http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—An experimental drug for autism did not improve levels of lethargy and social withdrawal in children who took it, but it did show some other benefits, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-drug-benefit-kids-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Thu, 02 May 2013 06:50:03 EST news286690569 Adding fruits and vegetables to the diet may help protect the kidneys of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) with too much acid build-up, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fruits-vegetables-kidneys.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:00:02 EST news279466695 Leslye Nathe did not realize the profound effect that Ritalin was having on her mother's Alzheimer's disease until a doctor stopped the prescription. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ritalin-apathy-patients-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:50:02 EST news279293507 The holidays are over and there's a calendar full of cold, gray days ahead. Some of us experience the "winter blues" and others experience a more serious kind of depression like seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It can bring lethargy, mood swings and curtail normal functioning. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-weathering-winter-blues.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:25:19 EST news278234702 Colorado State University veterinarians are recommending the use of equine West Nile Virus vaccines to help prevent West Nile Virus disease in alpacas. While llamas seem to be fairly resistant to developing severe disease signs, West Nile infection in alpacas sometimes results in life threatening neurological disease (encephalitis) just as is seen in horses and humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-veterinarians-equine-vaccine-alpacas-thwart.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 Aug 2012 06:01:23 EST news263624475 Doctors have been prescribing codeine for postpartum pain management for many years, and, until recently, it was considered safe to breastfeed while taking the opioid. But the death of an infant exposed to codeine through breast milk has many health care providers questioning the safety of the drug when used by breastfeeding mothers. Because of the potential risks, some doctors have begun the practice of prescribing oxycodone as an alternative to codeine; however, a new study soon to be published in The Journal of Pediatrics finds that oxycodone is no safer for breastfed infants than codeine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-mother-postpartum-oxycodone-safer-breastfed.html Health Tue, 06 Sep 2011 12:13:01 EST news234529962 A signaling system in the brain previously shown to regulate sleep is also responsible for inducing lethargy during illness, according to research conducted at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-scientists-bad-sick.html Neuroscience Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:12:52 EST news231581562