than those with poor physical health. More specifically, the results of this research indicate that the former have a better sustained attention span (they react more rapidly to an external stimulus introduced randomly while carrying out a monotonous task). Their autonomic nervous system also appears to work better when dealing with cognitive loads over a longer time period. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-people-sports-attention-span-poor.html Health Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:42:47 EST news284809360 Researchers from the universities of Granada and Murcia have confirmed the effectiveness of a spray containing 1% malic acid, which greatly improves xerostomy, or dry mouth, caused by anti-depressant drugs. This product, combined with xylitol and fluorides, in a spray format, stimulates saliva production in patients with this illness, thus improving their quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-effectiveness-greatly-mouth-sensation-anti-depressants.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:51:31 EST news284205063 A study conducted at the University of Granada and the University of York in Toronto, Canada, has revealed that bilingual children develop a better working memory –which holds, processes and updates information over short periods of time– than monolingual children. The working memory plays a major role in the execution of a wide range of activities, such as mental calculation (since we have to remember numbers and operate with them) or reading comprehension (given that it requires associating the successive concepts in a text). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bilingual-children-memory-monolingual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:11:53 EST news280577501 Investigators at the University of Granada have patented a melatonin gel that is 100% effective against this inflammatory reaction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-technique-effectively-mucositis.html Cancer Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:38:19 EST news280064259 Researchers at the University of Granada have designed a set of biomarkers that can be used in diagnostic tests for the detection of dengue and the West Nile virus, two infectious diseases transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. These biomarkers can be used to identify these viral diseases, which affect millions of people worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-spanish-biomarkers-dengue-west-nile.html Medical research Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:02:28 EST news279367336 A study conducted at the University of Granada has revealed that there is a direct relationship between exposure to pesticides (Persistent Organic Pollutants, CPOs) in food, air and water and prevalence of type 2 diabetes in adults, regardless of age, gender and body mass index. These substances tend to concentrate in body fat, and they might be one of the reasons why obese people are more likely to develop diabetes, since the more fat the higher the COP concentrations in the body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-exposure-pesticides-food-air-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 05 Feb 2013 08:37:19 EST news279275793 Researchers at the University of Granada have produced for the first time in the world mice lacking the coenzyme Q10, a rare mitochondrial disease prevailingly affecting children. The researchers needed three years to complete the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-mutant-mouse-treatment-neuromuscular-diseases.html Genetics Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:22:30 EST news278677342 Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, have designed a new computing system that determines the age and sex of a corpse with a reliability of 95%. This system is based on free software called Image and a free DICOM displayer called K-Pacs. This state-of-the-art system is very different from the traditional macroscopy systems used to evaluate the osteoarticular features of a corpse, and it is much faster and user-friendly. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-imaging-technique-age-sex-corpse.html Other Wed, 23 Jan 2013 08:49:47 EST news278153380 Researchers at the University of Granada, Spain, and Santo Tomas University in Colombia have found that drug abuse negatively affects sexual performance in men even after years of abstinence. This finding contradicts other studies reporting that men spontaneously recovered their normal sexual performance at three weeks after quitting substance abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-abuse-impairs-sexual-men.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:04:01 EST news277650216 Scientists at the University of Granada and Alcalá de Henares University have found out that not all isolated stem cells are equally valid in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering. In a paper recently published in the prestigious journal Tissue Engineering the researchers report that, contrary to what was thought, only a specific group of cord blood stem cells (CB-SC) maintained in culture are useful for therapeutic purposes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-stem-cells-equally-efficient-regenerative.html Medical research Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:37:06 EST news276946564 A study conducted by researchers at the University of Granada Group of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology has demonstrated that cortisol levels in saliva are associated with a person's ability to make good decisions in stressful situations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-saliva-analysis-reveal-decision-making-skills.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:10:56 EST news274356643 A study conducted at the University of Granada have demonstrated that there are not significant differences between men's and women's sexual fantasies. The fact is that both sexes have intimate and romantic sexual fantaies involving their partner or loved one. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-spanish-men-women-sexual-fantasies.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:39:27 EST news261823157 A study conducted at the University of Granada hasdemonstrated that ibuprofen ­–a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)­– has beneficial effects on bone repair after afracture or following bone surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-ibuprofen-bone-surgery-fracture.html Medical research Tue, 03 Jul 2012 09:44:46 EST news260527481 University of Granada researchers have tested melatonin analogues in rats that inhibit the enzyme nitric oxide synthase, which is involved in the development of the diseases referred above. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-substances-alzheimer-parkinson-disease.html Medical research Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:33:16 EST news258802352