http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Watch your kitchen cupboards this season as thrill seekers look to common holiday baking ingredients for a rise – cinnamon, nutmeg and even marshmallows are the primary ingredients in an increasingly popular and high-risk game of "chicken." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-holiday-spice-nice-toxicologist-cinnamon.html Health Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:43:15 EST news275132589 Johns Hopkins researchers say a program they developed that uses personal advocates and community networks to find organ donors for friends and loved ones who need kidney transplants resulted in success for nearly half of the participants in its trial run. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-grassroots-networks-kidney-donors-hopkins.html Other Wed, 23 May 2012 05:40:01 EST news256969786 (HealthDay) -- Women who are trying to conceive often use at-home products such as ovulation predictors and pregnancy tests, but the newest do-it-yourself test to help couples have a baby is for their male partners: A 10-minute test that can determine if a man's sperm count is normal or not. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-at-home-sperm-couples.html Medications Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:27:54 EST news250518466 Common causes for stillbirth include obstetric complications and placental abnormalities, while factors that could be known at the start of pregnancy, such as previous stillbirth or pregnancy loss, were associated with an increased risk for stillbirth, although these and other factors accounted for only a small proportion of the overall risk, according to two studies in the December 14 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-common-factors-stillbirth.html Medical research Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:00:03 EST news243004553 With age, forgetfulness and other signs of memory loss sometimes appear, prompting elderly individuals to seek a medical evaluation amid fears that they may be experiencing early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common type of dementia among Americans aged 65 and older. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-combination-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:58:15 EST news238323422