http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The presence of an animal can significantly increase positive social behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), according to research published February 20 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Marguerite E O'Haire and colleagues from the University of Queensland, Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-children-autism-positive-social-behaviors.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:00:02 EST news281206131 India's Supreme Court said Thursday that unregulated clinical trials of new drugs were causing "havoc" in the country as it ordered the health ministry to monitor any new applications for tests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-trials-india-havoc-human.html Medications Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:45:45 EST news276414338 Maternal vitamin C deficiency during pregnancy can have serious consequences for the foetal brain. And once brain damage has occurred, it cannot be reversed by vitamin C supplements after birth. This is shown through new research at the University of Copenhagen just published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-foetus-mother-lacks-vitamin.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Fri, 16 Nov 2012 02:58:03 EST news272257072 The sensory cells of the inner ear have tiny hairs called stereocilia that play a critical part in hearing. It has long been known that these stereocilia move sideways back and forth in a wave-like motion when stimulated by a sound wave. After having designed a microscope to observe these movements, a research team at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has discovered that the hairs not only move sideways but also change in length. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-ear.html Medical research Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:24:11 EST news268399444 The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza virus appears to have required certain mutations in order to be transmitted to humans, according to a paper in the September Journal of Virology. The research could prove extremely valuable for efforts to predict human outbreaks.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-molecular-h1n1-transmission-humans.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:16:31 EST news267347781 China is investigating whether more than 20 children were fed genetically modified rice in a project that involved Chinese and US researchers, state media said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-china-probes-children-fed-rice.html Health Tue, 11 Sep 2012 07:40:15 EST news266568007 (Medical Xpress) -- A cheap and safe antibiotic that is widely available in the developing world might have a new use as a tuberculosis (TB) treatment, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-antibiotic-weapon-tuberculosis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:20:01 EST news248947660 (Medical Xpress) -- Working with guinea pigs, tuberculosis experts at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have closely mimicked how active but untreated cases of the underlying lung infection lead to permanent eye damage and blindness in people.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-animal-tb-related.html Ophthalmology Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:44:41 EST news243247447 New research has shown for the first time that omega-3 in fish oil could "substantially and significantly" reduce the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-omega-fatty-acids-shown-osteoarthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:28:02 EST news238066070