http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—Add cranked-up earphones to the list of health dangers Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants New Yorkers to avoid. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nyc-health-campaign-too-loud-earphones.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:54:59 EST news281804093 (HealthDay)—The prevalence of smoking and the implementation of combined interventions to reduce smoking vary between states, according to a report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-states-vary-reduction-policies.html Health Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:20:01 EST news278688660 (HealthDay)—A frank and graphic nationwide media campaign to motivate smokers to quit seems to be working, say researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-campaign-smokers-victims.html Addiction Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:33:39 EST news271593204 A district in Indonesia is handing out cash to civil servants who volunteer for vasectomies -- but the initiative has upset women who fear their sterilised husbands will be more likely to have affairs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-indonesian-district-cash-vasectomies.html Other Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:16:21 EST news252746164 (AP) -- Anghella Torres is just 4 years old, but already she weighs 66 pounds (30 kilos) - twice what she should. Because of her excess girth, her little feet constantly hurt from bearing the extra weight. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-mexico-tackles-epidemic-childhood-obesity.html Health Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:32:40 EST news238303952 A statewide media campaign designed to reduce and prevent teen tobacco use has reached record levels of awareness, with 80 percent of North Carolina youth indicating familiarity with the campaign ads, according to preliminary results from a 2011 evaluation by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-youth-tobacco-media-campaign-awareness.html Health Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:19:03 EST news226919924