http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Independent maternal demographic factors such as social status, ethnicity and maternal age can predict the likelihood of operative births in the UK, according to a new study published today (20 March) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-demographic-factors-births-uk-women.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:11:49 EST news283003902 The incidence of genital warts, or condylomata, declined by 93 per cent in girls given the HPV vaccine before the age of 14, according to a Swedish national registry study. The study was carried out by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and published in Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-incidence-genital-warts-young-girls.html Cancer Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:00:10 EST news282404794 The perpetration of homicide by people with mental disorders has received much attention, but their risk of being victims of homicide has rarely been examined. Yet such information may help develop more effective strategies for improving the safety and health of people with mental illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-people-mental-illness-highly-victims.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Mar 2013 18:30:01 EST news281723647 (HealthDay)—Significant differences have been identified in the return-to-work (RTW) process for male and female cancer survivors, according to research published online Jan. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-sex-differences-cancer-survivors.html Cancer Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:26:00 EST news278943954 Among deployed U.S. service members who died of combat or unintentional injuries between 2001-2011 and underwent autopsies, the prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis was 8.5 percent, with factors associated with a higher prevalence of the disease including older age, lower educational level and prior diagnoses of dyslipidemia, hypertension, and obesity, according to a study in the December 26 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-autopsy-based-prevalence-atherosclerosis-members.html Cardiology Tue, 25 Dec 2012 16:00:01 EST news275576911 (HealthDay)—Although a minority of adolescents are at high risk for online sexual risk behaviors (OnSRB), these teenagers appear to also be at risk for offline sexual risk behaviors (OffSRB), according to research published online Nov. 5 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-online-offline-sexual-behaviors-teens.html Pediatrics Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:30:01 EST news271358606 Patients over the age of 65 who begin taking benzodiazepine (a popular drug used to treat anxiety and insomnia) are at an approximately 50% increased risk of developing dementia within 15 years compared to never-users, a study published today on BMJ website suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-65s-dementia-benzodiazepine.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:18:52 EST news267992229 (Medical Xpress)—Photos of happy, smiling faces on patient education websites may engage readers, but they also may have a negative impact on older adults' comprehension of vital health information, especially those elderly patients who are the least knowledgeable about their medical condition to begin with, suggests a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-images-health-websites-lessen-comprehension.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Aug 2012 07:01:56 EST news265356049 Forest Institute doctoral student Gage Stermensky II recently conducted a study on consumer attitudes towards healthcare reform and the use of social media. More than 1,000 participants from around the US, of various ages, educational level, incomes, ethnicity, rural, and metropolitan areas participated in the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-student-social-media-usage-healthcare.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:32:19 EST news261217897 Men who are recent immigrants and over qualified for their jobs are more than three times as likely to sustain an injury at work as their appropriately qualified peers who have been in the country for some time, suggests Canadian research published online in Injury Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-overqualified-immigrants.html Health Mon, 09 Jul 2012 18:30:03 EST news261073439 (Medical Xpress) -- Low-educated and immigrant women run a lower risk of breast cancer occurrence than highly educated women and women born in Sweden. However, the risk of dying from breast cancer is higher for those low-educated and immigrant women that do get the diagnose - a development that has occurred in Sweden during the last ten years. This according to a new study from the Karolinska Institutet based on the records of some 5 million women between 1961 and 2007. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-breast-cancer-occurrence-higher-mortality.html Cancer Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:20:01 EST news245404832 A survey of more than 33,000 Italian high school students reveals that both underweight and overweight teens consume 20 to 40% more illegal drugs than their normal-weight peers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-illegal-drug-abnormal-weight-teens.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:42:33 EST news240687746 Women who survive breast cancer show significant neurological impairment, and outcomes appear to be significantly poorer for those treated with chemotherapy, according to a report in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-neurological-function-impairment-breast-cancer.html Neuroscience Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:25:53 EST news240510346 This paper provides an extensive analysis of the proportion of the risk of upper aero-digestive tract (UADT) cancers in the population (the population attributable risk) that may be due to alcohol consumption and/or smoking. The analyse provides strong evidence that smoking is the most important factor in the risk of these cancers, and the risk is enhanced among those who smoke and also consume 2 or more drinks per day. Alcohol alone (i.e., among non-smokers) has little effect on the risk (less than 1%). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-role-alcohol-intake-upper-aerodigestive.html Cancer Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:19:08 EST news234537511