http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Burgers and meatballs sold in Portugal by French retailer Auchan have been found to contain horsemeat with small traces of an animal painkiller that is potentially harmful to humans, Portugal's consumer watchdog said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-portugal-horse-painkiller-drug-burgers.html Health Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:10:01 EST news281897572 A consortium of scientists who are taking a novel approach in their research to detect the genetic variations that predispose individuals to type 2 diabetes provided an update of their findings at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) 2012 meeting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-diabetes-genetic-involves-major-ancestry.html Genetics Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:30:02 EST news271614096 (HealthDay) -- Model for Acetaminophen-induced Liver Damage (MALD), a mathematical model that utilizes commonly obtained laboratory values, including overdose amount and time elapsed since overdose, is effective for predicting outcomes in patients with acute liver failure due to acetaminophen overdose, according to research published online Feb. 13 in Hepatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-death-due-acetaminophen-overdose.html Medications Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:40:01 EST news249309408 The treated patients in the double-blinded study of DiaPep 277 showed significantly better pancreas function that the control group. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-andromeda-biotech-drug-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:06:21 EST news241185974 People who have a long term debilitating physical illness demonstrate mental resilience according to Understanding Society, the world's largest longitudinal household study. The first findings reveal that people diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, respiratory or cardiovascular disease report similar mental health scores to those without physical illness. The survey's findings suggest that those people who may not be able to function well physically because of an illness do not necessarily suffer problems with their mental health - for example with their concentration, confidence and feelings of strain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-resilience-long-term-ill.html Health Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:12:36 EST news229597942