http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though some of those sickened were close to patients with the virus, the World Health Organization said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-bird-flu-easily-humans.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:27:15 EST news285564363 Cancer is a disease that invokes fear, so it is not surprising that the public is eager to identify ways to decrease the risk. The media often features information on "Miracle Foods" and publicizes whether these foods can actually decrease the risk of cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-miracle-foods-decrease-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:36:36 EST news284038579 Reporting disease using mobiles and online systems is the next weapon against emerging infectious diseases, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-unwell-mobile-defence-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 07 Dec 2012 09:30:01 EST news274094787 An international team of geneticists, pediatricians, surgeons and epidemiologists from 23 institutions across three continents has identified two areas of the human genome associated with the most common form of non-syndromic craniosynostosis ― premature closure of the bony plates of the skull. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-basis-birth-defect-premature-skull.html Genetics Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:00:09 EST news272463188 In the December issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, guidelines have been proposed by epidemiologists from Beaumont Health System to reduce the risk of infection from contaminated gels. The recommendations are based on the authors' own experiences with an outbreak traced to contaminated ultrasound transmission gel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-ultrasound-gel-infections-guidelines.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:42:55 EST news271939364 High levels of vitamin D are associated with protection against bladder cancer, according to a multidisciplinary study coordinated by molecular biologists and epidemiologists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), the conclusions of which are being published today in the Journal of National Cancer Institute (JNCI) . http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-high-vitamin-d-plasma-bladder.html Cancer Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:50:01 EST news270837529 (AP)—Health officials are set to draw blood from hundreds of Yosemite National Park employees as part of a research project that aims to help scientists better understand a potentially deadly virus carried by deer mice that killed three park visitors and sickened six others this summer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-blood-yosemite-workers-advance.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:24:10 EST news269619838 Prenatal and early childhood exposure to the chemical solvent tetrachloroethylene (PCE) found in drinking water may be associated with long-term visual impairments, particularly in the area of color discrimination, a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-early-life-exposure-chemical-affect-vision.html Health Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:34:24 EST news261221639 Jackson Laboratory researchers have demonstrated that a single, targeted x-ray treatment of an individual eye in young, glaucoma-prone mice provided that eye with apparently life-long and typically complete protection from glaucoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-x-ray-treatment-mice-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:08 EST news251374828 Few people know about the participation of Brazil in Word War I. Although Brazil remained neutral during most of the conflict, it eventually sent a fleet to support the war effort against the central powers. It was the only Latin-American country to do so. But the Brazilian expedition encountered an unexpected and treacherous enemy in the African coast against which -like all other Armies- it was not prepared for: the Spanish flu. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-brazilian-navy-worst-enemy-wwi.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:57:31 EST news250948644 Researchers warn of a looming health crisis in the wake of rising mortgage delinquencies and home foreclosures. The study, released today in the American Journal of Public Health, is the first long-term survey of the impact the current housing crisis is having on older Americans. The study focused on adults over 50 and found high rates of depression among those behind in their mortgage payments and a higher likelihood of making unhealthy financial tradeoffs regarding food and needed prescription medications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-emerging-health-crisis-linked-mortgage.html Health Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:46:57 EST news238348004 A new study finds liver cancer incidence rates continue to increase in some low-risk parts of the world such as North America, and are decreasing in some of the highest risk countries of Asia. Despite this, the incidence rates in Asian countries remain twice as high as those in Africa and more than four times as high as rates in North America. The study will be published in an upcoming issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention and appears early online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-liver-cancer-countries-decreasing-high.html Cancer Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:53:56 EST news237138829 A survey of US primary care physicians shows that many believe that their own patients are receiving too much medical care and many feel that malpractice reform, realignment of financial incentives and having more time with patients could reduce pressures on physicians to do more than they feel is needed, according to a report in the September 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-survey-physicians-patients.html Health Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:23:19 EST news236272987 Participants in a congress were asked to wear a tag for two days in order to study their movements and interactions within a population. The data, collected by a French-Italian team including researchers from CNRS, Inserm, the Universite Claude Bernard Lyon and the CHU de Lyon, makes it possible to envisage the simulation of the spread of infection risks within a population, or even the optimization of the response to the expansion of an epidemic. The results of this work are published on 11 July in BMC Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-tags-epidemics.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:37:13 EST news230549818 In the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda. Two studies presented June 25 and 27 at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions in San Diego suggest this might be self-defeating behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-illusion-artificial-sweeteners.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:41:33 EST news228411592 An evaluation of the Public Health Grid (PHGrid) technology during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic could enhance the capabilities of epidemiologists and disease-control agencies when the next emergent disease appears, according to a study published in the International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-grid-approach-pandemic-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:34:37 EST news227349262