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(Medical Xpress)—There is no significant risk directly associated with air travel during pregnancy, even at advanced gestation, says report by the University of Liverpool. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-air-pregnancy-poses-significant-experts.html Health Thu, 23 May 2013 08:10:01 EST news288514017 A cup of beetroot juice a day may help reduce your blood pressure, according to a small study in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-cup-beetroot-juice-daily-blood.html Health Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:02 EST news285241469 In a world first, a team of researchers at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre and the University Health Network have shown that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in patients with chronic, severe and treatment-resistant Anorexia Nervosa (anorexia) helps some patients achieve and maintain improvements in body weight, mood, and anxiety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-deep-brain-patients-chronic-treatment.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:30:01 EST news281808694 (HealthDay)—Women who have breast reconstruction surgery using a transplanted flap of their own tissue have a low rate of short-term complications, a new study says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-breast-reconstruction-women-tissue-safe.html Surgery Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:40:01 EST news280765606 (HealthDay)—Risk factors have been identified for medical complications following cervical spine surgery, with cardiac and pulmonary complications correlating with death within two years, according to research published in the Feb. 1 issue of Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-factors-idd-cervical-spinal-surgery.html Surgery Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:00:37 EST news279464430 (HealthDay)—Early palliative care (PC) clinic visits, integrated with standard oncologic care for patients with metastatic lung cancer, emphasize symptom management, coping, and psychosocial aspects of illness, according to research published online Jan. 28 in JAMA Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-early-palliative-lung-ca-focuses.html Health Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:23:47 EST news278781819 The "July effect"—the notion that the influx of new residents and fellows at teaching hospitals in July of each year adversely affects patient care and outcomes—was examined in a very large data set of hospitalizations for patients undergoing spine surgery. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) and the University of Virginia Health System (Charlottesville, VA) found a negligible effect on periprocedural outcomes among patients treated by spine surgery. Detailed results of their thorough study are furnished in the article "The effect of July admission on inpatient outcomes following spinal surgery. Clinical article," by Jennifer S. McDonald, Ph.D., Michelle J. Clarke, M.D., Gregory A. Helm, M.D., Ph.D., and David F. Kallmes, M.D., published today online, ahead of print, in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-july-effect-negligible-outcomes-spine.html Surgery Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:23:55 EST news278677427 (Medical Xpress)—Results of new research from the University of Adelaide are a promising step forward in helping to improve the quality of life-saving blood transfusions for preterm babies, by reducing the likelihood of adverse inflammatory responses to the blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-efficacy-blood-transfusions-preterm-babies.html Pediatrics Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:40:03 EST news272795237 Researchers have discovered a previously unknown function for a protein that could add to the expanding arsenal of potential new drugs for battling inflammation and tissue fibrosis in a number of disease processes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-efforts-effective-anti-inflammatory-drugs.html Inflammatory disorders Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:00:37 EST news267965288 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have discovered that the inflammation in the surrounding tissue of patients with failing chromium-cobalt metal-on-metal (MOM) implants is caused by the release of The Cobalt 2+ ions (Co2+) from metal debris that wears away from replacement joints. These ions are known to be genotoxic and could lead to further medical complications. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-metal-hip-implants-genotoxic-material.html Medical research Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:50:17 EST news260599748 Tufts Medical Center researchers have shown that presence of a gene strongly linked to appetite regulation is highly predictive of a premature infant's readiness to feed orally. An analysis of just a drop of an infant's saliva could be the key to preventing many feeding problems and the expensive medical complications that can occur when infants are fed by mouth too early. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-marker-premies-saliva-readiness-mouth.html Pediatrics Mon, 21 May 2012 18:11:06 EST news256842630 Kidney stones are agonising, and can lead to medical complications. There are many causes and types of stone, but the number of cases diagnosed is continuing to rise. Short term treatment, as anyone who has suffered from this condition will know, can involve high strength painkillers and ultrasound to shatter the stones and allow them to pass. However, even with this course of treatment there is still a 60% risk of reoccurrence, and attempts to find preventative treatments have been hindered by the difficulties in finding a ‘model’ system; stones are likely to be as agonizing for lab animals as for humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fruit-flies-kidney-stones.html Medical research Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:15:49 EST news251716541 Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) have conducted a study on a modified version of the Short Inventory of Problems (SIP) to help promote early intervention and treatment for patients with drug use in primary care. The findings, which validate this modified version of the SIP in a primary care setting, will appear online in the American Journal on Addictions in the March issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-validate-drug-consequences-primary.html Addiction Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:24:08 EST news251547459 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that women who deliver their first baby early are more likely to have a subsequent baby that is small for its gestational age, even when the second pregnancy is carried to term. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-prior-preterm-delivery-subsequent-baby.html Health Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:20:01 EST news247985214 People resist medical screening, or don't call back for the results, because they don't want to know they're sick or at risk for a disease. But many illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and cancer, have a far a better prognosis if they're caught early. How can health care providers break down that resistance? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-self-affirmation-resistance-medical-screening.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:45:12 EST news243708269 In a major advance in treatment, a multicenter study found that ruxolinitib did a better job than off-label chemotherapy drugs reducing the terrible symptoms associated with myelofibrosis, including pain, enlarged spleen, anemia, fever, chills, fatigue, and weight loss. The results were presented today at the annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology and Oncology in San Diego. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-ruxolinitib-myelofibrosis-symptoms.html Cancer Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:17:27 EST news242911039 The current classification system for kidney complications in patients with lupus is too detailed, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results should make it easier for physicians to classify and treat kidney problems in patients with the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-lupus-classification-complicated.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:33:39 EST news238955600 A new study recently published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals that the ability to successfully carry a pregnancy after kidney transplantation is very high, with 73.5% live birth rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-successful-pregnancy-kidney-transplant.html Other Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:23:05 EST news238328532 A recent study from scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggests that a strawberry a day (or more accurately, 37 of them) could keep not just one doctor away, but an entire fleet of them, including the neurologist, the endocrinologist, and maybe even the oncologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-flavonoids-two-fisted-assault-diabetes-nervous.html Medical research Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:00:04 EST news228394928