http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at McMaster University have found that brief high intensity workouts, as little as six sessions over two weeks, rapidly lower blood sugar levels in type 2 diabetics, offering a potential fix for patients who struggle to meet exercise guidelines. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-high-intensity-workouts-diabetics-blood-sugar.html Health Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:19:28 EST news242911159 (Medical Xpress) -- At least two billion dollars could be slashed from the annual healthcare budget if Australians increased their dairy intake, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-dairy-linked-billion-healthcare.html Health Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:10:02 EST news242552783 People who carry a malfunctioning copy of a particular gene are especially good at clearing fat from their systems. The report in the December Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, shows how the mutant gene influences metabolism in this way. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-mutation-cream.html Genetics Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:10:01 EST news242399378 Fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) is more effective in its health benefits at the same or lower costs compared to guaiac fecal occult blood testing (gFOBT) at all levels of colonoscopy capacity, according to a study published November 9 by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-fecal-occult-blood-effective-colonoscopy.html Cancer Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:03 EST news240062601 Providing support to a loved one offers benefits to the giver, not just the recipient, a new brain-imaging study by UCLA life scientists reveals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-tis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:23:35 EST news240074541 (Medical Xpress) -- Will a fresh glass of "raw" milk nourish or poison you? Pasteurization almost always provides protection from contamination. Unpasteurized "raw" milk, on the other hand, provides a potential breeding ground for disease-causing bacteria such as E. coli, Listeria, Campylobacter and Salmonella, all of which have caused outbreaks spread by raw milk in the past year, said Ynte Schukken, professor of epidemiology and herd health at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-raw-poses-groups.html Health Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:24:56 EST news240045889 Cutting out short auto trips and replacing them with mass transit and active transport would yield major health benefits, according to a study just published in the scientific journal Environmental Health Perspectives. The biggest health benefit was due to replacing half of the short trips with bicycle trips during the warmest six months of the year, saving about $3.8 billion per year from avoided mortality and reduced health care costs for conditions like obesity and heart disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-bikes-commuting-economic-health-benefits.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:59:42 EST news239428772 In a recent study by University of Kentucky researchers, watermelon was shown to reduce atherosclerosis in animals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-watermelon-atherosclerosis.html Health Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:10:58 EST news238939840 New research has found that if you want some of the many health benefits associated with eating broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables, you need to eat the real thing – a key phytochemical in these vegetables is poorly absorbed and of far less value if taken as a supplement. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-health-benefits-broccoli-require-food.html Health Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:42:23 EST news237552136 Company-provided health insurance, one of the largest costs of US businesses and households alike, rose nine percent over the past year despite the sluggish economy, according to a new study released Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-health-year.html Health Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:35:08 EST news236356496 The U.S. public and private sectors invested $140.5 billion in 2010 on research to find new ways to treat, cure and prevent disease and disability, according to Research!America's latest annual estimate, available at http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/healthdollar10.pdf. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-investment-health-stagnant.html Other Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:05:46 EST news234705923 University of Maine nutritionists are available to offer advice for parents and guardians looking to pack healthy -- and appealing -- lunchboxes for children and adolescents, and to identify the benefits of school-prepared meals and snacks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-nutritionists-kids-snacks-lunches.html Health Mon, 05 Sep 2011 08:49:03 EST news234431310 (Medical Xpress) -- It was just last year that a certain company selling a special probiotic enhanced yogurt was ordered by a U.S. court to stop suggesting in its advertisements that it's product had health benefits that went beyond the norm. Now, new evidence by Javier Bravo and colleagues at University College Cork, suggests the company may have been on to something. In their paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, the team describes how mice given the prbiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus, showed signs of being less anxious and depressed and even had lowered levels of stress hormones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-probiotics-brain-functioning.html Neuroscience Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:12:15 EST news233914306 A Norwegian survey carried out between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of AF with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. In women the data were inconclusive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-leisure-time-physical-atrial-fibrillation-men.html Cardiology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:07:55 EST news233831262 (Medical Xpress) -- Vaccinating children against the pneumococcus at birth is safe and primes the immune system against later infection, according to research published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-immunizing-birth-safe-effective-severe.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:59:12 EST news233571538 (Medical Xpress) -- Reaching over to make the bed or bending to get a grocery bag might not be the typical idea of being physically active. But all those everyday movements add up and could contribute to health benefits, especially among older adults — even if it’s not clear just how much energy seniors are exerting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-older-adults-cognitively-impaired.html Health Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:21:02 EST news232352417 (Medical Xpress) -- You're trying to decide what to eat for dinner. Should it be the chicken and broccoli? The super-sized fast-food burger? Skip it entirely and just get some Rocky Road? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-healthy-scientists-link-attention-self-control.html Neuroscience Wed, 27 Jul 2011 03:56:39 EST news230957729 Moderate reductions in the amount of salt people eat doesn't reduce their likelihood of dying or experiencing cardiovascular disease. This is the main conclusion from a systematic review published in the latest edition of The Cochrane Library. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-salt-doesnt-chance-dying.html Health Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:12:14 EST news229140725 Exercise interventions during and after pregnancy offer numerous health benefits to both mothers and their babies, particularly among women who are at high risk for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Danielle Downs, an associate professor of kinesiology and obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State, was one of four speakers invited to discuss their studies related to pregnancy and postpartum interventions at a symposium during the 2011 Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), held in April in Washington, D.C. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-interventions-pregnancy-health-benefits.html Health Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:48:15 EST news228026874 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found the strongest evidence to date that staying physically active helps improve the functioning of heart arteries in older Americans. The findings, published online June 13 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging, support the heart-health benefits of even moderate exercise, such as walking one hour per day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-evidence-physical-benefits-heart-health.html Cardiology Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:52:46 EST news227256649 One of the beneficial compounds found in green tea has a powerful ability to increase the number of "regulatory T cells" that play a key role in immune function and suppression of autoimmune disease, according to new research in the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-mechanism-health-benefit-green-tea.html Medical research Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:00:49 EST news226242011 As our environment degrades and technology improves, can technological versions of nature become suitable replacements? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-real-nature-technological-stand-ins-human.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 17 May 2011 14:09:02 EST news224860118 Tai chi has particular health benefits for older people, including helping to prevent falls and improving mental wellbeing, reveals a review published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-tai-chi-falls-mental-health.html Health Mon, 16 May 2011 19:02:12 EST news224791293 C.S. Lewis, the famous author and Oxford academic, once proclaimed "You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me." We sip it with toast in the morning, enjoy it with sweets and biscuits in the afternoon, and relax with it at the end of the day. Tea has for generations been an integral infusion worldwide, carrying both epicurean and economic significance. But, does it impart honest-to-goodness health benefits? In other words, is its persistence in the human diet perhaps coincident with enhanced quality (or quantity) of life? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-green-tea-tai-chi-bone.html Health Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:14:16 EST news221660021