http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—For years, Paul Shaw, PhD, a researcher at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has used what he learns in fruit flies to look for markers of sleep loss in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-unusual-comparison-nets-loss-marker.html Medical research Fri, 03 May 2013 06:54:01 EST news286782779 In a study to be presented on February 14 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report that variation in a gene involved in inflammation is associated with developmental problems after preterm birth in females, but not males. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-genetic-predisposition-brain-injury-preterm.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 10:08:11 EST news279799675 Low-income teenagers who have supportive role models and engage in adaptive strategies have lower levels of a marker for cardiovascular risk than low-income teens without such resources, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-role-coping-health-poor-teens.html Health Thu, 20 Dec 2012 00:00:07 EST news275163960 (HealthDay)—Being both neurotic and conscientious may be good for your health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-healthy-neurotic-conscientious.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:00:31 EST news272998824 Two large international meta-analyses published Online First in The Lancet provide compelling new evidence that interleukin-6 receptor (IL6R), a protein involved in inflammatory signaling, has a causal role in the development of coronary heart disease (CHD). The findings suggest that drugs that target this specific inflammatory mechanism (ie, IL6R-mediated signaling) might also be effective in combating CHD. One such drug, tocilizumab, is already commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis*. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-genetic-foundations-anti-inflammatory-drugs-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:30:03 EST news250875349 Highly elevated platelet levels fuel tumor growth and reduce the survival of ovarian cancer patients, an international team of researchers led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer center reports in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-high-platelets-ovarian-cancer-patients.html Cancer Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:10 EST news248544367 A number of different immunological mechanisms ensure the successful establishment and maintenance of pregnancy. Imbalance in these mechanisms is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. In a review published in Advances in Neuroimmune Biology, researchers from the Institute of Life Science, College of Medicine at Swansea University in the UK examine the impact of maternal obesity on the inflammatory responses in tissues of both the mother and the child. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-inflammation-link-obesity-adverse-pregnancy.html Health Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:43:22 EST news245432586 By digging a little deeper, researchers may have found a potential target for reversing the deadly blood infection sepsis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-potential-sepsis.html Medical research Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:24:41 EST news226923855