http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Around one in 10 young teens with mental health issues also drinks alcohol, smokes cigarettes, and uses cannabis on a weekly basis, indicates Australian research published in the online only fully journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-young-mentally-ill-teens-cannabis.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:30:06 EST news279204447 To predict whether a problem drinker will hit the bottle again, ignore what they say and watch their body language for displays of shame, a University of British Columbia study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-body-language-outcomes-recovering-alcoholics.html Addiction Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:00:11 EST news279198219 In the fields of gender, sexuality, and sexual health research, it's a no-brainer that sex education should start early, and that sex should be discussed often – both in schools and at home. But instead we talk about storks, cabbage patches, and the birds and the bees. In fact, we have a million and one ways to avoid teaching or talking about sex and sexuality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-storks-cabbage-patches-birds-bees.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:42:42 EST news278750534 New research from the University of British Columbia is shedding light on why enticing pictures of food affect us less when we're full. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-food-porn-allure-science-satiety.html Neuroscience Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:01:17 EST news278611253 We all know how casual flirtation can lift one's mood, which can be important at this time of year when the winter blues are at their peak. But if you are more serious about your flirting and hope to get that all important phone number, you're better off waiting until it's sunny, according to new French research published in the journal Social Influence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flirty-sun.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:14:36 EST news278594062 As the Christmas-New Year party season nears its peak, psychology researchers from the University of Adelaide have completed the first study of its kind into a potential treatment for binge drinking behaviour among young people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-treatment-option-binge-behaviour.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:50:01 EST news275132261 It may be the season to eat, drink and be merry, but each day of over-indulging can take several hours off your life, according to a Christmas article published on BMJ website today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bewareover-indulging-hours-life.html Health Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:30:07 EST news274987213 (Medical Xpress)—A UK study reveals that the public find it acceptable to reward people for changing their health-related behaviour, such as smoking or weight loss, as long as it works. In the past, such incentives have provoked negative public reactions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-rewarding-people-healthier-reveals.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:38:15 EST news273825487 (Medical Xpress)—Starting babies on solids by letting them feed themselves pieces of food is a growing trend – yet there is scarce scientific research about the practice, putting healthcare professionals in a difficult position when giving advice, new University of Otago research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-highlights-baby-weaning-method.html Health Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:10:02 EST news273220588 Two-thirds of Australian mums-to-be are in the dark when it comes to how much weight they should gain during pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-weighty-issue.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:50:01 EST news271934835 (Medical Xpress)—People who inject drugs (PWID) can significantly reduce their risk of HIV infection with the use of opiate substitution treatments such as methadone, as suggested by an international team of researchers in a paper published today on bmj.com. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-methadone-hiv-transmission-people-drugs.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 05 Oct 2012 09:26:19 EST news268647951 Cutting screen time and not rewarding children's good behaviour with sweets are among the steps parents could take to reduce overweight and obesity in children before they start school, according to research by the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-obesity-dont-sweets-reward-children.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 02 Oct 2012 08:26:56 EST news268385194 Developing better tools to diagnose autism in adulthood is among the key aims of a new study by Flinders University PhD candidate Clare Holmes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-aims-diagnosis-adult-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Fri, 14 Sep 2012 08:17:54 EST news266829466 An ongoing survey of Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 conducted for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that while the majority of students have healthy relationships and report overall good mental and physical health, some negative trends, especially among girls, have raised concerns. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-male-ontario-students-declines-females.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:27:50 EST news262340862 (Medical Xpress) -- Parents of young children who show extreme behaviour problems and a lack of empathy or remorse may find new hope from research at the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-society-kids.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 Jul 2012 06:01:56 EST news262242110 The environment in which laboratory mice are reared can drastically alter the results of experiments and may have major implications for medical research around the world, according to new Australian data presented today at a meeting of The International Behavioral Neuroscience Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-modern-mice-pose-medical.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:20:01 EST news258717615 Many people talk of problem gambling as an 'addiction' but work coming out of the University of Sydney's Gambling Treatment Clinic suggests that this may not be the case. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-gambling-addiction-university-sydney.html Addiction Mon, 14 May 2012 06:02:58 EST news256194172 In this week's PLoS Medicine, Abdullah Baqui from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA and colleagues systematically review studies describing newborn care-seeking behaviours by caregivers in low- and middle-income countries. The study's findings highlight the lack of a standardized and consistent approach to neonate care-seeking behaviours described in the literature. Despite the large variations in results, care seeking for newborn illnesses in LMICs appears to be low in general and remains a key challenge to improving neonatal mortality. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-care-seeking-newborn-illness-low-middle-income.html Health Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:21:19 EST news250334472 Teenagers who turn their backs on a healthy lifestyle and turn to drink, cigarettes and junk food are significantly unhappier than their healthier peers. New research also shows that 12-13 is a catalyst age when young people turn away from the healthy habits of their younger years and start to get involved in risky behaviours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-healthy-teenager-happy.html Health Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:43:48 EST news249907422 (Medical Xpress) -- New research has found that rates of alcohol-related aggression and antisocial behaviours are particularly high in young Australian athletes, compared to their non-sporting peers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-athletes-prone-alcohol-related-violence.html Health Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:42:50 EST news243682948 It has been well established that certain lifestyle habits relate to the risk of certain cancers (e.g., smoking and lung cancer). In a well-done analysis, the authors estimate the proportion of cancer in the population associated with a variety of lifestyle and environmental factors. They find that smoking has, by far, the largest effect on the risk of cancer, with 19.4% of cancer cases in the UK attributable to tobacco use. A poor diet (less intake of fruits and vegetables and fibre and greater intake of meat and salt), obesity, and alcohol are the next most important factors that relate to cancer, with alcohol being calculated to relate to 4.0% of cancer cases in the UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-association-lifestyle-environmental-factors-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:12:35 EST news242993524 Targeting children aged six to 12 with school-based programmes that encourage healthy eating, physical activity and positive attitudes to body image are among a range of interventions that can help reduce levels of obesity, according to a new review of the evidence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-evidence-childhood-obesity.html Health Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:02:38 EST news242452925 (Medical Xpress) -- New research by Dr Brock Bastian from UQ's School of Psychology highlights the psychological processes that people engage in to reduce their discomfort over eating meat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-denying-mental-qualities-animals.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:54:15 EST news241422840 Young children exposed to a harshly punitive school environment are more inclined to lie to conceal their misbehaviour than are children from non-punitive schools, a study of three- and four-year-old West African children suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-harsh-discipline-fosters-dishonesty-young.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:14:50 EST news238680869 The benefits of virtual worlds can be used to help autistic children develop social skills beyond their anticipated levels, suggest early findings from new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Researchers on the Echoes Project have developed an interactive environment which uses multi-touch screen technology where virtual characters on the screener act to children's actions in real time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-digital-worlds-autistic-children-social.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:07:36 EST news238410445 Although the transtheoretical model stages of change (TTM SOC) method is frequently used to help obese and overweight people lose weight, a newly published Cochrane systematic review indicates there is little evidence that it is effective. "The use of TTM SOC only resulted in 2kg or less weight loss, and there was no conclusive evidence that this loss was sustained," says study leader Nik Tuah, who works at Imperial College London. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-frequently-weight-loss-method-evidence.html Health Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:41:16 EST news237004848 Remember when your little league football team lost the game because someone ran the ball back into their own end zone? Take heart, one University of Alberta researcher says it may be the player's unfamiliarity with perceiving transitional cues and not a reflection on their playing skills. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-cue-transitional-cues-kids-tasks.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:50:25 EST news233830107 Reducing the risks of catching E. coli O157 in the countryside is everyone's problem. That means we should all take responsibility - individual residents and visitors, as well as farmers and government - according to researchers working on the Research Councils UK Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-coli-countryside-problem.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:06:54 EST news233481948 (Medical Xpress) -- Disregarding the rules and confrontational behaviours are commonplace with young children and can even arise in the first year of life. For some children, this trend will persist and become a character trait despite their parents’ best efforts to teach them obedience and respect for the rules. For some, it will be a precursor to violent and antisocial behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-naughty-children-nature-nuture.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:51:13 EST news226659017 Researchers at Queen's University have found a strong association between computer and Internet use in adolescents and engagement in multiple-risk behaviours (MRB), including illicit drug use, drunkenness and unprotected sex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-adolescents.html Health Mon, 25 Apr 2011 16:02:35 EST news222966114