http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. What a mother eats before and during pregnancy can impact on her offspring in many ways, a University of Aberdeen researcher will tell a conference in Edinburgh today (February 7). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-early-healthy-nutrition-vital-life.html Health Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:10:01 EST news279528732 A study by the University of Liverpool has found that people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who live in deprived areas have worse growth and lung function than people living in more advantaged areas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-people-cystic-fibrosis-deprived-areas.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:03 EST news278676759 (Medical Xpress)—Becoming a parent for the first time may improve mental health and reduce levels of psychological distress, according to a new study from the University of Otago, Wellington (UOW). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-parenting-positive-mental-health.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:24:23 EST news278058257 Health inequalities between England's richest and poorest areas have widened in the ten years between 1999 and 2008. Researchers warn, in a study published today in BMJ, that over the next ten years, we may experience smaller increases in life expectancy than in the past decade and health inequalities may rise at an even faster rate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-gaps-life-rich-poor-years.html Health Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:30:02 EST news273863232 Wide differences in death rates from disease still persist throughout England – but effective healthcare can help to reduce these inequalities, a new study has discovered. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-health-inequalities-effective.html Health Wed, 31 Oct 2012 18:09:34 EST news270925767 (Medical Xpress)—Although the English are generally healthier than Americans, both countries grapple with large health inequalities. A new study suggests that in both countries, health and wealth are tightly linked. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-income-linked-poorer-health-england.html Health Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:09:57 EST news267437390 The Health and Social Care Act 2012 will have "severe implications" for collecting and monitoring data about the health needs of the population in England, warn experts today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-health-legislation-severe-implications-population.html Health Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:30:03 EST news254673008 (HealthDay) -- The prevalence of obesity, inadequate exercise, and poor diet among prisoners may put them at risk for non-communicable diseases (NCDS), according to a review published online April 20 in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-prisoners-non-communicable-diseases.html Health Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:50:01 EST news254149908 Obesity is an important contributor to premature death in women who have never smoked, especially among women in low income groups, finds research published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-obesity-killer-nonsmoking-women.html Health Wed, 29 Jun 2011 03:56:13 EST news228538562 Cold homes cost lives and harm the environment, according to a BMJ editorial published today to coincide with a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and written by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-cold-homes.html Health Fri, 13 May 2011 03:22:55 EST news224475745 Two decades after Brazil's constitution recognized health as a citizen's right and a duty of the state, the country has vastly expanded health care coverage, improved the population's health, and reduced many health inequalities, but universal and equitable coverage remains elusive, experts from four major Brazilian universities and New York University have concluded. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brazil-health-vastly-coverage-universality.html Health Tue, 10 May 2011 11:53:21 EST news224247139