http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. President Obama officially declared June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month. However, despite advances in civil rights, sexual minority youth are still at greater risk for suicide than their heterosexual peers, according to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. A University of Missouri psychology graduate student recently published recommendation to improve psychologists' treatment of sexual minority youth, which could help improve psychological functioning and reduce depression and suicide rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-sexual-minority-youth-specialized-treatment.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:20:57 EST news290780447 One of the most difficult moments faced by anaesthetists and other healthcare staff is when to carry on attempts to resuscitate a person, and when those efforts should reasonably stop. This dilemma is the subject of a session at Euroanaesthesia, the annual congress of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-resuscitation-efforts.html Other Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:58:16 EST news289371485 New parents are pleased when their baby gains weight as expected, but if the rate of weight gain is slow parents can become worried and concerned about their child's future size. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-babies-early-teens.html Pediatrics Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:03 EST news280918835 Today, mothers of newborns find themselves confronting a common dilemma: Should they let their babies "cry it out" when they wake up at night? Or should they rush to comfort their crying little one? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-babes-notion-infants.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:25:00 EST news276362688 When we eat too much, obesity may develop as a result of chronically high insulin levels, not the other way around. That's according to new evidence in mice reported in the December 4th Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, which challenges the widespread view that rising insulin is a secondary consequence of obesity and insulin resistance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-high-insulin-fat-mouse.html Medical research Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:00:01 EST news273838485 Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterised by persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviours. A new study reveals that sufferers worry considerably more than the general population in the face of morality problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-ocd-moral-dilemma.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:04:25 EST news271602250 On average, new treatments perform better in clinical trials only slightly more often than existing treatments, according to a new systematic review published in The Cochrane Library. The fact that experimental treatments are not more effective may seem disappointing, but the authors of the review say their findings satisfy an important ethical requirement for clinical trials. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-clinical-trials-treatments.html Medical research Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:00:05 EST news269625721 Men and women who undergo joint replacement procedures, as well as those who have significant fractures, tend to be at an increased risk of developing pulmonary emboli (PE), blood clots that travel to the lungs where they may cause serious complications and even death. Patients are often aggressively treated with anticoagulants, or blood thinners, to help prevent the clots from forming, but a study published in the September 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons indicates that some blood clots being identified by today's sensitive testing methods may not require aggressive treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-anti-clotting-therapy-orthopaedic-surgery-trauma.html Surgery Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:24:29 EST news265692254 When we turn on the A/C in the summer, our first thought is probably one of relief. If it's 100 degrees in the shade, we're probably not thinking about how our decision might influence the environmental legacy we leave for future generations. It's not that we don't care, it's just that we typically don't think about our behavior in terms of long-term, inter-generational tradeoffs. But new research suggests that reminders of our own mortality may encourage us to keep future generations in mind as we make decisions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mortality-environmental-legacy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:07:00 EST news259938413 A recent international study led by researchers from McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) examines the complex and controversial interplay of conflicts of interest between physician experts, medicine and the pharmaceutical or medical device industry. The results of the analysis, which are published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, aim to advance the management of conflicts of interest in medical guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-ethics-framework-urged-conflicts-medicine.html Other Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:49:41 EST news258814140 Research on sex and trauma faces an ethical dilemma: how can we find out more about the effects of such psychologically sensitive topics without hurting the people who participate in the study? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sex-trauma-college-students-previously.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 31 May 2012 14:45:38 EST news257694262 For the first time ever, stem cells from umbilical cords have been converted into other types of cells, which may eventually lead to new treatment options for spinal cord injuries and multiple sclerosis, among other nervous system diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-brain-cells-umbilical-cord-stem.html Neuroscience Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:29:04 EST news246032937 Imagine a runaway boxcar heading toward five people who can't escape its path. Now imagine you had the power to reroute the boxcar onto different tracks with only one person along that route. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-moral-dilemma-person.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:10:01 EST news241964249 A study conducted by Daniel Bartels, Columbia Business School, Marketing, and David Pizarro, Cornell University, Psychology found that people who endorse actions consistent with an ethic of utilitarianism—the view that what is the morally right thing to do is whatever produces the best overall consequences—tend to possess psychopathic and Machiavellian personality traits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-antisocial-personality-traits-utilitarian-responses.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:08:43 EST news236606849 Stereotypes suggest women are more cooperative than men, but an analysis of 50 years of research shows that men are equally cooperative, particularly in situations involving a dilemma that pits the interests of an individual against the interests of a group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-men-women-cooperate-equally-common.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:03:56 EST news235904597 Elsevier announced the publication of several commentaries in the scientific journal Reproductive BioMedicine Online on the subject of how many embryos it is safe and proper to place in a uterus, and how best to regulate this decision. It is a dilemma faced by all patients anxiously caught between no pregnancies at all or facing the prospect of twins or triplets. In this difficult place it is often all too easy to think that the latter option must be the best. But is it? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-ivf-treatment-multiple-births-free-market.html Other Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:39:23 EST news230895542