http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. For the first time, an international team of researchers has found that a combination of a particular virus in the mother and a specific gene variant in the child increases the risk of the child developing schizophrenia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-virus-genes-involved-causation-schizophrenia.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:07:13 EST news281963223 Recent natural disasters illustrate vulnerability of older people: majority of deaths from the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011) and Hurricane Katrina (2005) occurred among older people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-highlights-impact-environmental-older-people.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:05:06 EST news278852700 A new study demonstrates for the first time how the Toxoplasma gondii parasite enters the brain to influence its host's behavior. This research was led by researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Uppsala University in Sweden publishes today in the Open Access journal PLOS Pathogens. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-common-cat-parasite-brain.html Medical research Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:20:01 EST news274031776 The ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI) and the Gladstone Institutes today announced the formation of a research collaboration to speed the discovery of potential treatments for ALS through the preclinical drug development process. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-als-tdi-gladstone-collaborate-potential.html Medical research Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:33:11 EST news273839583 Use of the botanical product silymarin, an extract of milk thistle that is commonly used by some patients with chronic liver disease, did not provide greater benefit than placebo for patients with treatment-resistant chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a study in the July 18 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-chronic-hepatitis-thistle-beneficial.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:00:08 EST news261750406 One in seven people suffer from malnourishment, the head of the UN's food agency said Wednesday in a report released ahead of a summit on sustainable development to be held in Rio de Janeiro June 20-22. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-malnourishment-food-agency.html Health Wed, 30 May 2012 15:07:56 EST news257609269 The global prevalence of cigarette smoking among adults is set to fall by just 1.7 percentage points by 2030 if governments do not do more to intervene, finds research published online in Tobacco Control. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-global-prevalence-fall-marginally-concerted.html Health Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:30:01 EST news254592780 The open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases today published a comprehensive report showcasing the disproportionately high burden of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in India and South Asia. These diseases of poverty continue to plague the 1.5 billion people living in the region, despite the World Bank's recent report that South Asia experienced 7 percent overall economic growth in 2010. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-disproportionate-burden-neglected-tropical-diseases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:47:04 EST news238855616 The benefits of physical activity accumulate across a lifetime, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Researchers in England and Australia examined the associations of leisure time physical activity across adulthood with physical performance and strength in midlife in a group of British men and women followed since birth in March 1946. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-lifetime-physical-yields-benefits-age.html Health Thu, 25 Aug 2011 12:54:33 EST news233495640 Research from Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine shows for the first time that a particular type of stem cell, bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs), can suppress orofacial pain rapidly--within one day of treatment--by either IV injection of cells or direct injection of cells to the injured site. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-groundbreaking-stem-cells-relieve-mouth.html Medical research Thu, 07 Jul 2011 13:10:08 EST news229262995