http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Women often point to stress, hormones, alcohol, or even the weather as possible triggers for their migraines. But a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that it is nearly impossible for patients to determine the true cause of their migraine episodes without undergoing formal experiments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-migraines-impossible.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 08 Apr 2013 04:25:43 EST news284613936 Do you ever wake up with a raging hangover and picture the row of brain cells that you suspect have have started to decay? Or wonder whether that final glass of wine was too much for those tiny cells, and pushed you over the line? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-alcohol-braincells-medical-myth.html Health Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:25:18 EST news282299086 The British government was to announce plans on Wednesday for a minimum alcohol price of £0.45 ($0.72, 0.56 euros) in England and Wales in an attempt to restrain an infamous binge-drinking culture. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-binge-drink-britain-unveils-minimum-booze.html Health Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:29:58 EST news273310189 Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-booze-calories-equal-soda-adults.html Health Thu, 15 Nov 2012 05:45:15 EST news272180699 After years of having it drilled into their heads, most people now know that LDL (low-density lipoprotein) is the "bad" cholesterol package that increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, and HDL (high-density lipoprotein) is the "good" type that helps reduce it by removing cholesterol from artery walls. So if your HDL number is high, you've probably patted yourself on the back; if it's low, you may have tried to raise it by, for instance, exercising more, losing weight, drinking a daily glass of wine, or even taking medication, such as high-dose niacin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-hdl-good.html Health Tue, 28 Aug 2012 08:47:10 EST news265362415 (Medical Xpress) -- Cutting the amount we drink to just over half a unit a day could save 4,600 lives a year in England, according to a modelling study by Oxford University researchers published in the journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-alcohol-day-health.html Health Thu, 31 May 2012 08:26:06 EST news257671495 In an age of long commutes, late sports practices, endless workdays and 24/7 television programming, the image of Mom hanging up her dish towel at 7 p.m. and declaring "the kitchen is closed" seems a quaint relic of an earlier era. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-nighttime-fast-calorie.html Health Fri, 18 May 2012 09:49:58 EST news256553383 Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among U.S. women, new research from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-moderate-red-wine-women-breast.html Addiction Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:47:48 EST news245065660 Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy can have lasting consequences that emerge decades after the child leaves the hospital. Studies are finding that adult illnesses like heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes can have roots in the mysterious months we spend in the womb. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-disease-partially-womb-scientists.html Health Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:50:01 EST news241278599 (AP) -- The toll of excessive drinking works out to about $2 per drink, in terms of medical expenses and other costs to society, according to a new federal research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-cdc-shot-excessive.html Health Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:06:32 EST news238075585 (Medical Xpress) -- Sipping the occasional glass of wine may seem relatively harmless, and could even be beneficial to the drinker’s health. But for parents, even moderate drinking can result in one unintended consequence: an increased risk their children will drive under the influence as adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-parents-powerful-role-dui.html Health Wed, 07 Sep 2011 05:38:21 EST news234592623