http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An Indiana University School of Medicine gastroenterologist led a team of distinguished physicians who developed the first guidelines for diagnosis and management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The guidelines were published simultaneously in the June issues of the journals Hepatology, Gastroenterology and the American Journal of Gastroenterology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-iu-gastroenterologist-guidelines-prevalent-liver.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:08:10 EST news259517280 (Medical Xpress) -- An unusual clinical trial based at the University of Chicago Medicine is seeking to determine whether a drug approved for patients with advanced prostate cancer might be safer and just as effective if taken at a much lower dose with food instead of at the full dose on an empty stomach. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-clinical-trial-impact-food-anti-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:50:16 EST news253785000 Many of the prescriptions issued by GPs for paracetamol either give less than recommended doses to older children or exceed recommended doses in young children. Under-dosing may result in insufficient pain relief and over-dosing can damage a person's liver. "Getting the dose right can become even more complicated when parents also give their children additional paracetamol that they have bought over the counter," says James McLay, a senior member of the research team who studied this issue. The findings are published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-scottish-highlight-dangerous-pediatric-paracetamol.html Medications Thu, 19 May 2011 03:38:22 EST news224995078