http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from University of Virginia For tens of thousands of years, humans ran on bare feet. Then we developed an assortment of specialized shoes, including – particularly since the 1960s – a seemingly limitless variety of running shoes. Despite the perceived advantages of foot protection, some runners in recent years have returned to barefoot running, believing it is a more natural way to run and therefore less injurious to the feet and legs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-muscle-transition-minimalist.html Health Thu, 02 May 2013 16:40:16 EST news286731608 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have cut through conflicting advice about salt consumption by demonstrating that each person has a "personal salt index," an upper limit on daily salt consumption for good health. In addition, they have developed a test to determine that level – and to identify people who should consume more salt. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-diagnostic-person-optimal-salt-intake.html Health Wed, 01 May 2013 06:34:21 EST news286608850 (Medical Xpress)—Forensic psychologists and psychiatrists are ethically bound to be impartial, to look only at the evidence before them, when performing evaluations or providing expert opinions in court. But new research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Sam Houston State University suggests that the paycheck some courtroom experts receive influences their evaluations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bias-courtroom-impartial-experts.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 15 Apr 2013 06:37:20 EST news285226629 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a promising new antibiotic to treat potentially deadly gastrointestinal infections without harming the beneficial probiotic bacteria that help prevent relapse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-antibiotic-potentially-deadly-gut-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:15:35 EST news284966118 (Medical Xpress)—Thousands of children are bullied each day, but new University of Virginia research shows that they are not disliked universally by their peers. Indeed, victims may not be the most popular students at school; though they may have interpersonal and behavioral difficulties, many are not disliked by classmates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-bullying-victims-adolescence-previous-assumptions.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 02 Apr 2013 05:39:58 EST news284099991 Kids are consuming fewer calories, and adults are eating less fast food, according to a federal government survey released Feb. 21. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-kinesiology-expert-comments-latest-federal.html Health Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:40:03 EST news281604340 (Medical Xpress)—If mild cranial electrical stimulation helps lessen fibromyalgia pain, as studies seem to suggest, does it do this by changing activity in certain brain regions? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nursing-mild-electrical-pulses-aid.html Neuroscience Mon, 04 Mar 2013 07:27:16 EST news281604384 A bold new approach that gets people out of the hospital more quickly after a major cancer surgery is producing excellent outcomes and reducing costs for patients at the University of Virginia Health System, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-approach-surgery-hospital.html Surgery Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:40:09 EST news280054808 (Medical Xpress)—A groundbreaking technique developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is allowing scientists to examine histone modifications of genetic loci – a process that regulates gene expression – in single cells. The researchers believe the new method will have broad applications for most biomedical areas, most immediately in atherosclerosis research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-discovery-unprecedented-gene.html Medical research Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:35:19 EST news278318097 (Medical Xpress)—According to a new University of Virginia study, half of the 50 states could end their primary care physician shortages, and save billions annually in health care costs, by a simple policy change: equalizing the licensure requirements for foreign-educated physicians and U.S.-educated physicians. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-simple-policy-physician-shortages-states.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:04:07 EST news278057029 (Medical Xpress)—A nutritional supplement available over-the-counter may offer protection from Alzheimer's disease, a study by the University of Virginia and Northwestern University suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-nutritional-supplement-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:12:46 EST news277020757 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia have developed a new model of how the heart reacts to stresses such as high blood pressure, shedding light on a common cause of heart failure and facilitating the development of new drugs to treat and prevent it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-drugs-heart-failure.html Medical research Thu, 13 Dec 2012 06:22:04 EST news274602114 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed new light on blood pressure regulation with the discovery of an unexpected mechanism by which hemoglobin controls the delivery of nitric oxide. The findings may point to a new therapeutic target for treating high blood pressure and may have far-reaching implications for many organ systems and illnesses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-discovery-nitric-oxide-delivery-mechanism.html Medical research Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:12:06 EST news272103092 (Medical Xpress)—Vision may be less important to "seeing" than is the brain's ability to process points of light into complex images, according to a new study of the fruit fly visual system currently published in the online journal Nature Communications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-eyes.html Neuroscience Thu, 01 Nov 2012 10:35:52 EST news270984941 (Medical Xpress)—After a promising clinical trial of focused ultrasound as a potential treatment for essential tremor, the University of Virginia Health System is launching a new study to investigate the scalpel-free technology's safety and effectiveness in reducing tremor related to Parkinson's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-focused-ultrasound-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Fri, 12 Oct 2012 05:45:37 EST news269239529