http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Patients with the most severe and dangerous form of chronic anorexia are more likely to make a significant improvement towards recovery and stay in therapy if traditional psychological treatments are re-focused from weight gain to quality of life issues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-rethinking-treatment-goals-results-untreatable.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:05 EST news288252713 (HealthDay)—If you're a man suffering from low energy or libido, the drug industry is eager to help. So-called "Low T"—low testosterone—has become a common catch phrase in TV commercials, and sales of testosterone supplements are on the rise in the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-testosterone-supplements-online-risky.html Health Tue, 07 May 2013 13:40:01 EST news287149101 (HealthDay)—After reviewing data from recent large clinical trials, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined that Samsca (tolvaptan) should not be used for longer than 30 days and should not be used at all by patients with underlying liver disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fda-samsca-liver.html Medications Thu, 02 May 2013 06:30:01 EST news286690427 Chronic drinking is known to have detrimental health effects such as cardiac and liver problems, cognitive impairments, and brain damage. Binge drinking in particular is known to increase the risk of developing dementia and/or brain damage, yet little is known about an exact threshold for the damaging effects of alcohol. A study using rodents to examine various markers of neurodegeneration has found that brain damage can occur with as little as 24 hours of binge-like alcohol exposure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-brain-protein-vimentin-hippocampus-binge.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:00:01 EST news278091368 (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 Researchers from John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, one of the nation's 50 best cancer centers, played an important role in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on October 18 that may change the current blood and marrow transplantation practices. The phase 3, multicenter study compared harvesting stem cells from bone marrow rather than blood and suggests there are benefits to both approaches, but no survival differences between the two methods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-groundbreaking-transplant.html Medical research Tue, 20 Nov 2012 09:33:42 EST news272626396 One of the world's leading bone marrow transplant experts is recommending a significant change to current transplant practice for patients who need marrow or adult stem cells from an unrelated donor to treat hematologic malignancies. Fred Appelbaum, M.D., director of the Clinical Research Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, asserts that bone marrow – not circulating, peripheral blood, which is the current norm – should be the source for unrelated donor adult stem cells for most patients who require a transplant. The reason: because there is less incidence of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), which can be a debilitating side effect of transplantation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-bone-marrow-transplant-expert-significant.html Other Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:00:12 EST news269711816 (HealthDay)—Stivarga (regorafenib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat colorectal cancer that has spread despite prior treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-stivarga-advanced-colorectal-cancer.html Medications Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:01:07 EST news267987660 (HealthDay)—Behavioral counseling interventions may be beneficial for adults with risky drinking behaviors, according to a review and meta-analysis published online Sept. 25 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-effect-behavioral-intervention-alcohol-misuse.html Addiction Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:40:01 EST news267790932 (HealthDay)—Aubagio (teriflunomide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-aubagio-multiple-sclerosis.html Medications Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:10:01 EST news266766072 After a surgeon stitches up a patient's abdomen, costly complications -- some life-threatening -- can occur. To cut down on these postoperative problems, Johns Hopkins undergraduates have invented a disposable suturing tool to guide the placement of stitches and guard against the accidental puncture of internal organs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-faststitch-device-future-suture.html Surgery Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:36:00 EST news264332144 (HealthDay) -- A "medical food" called Limbrel, which doctors prescribe to treat osteoarthritis of the knee, was linked to several cases of liver disease in a small study, but the effects so far seem to be rare and easily reversible. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-arthritis-treatment-linked-liver-problems.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:32:55 EST news259259544 (AP) -- Vietnam has asked international health experts to help investigate a mystery illness that has killed 19 people and sickened 171 others in an impoverished district in central Vietnam, an official said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-vietnam-killer-disease.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 Apr 2012 05:30:02 EST news254117750 (AP) -- Should parents of extremely obese children lose custody for not controlling their kids' weight? A provocative commentary in one of the nation's most distinguished medical journals argues yes, and its authors are joining a quiet chorus of advocates who say the government should be allowed to intervene in extreme cases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-parents-custody-super-obese-kids.html Sleep apnea Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:51:42 EST news229708292 High blood pressure during pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-pregnant-women-higher.html Health Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:14:49 EST news229338871 Although liver-related mortality among those infected with hepatitis C is well-documented, little is known about deaths in these patients that are not related to liver problems. A new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and now available online sought to determine mortality from all causes, including liver- and non-liver related deaths among hepatitis C patients in the general U.S. population. The analysis found mortality from all causes to be higher in these patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-analysis-mortality-higher-hepatitis-c-infected.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:10:13 EST news226894121 Overweight carries a greatly increased risk of cirrhosis of the liver in men, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy. "Given the increasing problem of overweight in Sweden, there is reason to fear that more people will develop cirrhosis of the liver," says Jerzy Kaczynski, docent at the Sahlgrenska Academy and doctor at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-overweight-liver-alcohol-middle-aged-men.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:50:51 EST news226666200