http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In four out of ten cases, long-term stress suffered by women leads to some form of physical complaint. This is shown by a study of 1,500 women carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-link-stress-incidence-psychosomatic-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:17:37 EST news289469850 There are significant cost and risk factors associated with two procedures commonly used to diagnose or treat gastrointestinal problems, according to research presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-quality-gi-procedures.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:02 EST news288146356 Nearly two-thirds of children receiving stem cell transplants returned to the hospital within six months for treatment of unexplained fevers, infections or other problems, according to a study performed at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center in Boston. Children who received donor cells were twice as likely to be readmitted as children who received their own stem cells. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-majority-children-readmitted-hospital-stem.html Cancer Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:30:01 EST news285956728 Many competitors try to prevent pain interfering with their performance by taking painkillers that are readily available in pharmacies and supermarkets, say the authors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-painkillers-marathons-linked-potentially-side.html Medications Sat, 20 Apr 2013 06:54:49 EST news285659682 (Medical Xpress)—A new study could help earlier diagnosis of Parkinson's disease, after a Malaysian researcher working for Newcastle University in the UK identified that even early in the disease people experience symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-parkinson-discovery-earlier-diagnosis.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:49:09 EST news285490111 (HealthDay)—For patients with preexisting occlusive vascular disease, the combination of niacin and the anti-flushing agent laropiprant provides no benefit and is associated with an increase in serious side effects, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology, held from March 9 to 11 in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-acc-niacinlaropiprant-benefit-vascular-disease.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:50:01 EST news282308529 Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have described what may be a newly identified disease that appears to explain some cases of widespread chronic pain and other symptoms in children and young adults. Their report that will appear in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, and has received early online release, finds that most of a group of young patients seen at the MGH for chronic, unexplained pain had test results indicating small-fiber polyneuropathy, a condition not previously reported in children. The MGH investigators call this new syndrome juvenile-onset small-fiber polyneuropathy or JOSeFINE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nerve-underlie-widespread-unexplained-chronic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:40:05 EST news282216182 (HealthDay)—Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States, but there are ways you can help prevent it, an expert says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-colon-cancer-expert.html Cancer Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:06:37 EST news281977587 New research from the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has shown that children with an intellectual disability or autism are up to ten times more likely to be admitted to hospital than unaffected children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-huge-hospital-burden-kids-intellectual.html Pediatrics Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:25:13 EST news281345046 Health care transition (HCT) services help young people with special health care needs such as asthma or diabetes move from pediatric to adult health care. However, youths with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have less access to these services, which are designed to prevent gaps in care and insurance coverage. A University of Missouri researcher recommends that the medical community develop HCT services for individuals with ASD as a way to ensure consistent and coordinated care and increase their independence and quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-youths-autism-spectrum-disorder-transitioning.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:50:26 EST news279899406 (HealthDay)—Food poisoning sickens millions of Americans each year, and most outbreaks are caused by salmonella-tainted foods or norovirus, federal health officials report. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc-salmonella-foodborne-illness-outbreaks.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:50:01 EST news278272699 Many mothers of newborns in neonatal intensive care units have difficulty finding private, quiet places in the hospital to express milk, according to a new study from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-privacy-problem-mothers-newborns-neonatal.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:09:12 EST news277560494 While movement problems are the main symptom of Parkinson's disease, a new study shows that even early in the course of disease people frequently experience many non-motor symptoms such as drooling, anxiety and constipation. The study is published in the January 15, 2013, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-parkinson-anxiety-non-motor-symptoms-early.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:00:02 EST news277380919 A synthetic "poop" developed at the University of Guelph can cure nasty gastrointestinal infections caused by Clostridium difficile, a toxin-producing bacterium. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-synthetic-poop-difficile-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:00:03 EST news276875562 (HealthDay)—Pacifiers are universally popular with new parents and their infants, but there's one big problem with them: They can get dirty. Very dirty. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dirty-pacifiers-infants-sick.html Pediatrics Sat, 03 Nov 2012 09:40:01 EST news271140045 Nearly a quarter of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis used complementary and alternative therapy (CAT) to help manage their condition, according to a study in the November issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-complementary-alternative-therapy-arthritis-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:10:02 EST news270809548 For those suffering from osteoarthritis of the knees or hands, applying topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)—in the form of creams, gels and patches—can bring weeks of pain relief, finds a new review by The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-topical-nsaids-relief-arthritis-pain.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Wed, 19 Sep 2012 09:50:42 EST news267267035 (Medical Xpress)—The classic scene of an old-time Vermonter sitting on a stool milking a cow on his family farm remains a powerful image strongly connected to the heritage of the state. If accuracy is the goal, however, a new image would be portrayed: a Spanish-speaking Latino migrant worker most likely from the southern region of Mexico. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-lack-healthcare-migrant-workers.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:30:14 EST news266761803 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) require an array of specialized health care services. With these services come higher costs for parents and insurance providers. University of Missouri researchers compared costs and types of services for children with ASD to costs and services for children with other conditions like asthma or diabetes. The researchers found children with ASD paid more for health care than children with other conditions. In addition, children with ASD used more services yet had less access to specialized care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-health-care-disparities-children-autism-spectrum.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:56:51 EST news258652596 A specific antioxidant supplement may be an effective therapy for some features of autism, according to a pilot trial from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital that involved 31 children with the disorder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-antioxidant-treatment-features-autism.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 29 May 2012 15:53:10 EST news257525584 Watching Alzheimer's disease steal away the memory, talents and very selves of its victims is hard enough for the people who love them. But a new pill formulated by a respected pharmaceutical company and approved by the Food and Drug Administration will do little to help most patients and bring misery to some, say two medical investigators. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-alzheimer-drug-sharply-criticized-medical.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:50:01 EST news251717731 A study of mothers and their young babies by neurologists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has shown that mothers who suffer migraine headaches are more than twice as likely to have babies with colic than mothers without a history of migraines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-links-babies-colic-mothers-migraines.html Neuroscience Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:03 EST news248956990 Acute lung injury patients on ventilators who require a feeding tube have a similar number of ventilator-free hospital days and similar mortality rates if they receive a low-calorie feeding program initially followed by a full-calorie program compared to a full-calorie program right away. These results are part of a new clinical study funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-restricting-calories-early-acute-lung.html Health Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:52:41 EST news247816350 The underlying reason autism is often associated with gastrointestinal problems is an unknown, but new results to be published in the online journal mBio on January 10 reveal that the guts of autistic children differ from other children in at least one important way: many children with autism harbor a type of bacteria in their guts that non-autistic children do not. The study was conducted by Brent Williams and colleagues at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-bacteria-gut-autistic-children-non-autistic.html Autism spectrum disorders Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:09:14 EST news245354941 Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and at the Harvard Medical School report that children with autism and gastrointestinal disturbances have altered expression of genes involved in digestion. These variations may contribute to changes in the types of bacteria in their intestines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-children-autism-gastrointestinal-symptoms-digestive.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 17 Sep 2011 03:40:53 EST news235449614 Missing or deformed limbs, clubfoot, facial disorders and gastrointestinal problems are some of the most common birth defects found to be associated with smoking during pregnancy, according to a major new report led by scientists at UCL. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-deformed-limbs-linked-pregnancy.html Health Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:00:03 EST news229615495 Patients who received therapy for cancer during childhood have an increased risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) complications later in life, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Compared with their siblings, cancer survivors had an increased risk of late-onset complications of the upper GI tract, lower GI tract and liver. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-childhood-cancer-survivors-ongoing-post-therapy.html Cancer Wed, 04 May 2011 15:03:07 EST news223740178