http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—The Obama administration is urging a new focus on preventing suicides, especially among military veterans—and is beefing up the nation's crisis hotline to help. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-govt-urges-focus-suicides.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:20:01 EST news266500214 Allegations of widespread, sustained torture and other human rights violations by the Government of Sudan and Janjaweed forces against non-Arabic-speaking civilians are corroborated in a study published in this week's PLoS Medicine. In the study medical forensic experts reviewed the medical records of patients seen at a clinic in Darfur. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-credible-medical-evidence-widespread-torture.html Health Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:00:17 EST news252688578 Afghan patients treated at a U.S. military hospital in Afghanistan often carry multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, according to a report in the September issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. The findings underscore the need for effective infection control measures at deployed hospitals where both soldiers and local patients are treated, the study's authors say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-afghan-patients-common-source-drug-resistant.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:14:12 EST news233320376 (Medical Xpress) -- Traumatic brain injury has entered the public's consciousness as the silent, signature wound brought back by many of our military warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan. But such injuries don't only happen in warfare, they happen to civilians too. Think car crashes, a slip and fall, two football players colliding helmet to helmet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-traumatic-brain-injury-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Mon, 22 Aug 2011 08:03:57 EST news233218995 Although most commonly associated with military combat, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can occur in civilians, too – and with consequences that are just as serious, according to a new review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). PTSD is a type of anxiety disorder that occurs after a person experiences a traumatic event involving physical injury, and occurs in 20 to 51 percent of patients with an orthopaedic injury. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-common-significant.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 09 May 2011 10:26:03 EST news224155516