http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Diabetes tops the list of preventable conditions and risk factors associated with heart attack and stroke in Qatar, according to a study appearing in the inaugural issue of the Journal of Local and Global Health Perspectives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-qatar-diabetes-high-factor-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 19 Mar 2013 10:14:34 EST news282906823 The benefits of tea drinking have been shown again in a study that has found the risk of ovarian cancer is reduced in tea drinkers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-higher-regular-tea-consumption-benefits.html Health Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:02:24 EST news274525336 The ability of cannabis to produce psychosis has long been an important public health concern. This concern is growing in importance as there is emerging data that cannabis exposure during adolescence may increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, a serious psychotic disorder. Further, with the advent of medical marijuana, a new group of people with uncertain psychosis risk may be exposed to cannabis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gene-cannabis-psychosis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:31:35 EST news272111461 A lung cancer risk prediction model developed by scientists at the University of Liverpool has been shown to be a viable tool for selecting high risk individuals for prevention and control programmes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-tool-clinicians-effective-predictor-lung.html Cancer Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:00:03 EST news264692386