http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new multi-national survey reveals the extent of misconceptions about when is the right time to start taking action to prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD). In a four-country survey sample of 4,000 adults, 49 per cent answered age 30 years or older when asked at what age they believe people should start to take action about their heart health to prevent conditions such as heart disease and stroke. The fact is that CVD can affect people of all ages and population groups, and the risk begins early in life through unhealthy diets, lack of physical activity and exposure to tobacco. On World Heart Day, 29th September, the World Heart Federation is calling for people – specifically mothers who are gatekeepers to the home – to take action now to protect their own heart health, as well as that of their children and families to safeguard future generations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-heart-health-earlier.html Cardiology Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:26:12 EST news267701163 The British public are being consulted on the ethics of a fertility treatment that uses DNA from a third parent to help eliminate genetic diseases, the government announced on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-three-parent-babies.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:32:46 EST news267085959 Mobile-​​phone users who send dozens—or even hun­dreds—of text mes­sages per day may have begun to notice pain, tin­gling or numb­ness in their thumbs from exces­sive button pushing. Northeastern University news office asked Jack Den­ner­lein, a pro­fessor of phys­ical therapy in the Bouvé Col­lege of Health Sci­ences, to explain the growing health con­cern among obses­sive smart­phone users: the so-​​called tex­ting thumb. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-3qs-thumbs.html Health Thu, 30 Aug 2012 10:04:40 EST news265539865 When we turn on the A/C in the summer, our first thought is probably one of relief. If it's 100 degrees in the shade, we're probably not thinking about how our decision might influence the environmental legacy we leave for future generations. It's not that we don't care, it's just that we typically don't think about our behavior in terms of long-term, inter-generational tradeoffs. But new research suggests that reminders of our own mortality may encourage us to keep future generations in mind as we make decisions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mortality-environmental-legacy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:07:00 EST news259938413 (HealthDay) -- Your DNA might help dictate how your skin changes with age, one expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genes-key-aging-skin.html Genetics Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:50:30 EST news251142626 A new Australian diabetes assessment released today reinforces a legacy of pandemic proportions being left for future generations – with one in three of today’s Gen Ys joining the ranks of ‘Generation D’ (Generation Diabetes) during their lifetime. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-gen-d-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:47:41 EST news251016439 Levels of health disparity have increased substantially for people born in the United States after 1980, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-health-gap-grown-young-adults.html Health Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:40:01 EST news241928616 Deep-seated ageism is at the core of our culture and at the heart of an unproductive government approach to healthy ageing, says Professor Hal Kendig, Director of the Ageing, Work and Health Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-healthy-ageing-important-aged-expert.html Health Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:32:34 EST news240474599 (AP) -- The Obama administration's signature health overhaul law, under relentless assault by Republicans, has suffered its first major casualty - a long-term care insurance plan. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-overhaul-law-major-casualty.html Health Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:07:38 EST news237877620