http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Governments around the world should stop squandering resources fighting an "unwinnable war" against illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. Instead, they should use the cash to curb antibiotic misuse, which poses a far more serious threat to human health, claims a leading ethicist in the Journal of Medical Ethics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scrap-unwinnable-drugs-war-funds.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:30:03 EST news280602901 Psychological science has come of age. But the rights of a mature discipline carry with them responsibilities, among them the responsibility to maximize confidence in our findings through good data practices and replication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-replication-psychological-science.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:56:31 EST news271616128 As leading figures in respiratory health from across the globe gather in Birmingham for the COPD8 conference ahead of World Spirometry Day, the European COPD Coalition (ECC) is calling on policy makers across Europe to recognise that chronic diseases such as COPD, present as great a threat as the global financial crisis , and is urging collective action. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-copd.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 20 Jun 2012 04:09:21 EST news259384144 Moving in harmony can make people feel more connected to one another and, as a result, lead to positive collective action. Think of those feel-good vibes created in a yoga class as students move in unison through their downward-facing dogs. Yet given that synchronized physical activities are also a cornerstone of military training and are the highlights of military propaganda reels, could the interconnectedness created by coordinated action be mined to make people behave destructively instead? According to two studies conducted by Scott Wiltermuth, assistant professor of management and organization at the USC Marshall School of Business, the cohesiveness synchronized action fosters can, indeed, be manipulated for less than ideal ends. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-dark-side-sync.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:06:16 EST news245498763