http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP) -- Suspended animation may not be just for sci-fi movies anymore: Trauma surgeons soon will try plunging some critically injured people into a deep chill - cooling their body temperatures as low as 50 degrees - in hopes of saving their lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-deep-chilling-trauma-patients.html Other Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:20:01 EST news240509128 With cold and flu season almost here, the next time you're sick, think twice before taking something for your fever. That's because scientists have found more evidence that elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells to work better. This research is reported in the November 2011 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-fever-itll-infection.html Medical research Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:22:04 EST news239365295 Though considered a mark of boredom or fatigue, yawning might also be a trait of the hot-headed. Literally. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-sleepiness-cool-brain.html Neuroscience Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:53:30 EST news235669977 Heat-related illness accounts for about 700 deaths a year and is the nation’s No. 1 weather-related killer, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The dangers of heat stroke are especially prevalent among high school and college athletes, who often engage in intense conditioning and ‘two-a-day’ practice sessions in the summer months to get ready for competition. Yet much can be done to prevent tragic deaths from heat stroke on the athletic field. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-summer.html Health Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:32:36 EST news233317938 NIH-funded scientists have developed a strain of mice with a built-in off switch that can selectively shut down the animals' serotonin-producing cells, which make up a brain network controlling breathing, temperature regulation, and mood. The switch controls only the serotonin-producing cells, and does not affect any other cells in the animal's brains or bodies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-mouse-key-brain-cell-population.html Medical research Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:00:08 EST news231077621 Hibernation is an essential survival strategy for some animals and scientists have long thought it could also hold promise for human survival. But how hibernation works is largely unknown. Scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have successfully induced hibernation at will, showing how the process is initiated. Their research is published in the July 26 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-alaska-scientists-squirrels-hibernate.html Neuroscience Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:11:34 EST news230919062 Research to be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, may explain why some antipsychotic drugs can promote overeating, weight gain, and insulin resistance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-metabolic-effects-antipsychotic-drugs.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:14:38 EST news229666465 (Medical Xpress) -- Nutrition and longevity researchers have found more evidence that eating less may help people live longer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-restricting-calories-lowers-body-temperature.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 05:28:49 EST news224310498