http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP) -- He calls it innovative. Others call it a big risk. In any case, the stem cell procedure that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had last month was an unusual experiment to fix a common malady: a bad back. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-doctors-perry-stem-cell-treatment.html Other Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:50:40 EST news232944624 Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-strategy-tumor-feeding-blood-vessels.html Medical research Mon, 06 Jun 2011 10:02:20 EST news226573325 The age-specific blood levels of the Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) can predict when women will reach menopause. This makes family planning easier, say fertility researchers from the University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands. Their findings were published online May 26 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-hormone-fertility.html Medical research Thu, 26 May 2011 10:13:00 EST news225623546 A uniquely collaborative study by researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies uncovered a novel mechanism that turns up glucose production in the liver when blood sugar levels drop, pointing towards a new class of drugs for the treatment of metabolic disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fasting-pathway-class-diabetes-drugs.html Medical research Thu, 12 May 2011 12:25:32 EST news224421912 The available evidence is insufficient to draw firm conclusions about the association of modifiable factors and risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), according to a report posted online today that will appear in the September issue of Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-evidence-insufficient-relationship-factors-alzheimer.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Mon, 09 May 2011 16:33:12 EST news224177519