http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the psychological effects of plastic surgery on approximately 550 patients in cooperation with colleagues from the University of Basel. Patients demonstrated more enjoyment of life, satisfaction and self-esteem after their physical appearance had been surgically altered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-people-knife-psychologists-long-term-positive.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:40:02 EST news282215051 A cancer diagnosis for adolescents and young adults can be especially challenging, and new research shows the social, psychological and informational support these patients need might be going unmet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unmet-adolescents-young-adult-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:02:43 EST news261748954 Adolescent girls, who spend long periods each day on the internet, engaging and communicating on social media, are more likely to suffer low self-esteem and negative body image, according to new research to be presented at the Appearance Matters 5 conference in Bristol on Tuesday 3 July. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-adolescent-girls-internet-social-media.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:47:02 EST news260513187 (HealthDay) -- For overweight or obese adolescents, two group-based behavioral weight control interventions, combined with either aerobic activity or activity-based peer therapy, produce sustained improvements in body mass index (BMI) through 24 months, according to a study published online July 2 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-behavioral-weight-loss-long-term-benefit.html Pediatrics Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:20:02 EST news260452495 Researchers from Flinders University have set their sights on lymphatic drainage as a potential cure for unsightly eye bags. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-potential-unsightly-eye-bags.html Medical research Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:18:57 EST news258016702 A family suffering from a rare genetic condition in which hair grows all over the face arrived in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Sunday for treatment of their "werewolf-like" appearance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-nepal-werewolf-family-kathmandu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:50:01 EST news251882039 Can a gene simultaneously protect against cancer and favor its growth? Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre have discovered a gene with this double-edged property and suspect there may be many more that share it. In the words of Oscar Fernandez Capetillo, head of the group responsible for the study, this gene "can be both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in that it can either protect us against the appearance of tumors or promote tumor growth". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-gene-cancer-tumor-growth.html Cancer Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:48:54 EST news250861726 (Medical Xpress) -- New research shows that men have serious issues and that talking about your body is no longer confined to women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-beer-belly-biggest-body-issue.html Health Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:26:10 EST news245064356 Employers need to be more aware of the capabilities of women affected by breast cancer and provide them with better support, backed by employment directives and occupational health policies, according to a paper in the November issue of the European Journal of Cancer Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-employers-tackle-culture-breast-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:58:16 EST news239885883 Most people are rather vague when reporting on food and drink consumption, smoking and exercise habits. General practitioners, however, are skilled at interpreting phrases such as "I only have a few drinks rarely...each week" and "I get to the gym regularly" and can estimate based on symptoms and a person's physical appearance just how precise those claims are. However, it is crucial for healthcare research and epidemiology that relies on patient self-reporting that we find a more objective, rather than intuitive, way to identify bias in self-reporting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-bias-medical.html Other Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:36:03 EST news238062956 New research, led by psychologists at the University of Bristol, has found that children who are familiar with a snack food will expect it to be more filling. This finding, published (online ahead of print) in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, is important because it reveals one way in which children over-consume snack foods and increase their risk of becoming overweight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-familiarity-fullness-children-snack-foods.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:52:28 EST news236854334 Subtle and unspoken clues exchanged by patients and doctors exert an influence on medical care, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Health System. Researchers analyzed video recordings of routine checkups and conducted follow-up interviews with participants to help elucidate signals sent and received on both sides of the examination table. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-non-verbal-clues-doctor-patient-relationships-clinical.html Health Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:26:41 EST news236229981 A newborn described as a "happy blue baby" because of her bluish skin color but healthy appearance made a small mark in medical history when one of her physicians discovered something new in her genes—the hemoglobin Toms River mutation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-hematologist-toms-river-blood-mutation.html Genetics Thu, 16 Jun 2011 17:13:52 EST news227463216