http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Left-wing lawmakers in Germany are threatening to oppose government efforts to keep male infant circumcision legal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-german-lawmakers-circumcision.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 09:22:02 EST news271934517 Although depression and prejudice traditionally fall into different areas of study and treatment, a new article suggests that many cases of depression may be caused by prejudice from the self or from another person. In an article published in the September 2012 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, William Cox of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and colleagues argue that prejudice and depression are fundamentally connected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-prejudice-depression-societal-interpersonal-intrapersonal.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:35:44 EST news267204926 A new genetic analysis focusing on Jews from North Africa has provided an overall genetic map of the Jewish Diasporas. The findings support the historical record of Middle Eastern Jews settling in North Africa during Classical Antiquity, proselytizing and marrying local populations, and, in the process, forming distinct populations that stayed largely intact for more than 2,000 years. The study, led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, was published online today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-genetic-jewish-diasporas.html Genetics Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:00:17 EST news263479514 (AP) -- California's governor has signed a bill that that will prevent local governments from banning male circumcision. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-calif-gov-bill-circumcision.html Health Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:12:13 EST news236830316