http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Chinese health authorities have reported another death and two new infections from a new strain of bird flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-bird-flu-death-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:45:53 EST news284989543 That kale and bitter melon you are eating may someday save your life. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have taken a step forward in understanding how the substances that give some foods their bitter flavor also act to reverse the contraction of airway cells, a process known as bronchodilation. This effect may one day be harnessed to provide improved treatments for airway obstructive diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The findings were published on March 5 in the open access journal PLOS Biology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-scientists-mechanisms-airways-bitter-substances.html Medical research Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:00:10 EST news281712795 A British resident has been diagnosed with a potentially fatal SARS-like virus, British health authorities said on Monday, in the 10th confirmed case worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-briton-10th-case-sars-like-virus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:27:33 EST news279800837 The research was undertaken by Canterbury Christ church University's Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, following a grant of £130,000 from The Dunhill Medical Trust. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-large-scale-group-older-people.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:10:01 EST news278750216 Leonidas Hill recently made history at Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA, when the 5-year-old became the first pediatric patient in the western United States to undergo transoral robotic surgery (TORS)—a minimally invasive surgery performed with the help of a robot—to repair a rare congenital condition known as a laryngeal cleft. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-kindergartner-rare-robotic-surgery-ucla.html Surgery Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:01:45 EST news275547668 (HealthDay)—The new anti-clotting drug apixaban (Eliquis) appears to help prevent potentially fatal blood clots in patients with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a new Italian study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-blood-thinner-leg-clots.html Medications Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:53:23 EST news274333984 Consuming large quantities of a key ingredient in beer can protect against winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children, a Japanese brewery said citing a scientific study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-beer-good-anti-virus-powers.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:26:05 EST news273990313 Scientists have used the venom of Africa's lethal black mamba to produce a surprising outcome in mice which they hope to replicate in humans—effective pain relief without toxic side effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mamba-venom-pain-relief.html Medical research Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:23:56 EST news268500223 (HealthDay)—Actress Julie Bowen, awarded her second Emmy Sunday for her role in the hit TV comedy "Modern Family," starts a more serious role today: raising awareness about life-threatening childhood allergies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-son-real-life-drama-comedy-queen.html Immunology Wed, 26 Sep 2012 14:10:01 EST news267886570 California's Yosemite National Park has said that it has extended its hantavirus warning to 230,000 people after three people died from the rodent-borne disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-yosemite-hantavirus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:26:08 EST news266815560 A woman developed severe blood poisoning (sepsis) and a liver abscess, after inadvertently swallowing a toothpick, which perforated her gullet and lodged in a lobe of her liver, reveals a case published in BMJ Case Reports. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-toothpicks-surgical-swabs-wreak-havoc.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:30:07 EST news266515197 Helen E. Davies, M.D., of the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, and colleagues compared the effectiveness of treatments to relieve breathing difficulties among patients with malignant pleural effusion (presence of fluid in the pleural cavity [space between the outside of the lungs and the inside wall of the chest cavity], as a complication of malignant disease). The treatments compared were chest tube drainage and talc slurry for pleurodesis (a procedure in which the pleural space is obliterated) vs. indwelling pleural catheters (IPCs). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-treatments-relieving-difficulties-patients-lung.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 20 May 2012 11:00:02 EST news256713424 (Medical Xpress) -- An analysis of five previous studies has uncovered additional evidence of the effectiveness of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, in reducing the rate of preterm birth among a high-risk category of women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-additional-benefits-progesterone-preterm-birth.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:06:31 EST news243155183 The negative effects that premature birth can have on the lungs of babies could be as severe in moderately premature babies as those born extremely prematurely but may be reversed in their teenage years, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-lung-function-moderately-premature-babies.html Health Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:23:21 EST news236316188 People with asthma who are admitted to hospital with pandemic influenza H1N1 (swine flu) are half as likely to die or require intensive care than those without asthma, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-people-hospitalized-asthma-die-swine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:28:25 EST news236230023 New research led by scientists from Imperial College London explains why around half of people with asthma experience a 'late phase' of symptoms several hours after exposure to allergens. The findings, published in the journal Thorax, could lead to better treatments for the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-late-phase-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:00:30 EST news232430269 (AP) -- Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-parents-custody-super-obese-kids.html Sleep apnea Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:51:42 EST news229708292 The number of children taken to emergency care departments with common medical problems has risen sharply over the past decade, reveals a study published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-surge-parents-kids-common-medical.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 18:45:12 EST news225395092 Vitamin D supplements may help patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) get more from their pulmonary rehabilitation programs, according to a study conducted by researchers from Belgium. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-vitamin-d-outcomes-patients-copd.html Health Mon, 16 May 2011 03:28:16 EST news224735263