http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Addie Parker was a happy 4-year-old who appeared to have the flu. But within hours she was in a coma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-deadly-diabetes-doctors.html Diabetes Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:50:03 EST news290873038 The side effects of Australia's most commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs may outweigh the benefits in older people, a new clinical review has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-anti-cholesterol-drugs-good-older-people.html Cardiology Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:30:01 EST news289469485 Researchers at the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center have developed a new 3-D technology that for the first time allows cardiologists the ability to see the precise source of atrial fibrillation in the heart – a breakthrough for a condition that affects nearly three million Americans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-reseachers-d-technology-atrial-fibrillation.html Cardiology Sat, 11 May 2013 00:00:01 EST news287414575 (HealthDay)—Extreme fatigue is common in U.S. teens and often goes untreated, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teens-struggle-extreme-fatigue-survey.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 02 May 2013 07:20:02 EST news286690603 Acute toxoplasmosis, an infectious disease carried by cats, may be a much more severe illness than previously understood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-acute-toxoplasmosis-impairs-memory.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:27:26 EST news279440833 Although heart disease remains the No. 1 killer nationally for women-—responsible for one out of every three deaths—-many of today's women still underestimate the seriousness of the disease and their risks, says Liliana Cohen, MD, a board-certified cardiologist with The Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-awareness-lacking-seriousness-heart-disease.html Cardiology Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:10:04 EST news279189512 Australian doctors Thursday hailed what they described as a world-first surgical treatment for a boy suffering from a rare disease that sends his blood pressure soaring and triggered a stroke. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-world-first-surgery-australian-boy.html Surgery Thu, 01 Nov 2012 05:20:06 EST news270965333 (Medical Xpress)—Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients sometimes experience "natural" improvements in disability at least over the short term, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ms-patients-natural-disability.html Neuroscience Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:41:15 EST news269764866 Carol Carr showed all the signs of colorectal cancer seven years ago, but doctors thought the 44-year-old Glen Burnie, Md., woman was too young to have the disease and never tested her for it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-younger-people-colorectal-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:10:01 EST news263806594 Many patients with advanced cancer suffer from cachexia, a condition also called body-wasting or wasting syndrome, which causes significant weight loss, extreme fatigue and reduces quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-heavy-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:37:50 EST news248002645 Stockholm, Sweden: Men with prostate cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and that is resistant to hormone therapy suffer less from fatigue if they are treated with a combination of abiraterone acetate and prednisone, according to results from a phase III clinical trial presented today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-abiraterone-acetate-fatigue-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:27:28 EST news236176033 (Medical Xpress) -- No cancer surgery is easy, but the two operations David Bieszke underwent at Loyola University Hospital to remove an aggressive, 10-inch tumor were especially challenging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-team-large-aggressive-tumors.html Cancer Tue, 26 Jul 2011 09:17:08 EST news230890616