http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers in Japan have created a genetic test that will help doctors diagnose prostate cancer. When given together with testing for prostate specific antigen (PSA), a widely used diagnostic biomarker for prostate cancer, the new assay could spare men from undergoing needless prostate biopsies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-genetic-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:10:18 EST news279551396 Data, data everywhere. In genomics research, there is a data deluge, so innovative ways to analyze all that information will play a critical role in future breakthroughs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-psychology-professor-clues-psychiatric-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 12 Dec 2012 08:29:22 EST news274523356 An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung cancer among never-smokers, especially Asian women, may be associated with certain unique inherited genetic characteristics that distinguishes it from lung cancer in smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-gene-variations-linked-lung-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 11 Nov 2012 13:13:06 EST news271861968 In the largest-ever genetic study of cholesterol and other blood lipids, an international consortium has identified 21 new gene variants associated with risks of heart disease and metabolic disorders. The findings expand the list of potential targets for drugs and other treatments for lipid-related cardiovascular disease, a leading global cause of death and disability. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-large-international-genes-tied-cholesterol.html Genetics Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:27:11 EST news269177220 A simple blood test could one day be a more accurate way to test for the early signs of breast cancer than using mammograms to spot a lump say researchers today, as Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets underway. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-simple-blood-breast-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:00:04 EST news268329689 A genetic map of the British people has been produced by Oxford University researchers. It forms the centrepiece of their display at the Royal Society's free Summer Science Exhibition, which opens today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-genetic-britain.html Genetics Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:22:06 EST news260515239 Ovarian cancer is a major health concern for women and the identification of sensitive biomarkers for early detection and/or monitoring of disease recurrence is of high clinical relevance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-unique-genetic-marker-recurrent-ovarian.html Cancer Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:00:02 EST news242497924 Mayo Clinic has developed a screening procedure that could dramatically increase testing for Lynch syndrome, a hereditary genetic disorder that raises cancer risk, particularly for colorectal cancer. An estimated 3 percent of colon cancers can be attributed to Lynch syndrome. At least 80 percent of people with Lynch syndrome develop colorectal cancer, many of them before age 50. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mayo-clinic-lynch-syndrome-factor.html Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 12:00:07 EST news224938787