http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Knee replacement surgery is a very common procedure. However, it does not always resolve function or pain in all the recipients of new knees. A study by Robert Barrack, MD and his colleagues from the Washington University School of Medicine wanted to determine if any socioeconomic factors were associated with less successful outcomes of knee replacement surgery. Their study, which appears in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, published by Springer, found that lower-income individuals reported higher levels of dissatisfaction and poorer function than those with higher incomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-people-higher-incomes-happier-knees.html Other Tue, 21 May 2013 11:50:36 EST news288355827 The number of adults living into older age in sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly growing yet many older men and women will have an illness or disability that limits their ability to function, according to a study by researchers from the US and Malawi published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-older-people-africa-limited-functional.html Health Tue, 07 May 2013 17:00:14 EST news287160106 New research indicates that Mexican-Americans born in the United States who are aged 55 and over are significantly more likely than Mexican-American immigrants to report that they have substantial limitations in one or more basic physical activities such as walking, climbing stairs, reaching, lifting, or carrying. (30% versus 25%). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-older-us-born-mexican-americans-physically-limited.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 13:05:23 EST news286805079 Nearly 30% of adult workers suffer from work-related stress, and it is commonly acknowledged that stress has damaging effects on individual's health. Recently published prospective cohort study by Dr. Jenni Kulmala and co-workers from the Gerontology Research Center (GEREC) at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, provides strong evidence that perceived work-related stress in midlife predicts functional limitations and disability later in old age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-stress-symptoms-midlife-old-age-disability.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:10:03 EST news279190205 (HealthDay)—Use of shared savings could encourage individuals who are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid to enroll in state-designed care coordination entities (CCEs), according to a perspective piece published online Jan. 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-entity.html Health Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:32:23 EST news276802337 (HealthDay) -- Superficial X-ray therapy remains a viable treatment for primary basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in select patients, according to a study published online July 23 in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-superficial-x-ray-viable-basal-squamous.html Cancer Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:00:01 EST news263492832 A new supplement in the journal Cancer outlines an innovative model to address a wide range of physical issues faced by women with breast cancer and offers hope for improved function and full participation in life activities for patients through rehabilitation and exercise. A panel of experts proposes a prospective surveillance model (PSM) that could reduce the incidence and severity of breast cancer treatment-related physical impairments. The model was developed over the past year by a panel of internationally known experts, with the support of the American Cancer Society and input from national healthcare professional organizations and advocacy groups. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-outlines-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:26:04 EST news253279544 Early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer-related lymphedema by a physical therapist can significantly reduce costs and the need for intensive rehabilitation, according to an article published in the January issue of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-prospective-surveillance-emerges-standard-breast.html Cancer Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:39:45 EST news245097578 In a follow-up of extremely low-birth-weight children, the rates of chronic health conditions overall, and asthma specifically, did not change between the ages of 8 and 14 years, although the rate of obesity did increase, according to a study in the July 27 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-chronic-health-problems-low-birth-weight-children.html Health Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:00:01 EST news230886338 A new study by researchers from Rhode Island Hospital has found that stress testing with myocardial perfusion imaging as part of a pre-operative workup for bariatric surgery candidates may be unnecessary. The research is published in the Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, and is now available online in advance of print. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-common-unnecessary-bariatric-surgery-candidates.html Other Tue, 19 Jul 2011 11:40:20 EST news230294404