http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. School lunches offer a break in the day from tests and lessons, a chance to eat a slice of rectangular pizza in a compartmentalized tray or even a source of stress over who would sit with whom. Chances are morality isn't the first thing that comes to mind when considering school lunch, but a University of Kansas professor is leading a national research effort to consider the moral implications of one of the most important parts of a student's day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-morality-issues-school-lunches.html Health Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:52:37 EST news285580344 A signaling molecule that helps stem cells survive in the naturally low-oxygen environment inside the bone marrow may hold clues to helping the cells survive when the going gets worse with age and disease, researchers report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-molecule-stem-cells-focus-bone.html Medical research Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:30:19 EST news281964592 Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this week by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Harvard. It is one of the first to evaluate whether dietary mineral intake is associated with PMS development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-women-iron-intake-pre-menstrual-syndrome.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:00:01 EST news281090929 (HealthDay)—Leafy green vegetables are responsible for more foodborne illnesses than any other food, according to a new government report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-foods-americans-sick.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:20:01 EST news278763105 Teagasc researchers are looking to seaweed for proteins with health benefits for use as functional foods. Historically, edible seaweeds were consumed by coastal communities across the world and today seaweed is a habitual diet in many countries, particularly in Asia. Indeed, whole seaweeds have been successfully added to foods in recent times, ranging from sausages and cheese to pizza bases and frozen-meat products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-edible-seaweed-alternative-protein-source.html Health Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:23:43 EST news269504611 (HealthDay) -- A leading U.S. government advisory panel has proposed that postmenopausal women not take low-dose calcium and vitamin D supplements daily to ward off bone fractures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-older-women-calcium-vitamin-d.html Health Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:00:01 EST news258741705 A study presented by Mayo Clinic researchers during Digestive Disease Week 2012 provides clear evidence that the number of people contracting the hard-to-control and treat bacterial infection Clostridium difficile (C. difficile or C. diff) is increasing, and that the infection is commonly contracted outside of the hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-incidence-clostridium-difficile-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 May 2012 13:15:04 EST news256824832 Results of a large study among older women suggest that those who ate more of the "sunshine vitamin" were less likely to experience depression symptoms than women who consumed less of the vitamin, according to findings published this week by Elizabeth Bertone-Johnson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences, with colleagues from several other U.S. academic centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-vitamin-d-foods-depression-older.html Health Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:08:57 EST news233561226