http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—The overall health of Americans isn't improving much, with about six in 10 people either overweight or obese and large numbers engaging in unhealthy behaviors like smoking, heavy drinking or not exercising, a new government report shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-americans-unhealthy-choices-cdc.html Health Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:02 EST news288368949 Even if you didn't eat your veggies or drink your milk as a child, your height is still in your hands, reveal new findings by economists from the University of Southern California, Harvard University and Peking University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-shorter-adult-health-habits-age.html Health Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:18:51 EST news284030253 Men who have children at older ages are more likely to have grandchildren with autism compared to younger grandfathers, according to new research. This is the first time that research has shown that risk factors for autism may accumulate over generations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-older-grandfathers-autism.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:24:56 EST news283015476 Poor diet and lifestyle choices set the stage for obesity and diabetes, but the immune system plays a relatively underappreciated role in accelerating this process. Metabolic changes in fat cells stimulate the release of inflammatory signals known as cytokines, which block insulin signaling at a cellular level, as well as other factors that recruit immune cells into fatty tissue to perpetuate the cycle of declining metabolic function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-protein-fat-cells-inflammatory-gears.html Medical research Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:24:26 EST news282558150 In a huge study of half a million men and women, research in Biomed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine demonstrates an association between processed meat and cardiovascular disease and cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-meat-linked-premature-death.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:00:01 EST news281808990 Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, is directly linked to an increased risk for colon cancer, according to data from a mouse study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-visceral-fat-causally-linked-intestinal.html Cancer Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:10:02 EST news281724370 The public is very supportive of government action aimed at changing lifestyle choices that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases—but they're less likely to support such interventions if they're viewed as intrusive or coercive, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) study. The study also found that support was higher for interventions that help people make more healthful choices, such as menu labeling requirements, than for interventions that penalize certain choices or health conditions, such as charging higher insurance premiums for obese individuals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-survey-legal-interventions-obesity-noncommunicable.html Health Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:00:02 EST news281616131 Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-small-cancer-fukushima-accident.html Health Thu, 28 Feb 2013 04:59:09 EST news281249937 (Medical Xpress)—Before spouses take their first step toward fitness, their partner's interest or willingness to participate can sway them, says a Purdue University family studies expert. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-spouses-illness.html Health Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:40:01 EST news279267840 (Medical Xpress)—An analysis of the personality types, diet and exercise habits of more than 7,000 people has shown that a positive attitude, and the belief that you can determine your life's outcomes, leads people to make healthier lifestyle choices. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-positive-mindset-health-decisions.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:04:12 EST news277628643 (Medical Xpress)—With a New Year approaching and healthy lifestyle choices topping the list of personal resolutions, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Making an effort to stop smoking is an appropriate one given World Health Organization estimates that smoking contributes to five million deaths each year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cessation-expert-smokers.html Addiction Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:53:12 EST news276342777 (Medical Xpress)—A bug thought to be one of the 'good bacteria' in our gut may actually have a role in the development of a bowel disorder that is on the rise in Scotland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-good-bug-role-bowel-disease.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:49:31 EST news274434547 Each year, about 610,000 Americans suffer their first heart attack, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Heart attacks and other symptoms of cardiovascular disease can be caused when blockage occurs in the arteries. In a new study from the University of Missouri, a scientist has discovered a natural defense against arterial blockage: bilirubin. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bilirubin-cardiovascular-disease.html Cardiology Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:41:42 EST news274012887 If you have cardiovascular disease, a heart-healthy diet may help protect you from recurrent heart attacks and strokes, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-healthy-diet-recurrent-heart.html Cardiology Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:00:02 EST news273758270 (HealthDay)—Lung cancer surgery takes longer and is more costly if a patient is obese, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-obesity-complicates-lung-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:30:02 EST news273504589 With dementia rates expected to soar in coming decades as Canada's population gets older, a nutrition and cognitive scientist with the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences has cooked up a strategy to help people maintain good brain health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-baycrest-world-science-based-cookbook-brain.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:30:01 EST news270306908 (HealthDay)—New guidelines meant to provide type 2 diabetes patients with truly individualized care have been issued by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-diabetes-patients-voice-treatment-experts.html Diabetes Tue, 02 Oct 2012 12:28:59 EST news268399731 (Phys.org)—Coal kills. That's the message of "The Silent Epidemic: Coal and the Hidden Threat to Health" by Alan H. Lockwood, MD, University at Buffalo emeritus professor of neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-revealing-silent-epidemic-coal-health.html Health Mon, 24 Sep 2012 07:11:56 EST news267689510 Concussions and even lesser head impacts may speed up the brain's natural aging process by causing signaling pathways in the brain to break down more quickly than they would in someone who has never suffered a brain injury or concussion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-concussions-impacts-brain-aging.html Neuroscience Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:01:42 EST news262965696 Lifestyle advice given by doctors to men diagnosed with infertility should be radically overhauled according to research published today (Wednesday). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-unhealthy-lifestyles-impact-sperm-quality.html Medical research Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:00:10 EST news258744778 (HealthDay) -- Most people know what lifestyle choices will keep the chances of a cancer diagnosis low: Don't smoke, eat healthy, exercise and get the recommended screenings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-healthy-lifestyle-choices-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:50:02 EST news254065047 More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-health-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:00:05 EST news252150106 (HealthDay) -- With a recent flood of new regulations or proposals aimed at governing lifestyle choices such as smoking, eating or cellphone use, is the United States in danger of becoming a "nanny state"? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-americans-ambivalent-laws-aimed-healthy.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:21:09 EST news251457664 Bronwen Zilmer has three generations of Alzheimer's disease in her family. She hopes not to be the fourth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-lifestyle-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:40:02 EST news250519181 Teenagers who turn their backs on a healthy lifestyle and turn to drink, cigarettes and junk food are significantly unhappier than their healthier peers. New research also shows that 12-13 is a catalyst age when young people turn away from the healthy habits of their younger years and start to get involved in risky behaviours. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-healthy-teenager-happy.html Health Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:43:48 EST news249907422 Every cell in the body has chromosomes with so-called telomeres, which are shortened over time and also through lifestyle choices such as smoking and obesity. Researchers have long speculated that the shortening of telomeres increases the risk of heart attack and early death. Now a large-scale population study in Denmark involving nearly 20,000 people shows that there is in fact a direct link, and has also given physicians a future way to test the actual cellular health of a person. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-cellular-aging-heart-early-death.html Cardiology Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:30:01 EST news248590517 Health care organizations from around the globe will come together on Saturday, Feb. 4 to promote cancer prevention as part of this year's World Cancer Day. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-world-cancer-day.html Cancer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:39:47 EST news247495172 The math formula for weight loss isn't hard to understand. There's calorie input and calorie output - what you eat and what you burn. When the energy input is less than the output, you lose weight. But as simple as it looks on paper, putting that formula into practice can be maddeningly complicated. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-latest-gadgets-diets-workouts-high-tech.html Health Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:10:01 EST news246286210 Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy can have lasting consequences that emerge decades after the child leaves the hospital. Studies are finding that adult illnesses like heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes can have roots in the mysterious months we spend in the womb. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-disease-partially-womb-scientists.html Health Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:50:01 EST news241278599 Over time, epileptic seizures can lead to major health issues, including significant cognitive decline and even death, warns Orrin Devinsky, MD, professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry at NYU Langone Medical Center. In a review article in the Nov. 10, 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Devinsky addresses the magnitude of sudden, unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) and offers guidance to patients, physicians and families of those with epilepsy about the risk factors, possible causes and interventional measures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-expert-awareness-sudden-death-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:35:19 EST news240150913