http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. People suffering from clinical depression express personal goals and reasons for their attainment or failure in less specific terms than people without the disorder. This lack of specificity in representing personal goals may be partially responsible for the motivational deficits seen in these patients, according to research published May 15 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Joanne Dickson from the University of Liverpool, UK and Nicholas Moberly from the University of Exeter, UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-clinically-depressed-patients-phrase-personal.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 15 May 2013 17:02:18 EST news287856119 Fredrik Serenius, M.D., Ph.D., of Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, and colleagues conducted a study to assess neurological and developmental outcome in extremely preterm (less than 27 gestational weeks) children at 2.5 years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-neurodevelopmental-outcomes-children-born-extremely.html Pediatrics Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:03:44 EST news286535017 In a study including children and adolescents 6 to 18 years of age, those who have experienced migraine headaches were more likely to have had colic as an infant, according to a study in the April 17 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-migraines-childhood-adolescence-colic-infant.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:39:20 EST news285349149 Researchers at the University of Toronto have shown that playing shooting or driving videogames, even for a relatively short time, improves the ability to search for a target hidden among irrelevant distractions in complex scenes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-action-videogames-visual.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:48:03 EST news282491276 People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have cognitive problems, or problems with memory, attention, and concentration, have more damage to areas of the brain involved in cognitive processes than people with MS who do not have cognitive problems, according to a study published in the March 6, 2013, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-people-ms-related-memory-attention-problems.html Neuroscience Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:01:37 EST news281808088 A new analysis has found that a combination of methods that help patients with dementia remember proper eating habits can improve their physical health and lessen symptoms of depression. Published early online in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, the study indicates that clinicians should consider using this intervention in individuals with dementia who also have poor nutrition and signs of depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-dementia-patients-physical-mental-health.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:01 EST news281208531 (HealthDay)—For African-Americans in an under-resourced community, use of a modified Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)-intervention is feasible, according to a study published online Jan. 10 in the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Preventing Chronic Disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-dash-intervention-feasible-african-americans.html Health Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:40:01 EST news278599768 (HealthDay)—Youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) exhibit a pattern of regional diffusion tensor imaging differences that is suggestive of axonal injury or degeneration and may be related to episodes of severe hypoglycemia, according to a study published online Nov. 8 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-white-microstructural-t1dm.html Diabetes Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:50:01 EST news272217552 With the results of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers say they are closer to finding an imaging technique that can identify thickening of the coronary artery wall, an early stage of coronary heart disease (CAD). The study is published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mri-technique-early-stage-coronary-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:00:04 EST news268914248 (HealthDay)—Behavioral counseling interventions may be beneficial for adults with risky drinking behaviors, according to a review and meta-analysis published online Sept. 25 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-effect-behavioral-intervention-alcohol-misuse.html Addiction Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:40:01 EST news267790932 (HealthDay) -- In the community setting, after colonoscopic polyp detection, colonoscopy-related factors such as incomplete polyp removal and lack of surveillance colonoscopies are more important than polyp characteristics in predicting subsequent colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, according to a study published in the Aug. 21 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-post-polyp-crc-idd-colonoscopy-factors.html Cancer Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:16:25 EST news264741377 New magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research shows that changes in brain blood flow associated with vein abnormalities are not specific for multiple sclerosis (MS) and do not contribute to its severity, despite what some researchers have speculated. Results of the research are published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mri-multiple-sclerosis.html Neuroscience Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:07 EST news264694382 Researchers at the Mayo Clinic say a common condition called leukoaraiosis, made up of tiny areas in the brain that have been deprived of oxygen and appear as bright white dots on MRI scans, is not a harmless part of the aging process, but rather a disease that alters brain function in the elderly. Results of their study are published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-harmless-condition-shown-brain-function.html Neuroscience Mon, 13 Aug 2012 03:36:09 EST news264047756 The development of a highly accurate, blood-based pancreatic adenocarcinoma screen that would be accurate enough to test the general population for this deadly disease may not be far out of reach, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Pancreatic Cancer: Progress and Challenges conference, held here June 18-21, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-biomarker-panel-screen-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:30:15 EST news259332637 High levels of ultraviolet radiation at an individual's birth location, sun-sensitive skin type and a history of skin cancer each decreased risk for pancreatic cancer, according to study results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Pancreatic Cancer: Progress and Challenges conference, held here June 18-21. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sun-exposure-sun-sensitive-skin-decreased.html Cancer Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:45:54 EST news259321448 The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool. In a paper published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, a team including Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers reports that a test analyzing levels of nine biomarkers accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from control participants without significant false-positive results. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-blood-accurately-distinguishes-depressed-patients.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:30:01 EST news247324948 The effects of fruit and vegetable consumption on colorectal cancer (CRC) appear to differ by site of origin, according to a new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. Researchers found that within the proximal and distal colon, brassica vegetables (Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli) were associated with decreased risk of these cancers. A lower risk of distal colon cancer was associated with eating more apples, however an increased risk for rectal cancer was found with increasing consumption of fruit juice. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-fruits-vegetables-specific-colorectal-cancers.html Cancer Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:31:09 EST news236230244 Blood flow abnormalities found in the brains of veterans with Gulf War illness have persisted 20 years after the war, and in some cases have gotten worse, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-chronic-abnormal-brain-blood-gulf.html Medical research Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:04:41 EST news235101868 Vigorous sports activities, like basketball, during childhood and adolescence can cause abnormal development of the femur in young athletes, resulting in a deformed hip with reduced rotation and pain during movement. This may explain why athletes are more likely to develop osteoarthritis than more sedentary individuals, according to Dr. Klaus Siebenrock, from the University of Bern in Switzerland, and colleagues, whose work is published online in Springer's journal Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-painful-legacy-teen-sports.html Other Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:05:45 EST news230299538