http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A new and experimental anti-clotting drug, cangrelor, proved better than the commonly used clopidogrel and was significantly more effective at preventing blood clots in a large trial of patients who underwent coronary stent procedures. These data, from the phase III CHAMPION PHOENIX study, were presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session and published simultaneously in the New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-anti-clotting-drug-effective-current-treatment.html Cardiology Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:21:55 EST news282216106 (HealthDay)—A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee on Thursday recommended against approval of the first proposed drug to treat chronic fatigue syndrome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-panel-1st-drug-chronic_1.html Medications Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:40:42 EST news275308835 (HealthDay)—A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee will meet Thursday to consider approval of the first drug to treat chronic fatigue syndrome. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-fda-panel-1st-drug-chronic.html Medications Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:50:01 EST news275229003 (Medical Xpress)—Older adults are asking more questions about liver health now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has formally called for baby boomers to get tested for Hepatitis C, says Dr. Luis Balart, chief of gastroenterology and hepatology at Tulane Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-hepatitis-baby-boomers.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:06:04 EST news267692753 The ability of the commonly used stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin) to speed recovery from general anesthesia appears to apply both to the inhaled gas isoflurane, as previously reported, and to the intravenous drug propofol. Members of the same Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team that reported the isoflurane study are publishing similar results for propofol in the May issue of Anesthesiology, and their paper has been issued online. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-recovery-propofol-anesthesia-sped-common.html Medical research Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:55:57 EST news252856538 Drug dispensing robots designed to quickly prepare intravenous medications in a sterile environment can harbor dangerous bacteria, according to a report in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-bacterial-contamination-pharmacy-robots.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 04 Apr 2012 11:20:23 EST news252757209 Russia in 2011 saw a rise of five percent in the number of new HIV infections to 62,000 cases amid worrying signs that heterosexuals and women are increasingly at risk, its chief doctor said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-russia-hiv-infections.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:46:20 EST news250778774