http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The first article in a landmark series to help health care workers and providers, donors, and decision makers understand the importance of including mental health care in global health programs is being published in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-mental-health-series.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:38:18 EST news286562292 (HealthDay)—Fainting isn't fun. For those who have ever suddenly and briefly lost consciousness, it's a disconcerting situation that typically triggers a thorough medical workup. Unfortunately, it's often tough for physicians to determine just what caused a first fainting episode. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fainting-healthy-people-heart.html Cardiology Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:00:02 EST news274556406 Outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as swine flu (H1N1) threaten global health and should be considered by funding agencies and humanitarian organizations as development issues rather than emergency situations, requiring long-term support and investment, according to US experts writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-long-term-health-tackle-infectious-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:00:02 EST news274465324 State physician health programs (PHPs) play a key role in helping doctors with substance abuse problems. But the current PHP system is inconsistent and prone to potential conflicts of interest and ethical issues, according to a review available as publish ahead of print content from the December 2012 issue of Journal of Addiction Medicine, the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-addiction-doctors-pose-ethical-issues.html Addiction Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:02:44 EST news269517756 Why do medical research findings often fail to reach the people who could benefit from them most? And why are health programs proven to work in one setting frequently unable to achieve success in other places? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-science-links-real-world-health.html Other Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:38:17 EST news268472290 US health insurer WellPoint is buying Amerigroup, a manager of publicly funded health programs, for about $4.9 billion, the companies said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-health-wellpoint-amerigroup.html Health Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:49:32 EST news261049764 Clergy's practice of putting others first can be detrimental to their own health, say researchers at Duke University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-health-interventions-clergy-counteract.html Health Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:10:17 EST news260100604 Eliminating new infant HIV infections in Zimbabwe will require not only improved access to antiretroviral medications but also support to help HIV-infected mothers continue taking their medication and safely reduce or eliminate breastfeeding, according to an article in the January issue of PLoS Medicine. Findings of the report from an international research team should help with the planning of expanded programs to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas with limited health resources. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-pediatric-hiv-zimbabwe.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:41:50 EST news245439703 In the early 2000s, the international aid community started to fund health programs through Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) which provide aid and support for tackling infectious diseases, and for implementing immunization programs against childhood diseases. However priorities set by GHIs and by governments are not always the same. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Globalization and Health uses 'agency theory' to examine the conflicts between donor and recipient countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-aid.html Health Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:52:25 EST news228966718