http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously threw out attempts to patent human genes, siding with advocates who say the multibillion-dollar biotechnology industry should not have exclusive control over genetic information found inside the human body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-court-human-genes-patented.html Genetics Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:50:14 EST news290339396 Taking a specific form of a vitamin E supplement can accelerate the health benefits that occur when people quit smoking, new research suggests. In the small study, improvement in blood vessel function associated with the added vitamin E potentially translates into an estimated 19 percent greater drop in future risk for cardiovascular disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vitamin-extra-boost-heart-health.html Health Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:20:54 EST news285931238 (Medical Xpress)—A science and educational-based approach to diet and lifestyle will help young people improve their own health and the health of their future children, Southampton research has shown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-engaging-teenagers-science-health-future.html Health Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:30:01 EST news283674075 Researchers have identified an elusive anti-cancer property of vitamin E that has long been presumed to exist, but difficult to find. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-vitamin-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:09:53 EST news282496186 A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de Montréal suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding a gene involved in regulating mood, making victims more vulnerable to mental health problems as they age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bullying-childhood-peers-gene-linked.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Dec 2012 04:38:42 EST news275027909 (HealthDay)—Consuming soy products doesn't prevent hot flashes and night sweats in most women, a large study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-soy-rich-diets-hot-menopausal-women.html Health Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:20:05 EST news272803294 (Medical Xpress)—Associate Professor Joe W. Ramos, PhD, a cancer biologist at the University of Hawai'i Cancer Center in collaboration with Assistant Professor William Chain, PhD, from the UH Mānoa's Chemistry Department are the first to describe the biological effects that a compound known as englerin A has on renal cancer cells.   Englerin A is a natural product found in the bark of phyllanthus engleri, a plant indigenous to east Africa. This compound was previously reported to be a potent and selective inhibitor that prevents the growth of six human renal cancer cell lines while not affecting other cancer cell types. Chain closely examined the chemical structure of englerin A and was able to effectively synthesize the compound in his lab.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-renal-cancer-cells-bark-derived-drug.html Cancer Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:10:01 EST news271324060 The fact that certain smells cause us pleasure or disgust would seem to be a matter of personal taste. But new research at the Weizmann Institute shows that odors can be rated on a scale of pleasantness, and this turns out to be an organizing principle for the way we experience smell. The findings, which appeared today in Nature Neuroscience, reveal a correlation between the response of certain nerves to particular scents and the pleasantness of those scents. Based on this correlation, the researchers could tell by measuring the nerve responses whether a subject found a smell pleasant or unpleasant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-scientists-principle.html Neuroscience Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:11:06 EST news236250654