http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign New research indicates that women's reproductive function may be tied to their immune status. Previous studies have found this association in human males, but not females. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-women-reproductive-ability-immune-status.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 17 May 2013 14:34:20 EST news288020043 When trouble approaches, what do you do? Run for the hills? Hide? Pretend it isn't there? Or do you focus on the promise of rain in those looming dark clouds? New research suggests that the way you regulate your emotions, in bad times and in good, can influence whether – or how much – you suffer from anxiety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-suppress-explore-emotional-strategy-anxiety.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 13 May 2013 00:10:01 EST news287590065 Tomatoes and soy foods may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer when they are eaten together than when either is eaten alone, said a University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-soy-tomato-combo-effective-prostate.html Cancer Wed, 08 May 2013 13:09:17 EST news287237345 (Medical Xpress)—Middle school children who completed a social-emotional skills learning program at school were 42 percent less likely to engage in physical fighting a year later, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-skills-middle-schools.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 May 2013 07:50:01 EST news287130082 (Medical Xpress)—The shorter the intervals between previous child maltreatment incidents, the greater the likelihood that the child will experience abuse or neglect in the future, suggests a new study by a social work professor at the University of Illinois. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-factors-recurrent-child-abuse-neglect.html Health Tue, 07 May 2013 07:30:01 EST news287130050 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified biomarkers that can be used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence, and have shown how these biomarkers interact with each other to affect these outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-team-markers-ovarian-cancer-survival.html Cancer Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:41:37 EST news286519289 (Medical Xpress)—The Obama administration's controversial proposal to "means-test" Medicare recipients is ostensibly aimed at generating more cash for the government from those who can afford it – or squeezing more money out of upper-income seniors, depending upon one's point of view. But according to a University of Illinois expert on retirement benefits, the Medicare program is already means-tested. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-expert-medicare-means-tested.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:31:11 EST news286479036 New research suggests that elite athletes – Olympic medalists in volleyball, for example – perform better than the rest of us in yet another way. These athletes excel not only in their sport of choice but also in how fast their brains take in and respond to new information – cognitive abilities that are important on and off the court. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-elite-athletes-excel-cognitive-tasks.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:35:51 EST news282850542 Even parents who have had no contact with child welfare agencies believe negative stereotypes about social workers and the likely outcomes of abuse or neglect investigations, misconceptions that complicate agencies' efforts to engage parents in interventions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-negative-images-hamper-child-welfare.html Health Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:55:39 EST news282549331 College-age kids who don't consume at least three servings of dairy daily are three times more likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those who do, said a new University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-college-kids-dont-consequences.html Health Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:44:51 EST news282487480 A mutual curiosity about patterns of growth and development in pig brains has brought two University of Illinois research groups together. Animal scientists Rod Johnson and Ryan Dilger have developed a model of the pig brain that they plan to use to answer important questions about human brain development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-pig-brain-insights-human-cognitive.html Neuroscience Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:27:40 EST news282482819 A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act requires all chain restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus. But according to research co-written by a University of Illinois agricultural economist, numeric calorie labels might not be the most effective way to influence patrons to select "healthier" (often interpreted as lower-calorie) items. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-traffic-menus-effective-diners.html Health Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:12:07 EST news282409920 Fitness DVDs are a multimillion-dollar business, and those targeting adults over the age of 55 are a major part of the market. With names like "Boomers on the Move," "Stronger Seniors" and "Ageless Yoga," the programs promise much, but few have ever been rigorously tested. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-older-adults-benefit-home-based-dvd.html Health Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:45:42 EST news282228335 A 98-year-old researcher argues that, contrary to decades of clinical assumptions and advice to patients, dietary cholesterol is good for your heart – unless that cholesterol is unnaturally oxidized (by frying foods in reused oil, eating lots of polyunsaturated fats, or smoking). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-lipid-dietary-heart-disease.html Cardiology Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:01:31 EST news281199666 A University of Illinois study has established a possible link between high-fat diets and such childhood brain-based conditions as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and memory-dependent learning disabilities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-link-childhood-obesity-adhd-disabilities.html Attention deficit disorders Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:30:01 EST news280496481