http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—A majority of Americans (52 percent) now favor legalizing marijuana, and 72 percent feel that the government efforts to enforce marijuana laws are not worth their cost, according to research published by the Pew Research Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-majority-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana.html Health Tue, 09 Apr 2013 05:50:01 EST news284702464 (Medical Xpress)—Despite concerted government efforts to curtail tobacco use, the number of smokers in the United States has remained stable in recent years, rather than declining. The reason: genetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-genetic-smokers-biological-resistance-anti-tobacco.html Genetics Thu, 06 Dec 2012 06:23:27 EST news273997398 (AP)—Left-wing lawmakers in Germany are threatening to oppose government efforts to keep male infant circumcision legal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-german-lawmakers-circumcision.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:22:02 EST news271934517 Around 22,000 Pakistani children are at risk in Karachi after the World Health Organization suspended polio vaccinations over a spate of bloody shootings, a UN official warned Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-polio-suspension-pakistan-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:38:42 EST news263119116 World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Margaret Chan on Tuesday decried the tobacco industry as a "ruthless and devious enemy" and urged governments and civil society groups to unite against cigarette firms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-tobacco-industry-devious-enemy-chief.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:59:15 EST news251441947