http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Children with autism see simple movement twice as quickly as other children their age, and this hypersensitivity to motion may provide clues to a fundamental cause of the developmental disorder, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-motion-perception-autism-underlying-disorder.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 08 May 2013 13:23:11 EST news287238180 A research team led by a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a genetic mutation that is strongly associated with a typical form of migraine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-genetic-mutation-linked-typical-migraine.html Genetics Wed, 01 May 2013 14:00:01 EST news286625251 Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at the MedUni Vienna led by Burkhard Gustorff, head of the university course in interdisciplinary pain medicine (ismed). The study has now been published in the leading journal Pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pain-one-dimensional.html Medical research Wed, 01 May 2013 09:40:04 EST news286619998 A brain pathway that is stimulated by traumatic or fearful experiences can be disrupted by two compounds that show promise for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder, Indiana University researchers reported. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-scientists-compounds-thwart-post-traumatic-stress.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:00:14 EST news269513137 There is now strong evidence that some interventions can prevent falls in people over the age of 65 who are living in their own homes. However, the researchers who reached this conclusion say that care is needed when choosing interventions, as some have no effect. The full details are published this month in The Cochrane Library. This is an update of a previous report that contains data from 51 additional trials, enabling the authors to reach many more conclusions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-interventions-falls-people-home.html Health Tue, 11 Sep 2012 12:48:21 EST news266586469 Adverse drug reactions are a major issue that cause harm, are costly and restrict treatment options for patients and the development of new drugs. A groundbreaking finding by researchers from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology could lead to a new way to dramatically improve drug safety by identifying drugs at risk to cause potentially fatal genetic-linked hypersensitivity reactions before their use in man. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-discovery-screen-drugs-adverse-reactions.html Immunology Tue, 29 May 2012 09:52:34 EST news257503911 Potentially severe hypersensitivity reactions to the anti-HIV drug abacavir occur through an autoimmune mechanism, resulting from the creation of drug-induced immunogens that are attacked by the body's immune system, according to a study published online by the journal AIDS, official journal of the International AIDS Society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-reactions-hiv-drug-autoimmune-aids.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 22 May 2012 12:49:38 EST news256909762 Asthma is a chronic inflammatory and respiratory disease caused by an abnormal reactivity to allergens in the environment. Of the several avenues of exploration that are currently being developed, vaccination appears to be the most promising approach. In a publication soon to appear in the review Human Gene Therapy, the research scientists at Inserm and CNRS ( Institut du thorax, CNRS, France) reveal an innovatory vaccine against one of the allergens most frequently encountered in asthma patients. After vaccine was directly injected into the muscle of an asthmatic mouse, a nanovector significantly reduced both the hypersensitivity to the allergen and the associated inflammatory response. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-asthma-vaccination-intramuscular.html Inflammatory disorders Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:22:50 EST news252753756 (HealthDay) -- Testing patients for metal hypersensitivity before they receive joint or bone implants helps identify those at increased risk for complications due to metal hypersensitivity, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-skin-metal-sensitivity-joint.html Other Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:50:01 EST news249308701 In childhood, rituals like regular schedules for meal, bath, and bed times are a healthy part of behavioral development. But combined with oral and tactile sensitivities, such as discomfort at the dentist or irritation caused by specific fabrics, these rituals could be an early warning sign of adult Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-childhood-hypersensitivity-linked-ocd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:39:45 EST news244226378