http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Forget apples – lifting weights and doing cardio can also keep the doctors away, according a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-cardio-weight-access-health-seniors.html Health Tue, 14 May 2013 17:02:13 EST news287769712 Efforts to lower health care costs in the United States have focused at times on demands to reform the medical malpractice system, with some researchers asserting that large, headline-grabbing and "frivolous" payouts are among the heaviest drains on health care resources. But a new review of malpractice claims by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests such assertions are wrong. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-catastrophic-malpractice-payouts-health.html Health Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:36:35 EST news286562190 A UCLA study shows that heart failure medications recommended by national guidelines are highly cost effective in saving lives and may also provide savings to the health care system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-heart-failure-medications-highly-cost-effective.html Cardiology Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:30:39 EST news283692631 A new study published online today in the American Journal of Managed Care found that in Medicare Part D, generic drug coverage was cost-saving compared to no coverage in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, while also improving health outcomes. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, the Pitt Graduate School of Public Health, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic of UPMC note that policymakers and insurers should consider generic-only coverage, rather than no gap coverage, to both conserve health care resources and improve health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cost-effectiveness-medicare-drug-schizophrenia-bipolar.html Health Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:09:01 EST news280584167 Hypnotherapy helps fight IBS symptoms. These are the findings of a thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden which proposes implementing this treatment method into the care of severe sufferers of this common disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-hypnosis-patients-ibs.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:27:52 EST news275056061 Physicians in Canada should consider refusing to prescribe cognitive enhancement medications—also used to treat attention deficit disorder (ADD)—to healthy patients, states an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Lack of evidence for benefits and possibility of harm, limited health care resources and professional integrity of physicians are reasons why this use is not acceptable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-physicians-drugs-healthy-people.html Medications Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:00:05 EST news274958998 A Henry Ford Hospital study has found that better use of commonly accepted diagnostic guidelines for detecting cervical spine injuries could reduce unnecessary CT scans and spare patients from radiation exposure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-stricter-adherence-preliminary-screening-method.html Cancer Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:51:14 EST news273167465 Reforming Medicare payments based on large geographic regions may be too bluntly targeted to promote the best use of health care resources, a new analysis from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health suggests. The analysis will be published in the Nov. 1 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-regional-analysis-masks-substantial-local.html Health Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:19:07 EST news270933530 In vitro fertilization (IVF) may significantly increase the risk of birth defects, particularly those of the eye, heart, reproductive organs and urinary systems, according to new research presented Saturday, Oct. 20, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in New Orleans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-vitro-fertilization-linked-birth-defects.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:47:02 EST news269927204 For people with long term conditions, telehealth can reduce deaths and help patients avoid the need for emergency hospital care, finds a study published in BMJ today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-telehealth-deaths-emergency-hospital-modest.html Health Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:30:01 EST news259518264 People with serious mental illness (SMI), such as bipolar and major depressive disorders, have increased mortality and physical illness and use greater health care resources than people without mood disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-people-mood-disorders-re-hospitalized.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:43:56 EST news259317827 HIV-positive children older than 1 year who were treated after showing moderate HIV-related symptoms did not experience greater cognitive or behavior problems compared to peers treated when signs of their infection were still mild, according to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. But both groups of HIV-positive children lagged behind HIV-negative children in these areas, suggesting that the first year of life may present a critical treatment window for minimizing impairments in brain development due to HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-treatment-window-hiv-children-infected.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:31:55 EST news250277497