http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The recurrence of an employee's medical leave of absence from work tends to happen much sooner with a mental health leave than a physical one, a Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-workplace-mental-health-disability-recurs.html Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:02:16 EST news228567719 A new treatment that treats a subset of stroke patients by combining minimally invasive surgery, an imaging technique likened to "GPS for the brain," and the clot-busting drug t-PA appears to be safe and effective, according to a multicenter clinical trial led by Johns Hopkins researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-treatment-dissolves-blood-clots-brain.html Cardiology Fri, 27 May 2011 12:52:01 EST news225718512 More than four fifths of children who turn up at emergency departments with head injuries in the UK are seen in hospitals which would have to transfer them if the injury was serious, reveals a study published online in Emergency Medicine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-children-injuries-hospitals-equipped.html Health Mon, 23 May 2011 18:44:31 EST news225395050 Despite the recognition of stroke as a major contributor to disability and mortality worldwide, little is known about the long-term outcomes among individuals who survive a stroke. In a research study reported by Charles Wolfe from King's College London and colleagues, the researchers examine outcomes for up to ten years in a cohort of people surviving their first-ever stroke in an inner city area of London, UK. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-term-outcomes.html Cardiology Tue, 17 May 2011 17:30:20 EST news224872202 Advancements over the last 10 years in understanding intellectual disability (ID, formerly mental retardation), have led to the once-unimaginable possibility that ID may be treatable, a review of more than 100 studies on the topic has concluded. It appears in ACS Chemical Neuroscience. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-common-inherited-intellectual-disability-treatable.html Neuroscience Tue, 17 May 2011 13:07:52 EST news224856447 When it first passed 20 years ago, the American Disabilities Act offered hope for closing the health-disparities gap for people with disabilities, but differences still exist. Barring people with limiting physical issues from research studies may bear some of the blame, and researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing want to change that restriction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:03 EST news224339043 Vertebral fractures are a common cause of pain and disability – and they are also powerful predictors of future spine and hip fractures. Yet there is evidence that many health professionals simply fail to recognize vertebral fractures in their patients. Even if the fractures are reported, appropriate intervention is often not initiated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-iof-tool-health-professionals-vertebral.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 May 2011 09:22:28 EST news224151738 The results are part of a survey of 1,248 Americans ages 18-44 on their attitudes about health, including influences of and beliefs about health behaviors and their risks for stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-young-adults-beliefs-health-clash.html Health Mon, 02 May 2011 07:55:25 EST news223541682