http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Surveys show most Americans would rather die at home than in a hospital. Now, a new government study suggests more and more people getting their wish. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-dying-hospitals-home.html Health Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:42:25 EST news283581739 (AP)—A government study has fingered leafy green vegetables as the leading source of food poisoning illnesses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-leafy-greens-food-poisoning-source.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:07:01 EST news278676416 This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cdc.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:46:09 EST news276439562 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 (HealthDay) -- Ninety percent of American high school students report that some of their classmates are using illicit drugs, including alcohol and tobacco, during the school day, a new survey found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-teens-drugs-school-survey.html Addiction Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:19:08 EST news264871138 Fewer than half of US adults get enough physical activity for their health, said a US government study released Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-adults.html Health Tue, 07 Aug 2012 14:41:11 EST news263569265 Despite dramatic progress in reducing Americans' exposure to lead over the past 25 years, a growing body of research finds that children and adults still face health risks from even very low levels of the toxic metal in their blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-health-issues-tied-low-level-exposure.html Health Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:30:01 EST news261749756 The Endocrine Society commissioned Lake Research Partners to conduct a national survey of 424 internal medicine, family practice and OB/GYN physicians about their attitudes and experiences related to treating menopausal symptoms. According to the survey, physicians say the primary barrier to women receiving hormone therapy is patients' fears about the risks and their unwillingness to discuss the option. This new survey follows a study conducted in April 2012 among 810 women ages 45 to 60 on the same topic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-survey-patient-misinformation-impede-treatment.html Other Tue, 10 Jul 2012 11:41:30 EST news261139272 A new government study suggests a lot of teenage girls are clueless about their chances of getting pregnant. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cdc-teens-moms-didnt.html Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:20:01 EST news246204901 Binge drinking is more common in the United States than previously thought, particularly among young adults, though the most frequent offenders are over 65, said a US government study on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-over-65s-frequent-binge-drinkers.html Health Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:50:06 EST news245421505 (AP) -- More adults in the Midwest and West have suicidal thoughts than people in the rest of the country, but Rhode Island leads in suicide attempts, according to the first government study of its kind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-midwest-west-highest-contemplating-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:52:25 EST news238348328 The United States is a world leader in rates of antidepressant use, but as many as two-thirds of Americans with severe depression are not on medication, said a government study released Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-severe-depression-untreated.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:46:04 EST news238247155 Does your teen show normal nerves about the weekend party, or always stay home? Nearly half of teenagers say they're shy, perhaps a bit surprising in our say-anything society. But a government study finds a small fraction of those teens show signs of a troubling anxiety disorder that can be mistaken for extreme shyness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-teens-shy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:41 EST news238088314 (AP) -- Worried about bedbugs? Maybe you should be more concerned about the insecticides used to get rid of them. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-scores-sick-died-bedbugs.html Health Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:56:05 EST news235922144