http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- Working-age adults who take combinations of prescription medication may be doubling their risk of serious falls at home according to research from The University of Auckland. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-multiple-medicines-fall-young-middle.html Medications Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:34:42 EST news246526473 Wine consumers, especially in comparison with spirits drinkers, have been shown to have higher levels of education and income, to consume a healthier diet, be more physically active, and have other characteristics that are associated with better health outcomes. However, epidemiologic studies have been inconsistent in showing that, after adjustment for all associated lifestyle factors, consumers of wine have lower risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality than do consumers of other beverages. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-differences-mortality-wine-consumers-alcoholic.html Health Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:10:05 EST news243605388 A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer's disease, based on the findings of a study published today in PLoS One. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-alzheimer-drug-candidate-disease.html Medications Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:11:35 EST news243101466 (AP) -- Federal health regulators are leaning toward adding new information about the risk of blood clots to the labels of widely prescribed birth control pills such as Yaz, in light of growing evidence that the newer contraceptive drugs may be riskier than older drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-fda-favors-info-birth-pills.html Medications Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:43:41 EST news242419386 The risk of breast cancer is increased by genetic and lifestyle factors such as the inherited BRCA2 gene, age of having first child, or use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Cancer looked at the relationship between women with breast cancer and diagnosis of cancer in their parents. The results showed that the chances of women with lobular breast cancer having a father with cancer (especially prostate cancer) was almost twice as likely as women with other forms of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breast-cancer-linked-paternal.html Cancer Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:47:33 EST news241699585 HIV-infected patients are at increased risk for cancer as a result of both their impaired immune system and lifestyle factors, such as smoking, according to researchers at Kaiser Permanente. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-earlier-antiretroviral-therapy-burden-cancer.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:43:23 EST news241191791 Football players experience repeated head trauma throughout their careers, which results in short and long-term effects to their cognitive function, physical and mental health. University of Missouri researchers are investigating how other lifestyle factors, including diet and exercise, impact the late-life health of former collision-sport athletes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-football-players-prone-late-life-health.html Health Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:04:48 EST news240066277 Universities need to work with industry to develop realistic solutions to harmonize food systems with human health, according to panelists at a Morrison Hall symposium on Oct. 28. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-lifestyle-real-dent-obesity.html Health Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:12:50 EST news239436763 Women still have hot flushes and night sweats years after the menopause finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-older-women-hot-flushes-night.html Other Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:34:12 EST news238239239 (Medical Xpress) -- A University of Sydney PhD student has discovered the different diets and lifestyles of South Asians compared to Europeans could lead to the two groups requiring very different doses of medicines commonly used to treat illnesses such as depression and psychosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-south-asians-europeans-react-differently.html Medications Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:30:24 EST news237807008 (Medical Xpress) -- Systemic inflammation, the immune system's defense against disease or injury that can contribute to problems like cancer and diabetes over time, increases with age in people with heart-disease symptoms, while inflammation specific to vascular disease does not, a UC Davis study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-inflammation-age-cardiac-linked.html Cardiology Fri, 07 Oct 2011 08:54:24 EST news237196396 Small bypass vessels which act as a 'back-up system' for the heart's main arteries play a significant role in reducing the mortality of patients with coronary artery disease, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-back-up-heart-disease-deaths.html Cardiology Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:25:13 EST news236579098 Patients with chronic conditions are likely to change their preferences for receiving emergency procedures in the event of cardiac arrest, according to new findings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-decisions-life-sustaining-treatment.html Other Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:31:44 EST news236230291 Eating low-fat yoghurt whilst pregnant can increase the risk of your child developing asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever), according to recent findings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-low-fat-yogurt-intake-pregnant-child.html Health Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:29:04 EST news235502906 Who hasn't forgotten someone's name, misplaced their glasses or walked into a room and not remembered why they entered? Normal age-related memory decline affects more than half of all seniors, and those over 80 are the most vulnerable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-ucla-memory-abilities-oldest-adults.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:51:55 EST news233837506 An international team of researchers led by Imperial College London has identified six new genetic variants associated with type-2 diabetes in South Asians. The findings, published in Nature Genetics, give scientists new leads in the search for diagnostic markers and drug targets to prevent and treat this major disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-genetic-variants-linked-diabetes-south.html Genetics Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:01:49 EST news233754888 Watching TV for an average of six hours a day could shorten the viewer's life expectancy by almost five years, indicates research published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-daily-tv-quota-hours-shorten.html Health Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:39:20 EST news232684737 A new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine reveals that several unhealthy lifestyle factors, such as weight problems, physical inactivity, high alcohol consumption, tobacco smoking, and hard drugs are associated with sexual dysfunctions in men. Additionally, an unhealthy lifestyle is more common in persons who are sexually inactive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-unhealthy-lifestyle-sexual-dysfunction.html Health Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:12:24 EST news229183928 Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCD), such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, chronic respiratory disorders and cancer represent the major global health problem of the 21st century and affect all age groups. The cost of treating these diseases is substantial, and for many countries is an under-appreciated cause of poverty. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-science-medicine-treatment-chronic-disease.html Genetics Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:17:03 EST news229141008 Adhering to a healthy lifestyle, including not smoking, exercising regularly, having a low body weight and eating a healthy diet, appears to lower the risk of sudden cardiac death in women, according to a study in the July 6 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-healthy-lifestyle-sudden-cardiac-death.html Health Tue, 05 Jul 2011 17:14:14 EST news229104840 All fat is not created equal. Unsightly as it is, subcutaneous fat, the fat right under the skin, is not as dangerous to overall health as visceral fat, the fat deep in the belly surrounding vital organs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-soluble-fiber-belly-fat.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:26:44 EST news228389191 How much can a woman lower her risk of breast cancer by losing weight, drinking less, or exercising more? A study published online June 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute describes a new model to estimate the impact of these lifestyle changes on absolute breast cancer risk, suggesting risk reductions that could translate into a substantial number of prevented cancers across an entire population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-breast-cancer-quantifies-impact-reduction.html Cancer Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:25:32 EST news228155090 Exercise interventions during and after pregnancy offer numerous health benefits to both mothers and their babies, particularly among women who are at high risk for gestational diabetes and preeclampsia. Danielle Downs, an associate professor of kinesiology and obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State, was one of four speakers invited to discuss their studies related to pregnancy and postpartum interventions at a symposium during the 2011 Annual Meeting and Scientific Session of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), held in April in Washington, D.C. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-interventions-pregnancy-health-benefits.html Health Thu, 23 Jun 2011 05:48:15 EST news228026874 In a series of three separate studies looking at how changes in multiple dietary and other lifestyle factors relate to long-term weight gain, Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers found that modest changes in specific foods and beverages, physical activity, TV-watching, and sleep duration were strongly linked with long-term weight gain. Changes in diet, in particular, had the strongest associations with differences in weight gain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-specific-dietary-factors-big-impact.html Health Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:30:35 EST news227982624 Recently published research shows that coffee drinkers enjoy not only the taste of their coffee but also a reduced risk of cancer with their cuppa. More detailed research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research shows that drinking coffee specifically reduces the risk of antiestrogen-resistant estrogen-receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-coffee-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 11 May 2011 03:32:02 EST news224303484 Vegetarians experience a 36 percent lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome than non-vegetarians, suggests new research from Loma Linda University published in the journal Diabetes Care. Because metabolic syndrome can be a precursor to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, the findings indicate vegetarians may be at lower risk of developing these conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-vegetarians-heart-disease-diabetes.html Health Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:22:07 EST news221919716