http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- New research from the University of Leicester raises concerns about higher than expected mortality following acute coronary events such as heart attack in those with significant mental ill health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-probe-link-people-mental-illness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 May 2011 20:30:01 EST news226044968 (Medical Xpress) -- In the last couple of years scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have developed new strategies to stimulate individual brain cells with light. Optogenetic technologies were named "Method of the Year" by the leading scientific journal Nature Methods in 2010. FMI scientists not only apply this to meet their biomedical needs but refine the tool as well. A recent publication in PNAS is further testimony to this distinctive expertise at the FMI. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-forefront-optogenetics.html Medical research Tue, 24 May 2011 12:39:02 EST news225459527 Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Department of Psychology participated in a multi-site study to examine different teaching models for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The study is one of the first to look at the fidelity of treatment models for preschoolers with autism. The findings are published online in the current issue of the journal Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-validating-preschool-children-autism.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 19 May 2011 14:24:31 EST news225033853 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have identified a potential target for the treatment of schizophrenia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-potential-schizophrenia.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 08:41:25 EST news224322048