http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Research published today in the British Journal of Anaesthesia suggests that organ donation rates in the UK could be increased if the current issues affecting declined consent are improved. At present, only 30% of the UK population are registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register (ODR). From 2003 to 2005, the overall consent rate for donation after brain death (DBD) was 59%. This figure remains largely unchanged with a consent rate of 63% for DBD in 2007-2009. The low consent rate for organ donation in the UK is the largest factor limiting actual organ donor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-family-consent-donation.html Other Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:31:05 EST news243750650 Teens who more openly express their own viewpoints in discussions with their moms, even if their viewpoints disagree, are more likely than others to resist peer pressure to use drugs or drink. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-teens-views-mom-resist-peer.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:26:36 EST news243750323 (Medical Xpress) -- Tens of thousands of working Californians’ family members could be denied access to affordable health insurance under proposed regulations to the federal health care law, says a new report released today by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, Los Angeles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-regs-limit-families-access-healthcare.html Health Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:30:10 EST news243069312 You're more likely to respond to a yawn with another yawn when it comes from family member or a friend than from a stranger, says a study published Dec. 7 in the online journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-those-who-stay-together-yawn.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:00:04 EST news242497956 (Medical Xpress) -- By studying family members suspected of having Alzheimer’s disease, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a gene that causes a rare disorder highlighted by memory loss and motor impairments, and that leads to an early death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-gene-rare-dementing-illness.html Genetics Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:20:04 EST news241345738 Despite having the second-lowest smoking rate in the nation, California is still home to nearly 2.5 million children under the age of 12 who are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-million-california-children-secondhand-exposure.html Health Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:37:48 EST news238948622 The most common kidney disease passed down through families, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) affects one in 400 to 1,000 individuals and is characterized by cysts on the kidneys. The condition slowly gets worse and leads to kidney failure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-gene-mutations-early-severe-kidney.html Genetics Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:00:57 EST news238698041 The death of a spouse is always a tragedy, but for seniors, that tragedy can spur some significant life changes. And one University of Alberta researcher says the choices they make are something policymakers need to pay attention to. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-spousal-death-key-link-loss.html Health Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:30:58 EST news238671045 Family members of patients who have undergone surgery for weight loss may also shed several pounds themselves, as well as eat healthier and exercise more, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-halo-effect-family-members-gastric-bypass.html Other Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:00:05 EST news238080759 Andrew Fuligni and his colleagues want to understand the secret life of the American teenager. Their research has examined whether stress in the teen years affects kids' health as adults (it does), whether teens maintain their religious ties and beliefs as adults (they do) and if ethnic minority–based stigmatization affects how they perform in school (it does). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-insight-secret-life-american-teen.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:31:03 EST news237130232 Family members or friends caring for aging or disabled individuals in California are under both financial and emotional strain and are likely to face even greater burdens, given recent cuts in state support for programs and services that support in-home care, write the authors of a new policy brief by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-stressed-caregivers-friends-relatives-emotional.html Health Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:57:24 EST news235832213 A novel compound inhibits dengue virus, as well as other closely related important human pathogens. The research is published in the September 2011 issue of the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-small-molecule-hobbles-dengue-vitro.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:23:06 EST news235642949 A study presented today by Universite Laval researchers at the 4th World Congress on Sleep Medicine currently underway in Quebec City revealed that the risk of insomnia is 67% higher in people from families in which at least one member is an insomniac. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-insomnia-percent-higher-family-member.html Health Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:54:46 EST news235040076 By 2012, an estimated 14 million people will serve as distance caregivers to family members who live across the state, across the region, even across the country. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-distance-caregivers-advanced-cancer-patients.html Health Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:55:38 EST news232034118 Results of an international survey reveal that over 85% of respondents in the five countries surveyed say that if they were exhibiting confusion and memory loss, they would want to see a doctor to determine if the cause of the symptoms was Alzheimer's disease. Over 94% would want the same if a family member were exhibiting the symptoms. The findings were presented today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 (AAIC 2011). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-international-survey-highlights-great-desire.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:27:23 EST news230383616 Two Australian mothers were mistakenly given the wrong newborns in a mix up which saw the infants breastfed and cared for by the wrong woman for some eight hours, the hospital said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-australian-hospital-baby-error.html Health Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:09:14 EST news230198945 A novel virus that spread through a California monkey colony in late 2009 also infected a human researcher and a family member, UCSF researchers have found, the first known example of an adenovirus "jumping" from one species to another and remaining contagious after the jump. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-ucsf-adenovirus-monkeys-humans.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:00:01 EST news229875399 Mental illness of a family member destroys the family's connection with the religious community, a new study by Baylor University psychologists has found, leading many affected families to leave the church and their faith behind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-church-congregations-mental-illness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:11:13 EST news227959858 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study by Yale School of Medicine reveals that nearly one third of those who use opioids for non-medical reasons obtain these drugs directly from physicians, but the majority get them from friends or family members. The study, which used data from the annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health, appears online in the Archives of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-friends-family-enable-opioid-abusers.html Health Wed, 15 Jun 2011 05:50:48 EST news227335745 A new study led by a Northern Illinois University sociologist shows that while family members often provide critical support, they also can sometimes be the source of stigmatizing attitudes that impede the recovery of mentally ill relatives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-mom-mental-illness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:47:32 EST news226658705 UC Irvine psychologist Karen Rook can trace her interest in how loneliness affects the elderly to her childhood, when she saw a much-loved, once-robust grandmother decline markedly after losing her husband. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-lonely-people.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:57:08 EST news226155417 Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, found a Korean study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-attitudes-end-of-life-survey-cancer-patients.html Cancer Mon, 30 May 2011 14:48:24 EST news225985692 (Medical Xpress) -- As the elderly population of West Virginia increases, the number of patients with dementia who will require hospital admission for trauma will also increase as this population is at a higher risk of falls and injury. A recent study by the West Virginia University Department of Emergency Medicine shows that when these traumas occur, family members and healthcare providers must answer difficult questions in regard to the future care of the dementia patient. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-trauma-dementia-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 May 2011 08:48:09 EST news225618305 Caring for a family member with a mental illness can be a taxing experience marked by personal sacrifices and psychological problems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-caregivers-mentally-ill-kin-cope.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 19 May 2011 11:04:08 EST news225021828 Obesity is socially contagious, according to research published in the past few years. How it is "caught" from others remains a murky area. But findings from Arizona State University researchers published online May 5 in the American Journal of Public Health shed light on the transmission of obesity among friends and family. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-clues-obesity-socially.html Health Thu, 05 May 2011 16:00:04 EST news223822130 Despite evidence that feeding tubes do not improve survival rates or quality of life for elderly patients with advanced dementia, their frequency of use varies widely across the states. A new survey of family members finds that discussions surrounding the decision to place feeding tubes surgically are often inadequate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-families-tubes-elderly-dementia-patients.html Other Thu, 05 May 2011 10:39:14 EST news223810731 Could adult children's strategies for coping with pain come from watching their parents react to and deal with pain? According to Suzyen Kraljevic, from the University Hospital Split in Croatia, and colleagues, a family may have a specific cognitive style of coping with pain. Their work, which looks at the relationship between how parents and their children respond to pain, is published online in Springer's International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-pain-family-affair.html Medical research Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:13:56 EST news221739228