http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Brazil launched a campaign Tuesday to combat the ballooning waistlines of its population—a trend it said costs nearly $250 million each year in treatment of obesity-related diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-brazil-combat-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:37:38 EST news282933452 UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-lack-food-hospital-hiv-infected-urban.html Health Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:30:02 EST news264852661 Most adolescents preparing for weight-loss, or bariatric, surgery are deficient in vitamin D, a new study demonstrates. The results to be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-vitamin-d-deficiency-common-adolescents.html Health Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:10:04 EST news259855940 (HealthDay) -- Most people in the United States are getting adequate nutrition, but some groups experience lower levels of vital nutrients than that which is recommended for good health, according to the Second National Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition released April 2 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-americans-adequate-amounts-vitamins-nutrients.html Health Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:30:01 EST news252644515 The offspring of women who were given micronutrient supplements (minerals needed in small quantities, such as iron, iodine and vitamin A) before they became pregnant had gene modifications at birth as well as when they were tested at 9 months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-exposure-micronutrients-pre-pregnancy-gene-modifications.html Genetics Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:03:04 EST news249134560 It is well known that eating disorders are common among teens and college students. Heavy alcohol consumption is another well-known unhealthy habit of this age group. A new study from the University of Missouri shows that when college students combine these two unhealthy habits, their long-term health may be affected. "Drunkorexia" is a new term coined by the media to describe the combination of disordered eating and heavy alcohol consumption. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-drunkorexia-recipe-disaster.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:46:54 EST news238092399 Patients in the intensive care unit who do not tolerate adequate nutrition from tube feeding should wait a week before receiving intravenous (IV) feeding because, compared with early IV feeding, it enhances recovery from critical illness. Results of a new multicenter study from Belgium will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-intravenous-nutrition-critically-ill-patients.html Other Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:07:29 EST news226595240