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An independent panel of experts on Wednesday recommended US approval of a new Merck sleeping pill called suvorexant, but expressed concerns over the highest dosage and risks of drowsy daytime driving. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-fda-panel-experimental-merck-insomnia.html Medications Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:22 EST news288464958 (HealthDay)—Primary care doctors should screen all adults for drinking problems, and offer them counseling if needed, new guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force suggest. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-guidelines-doctors-screen-adults-risky.html Health Mon, 13 May 2013 17:43:39 EST news287685812 Women are surprised and shocked that breast screening can lead to 'overdiagnosis' of cancer, but would rather go for screening than take the risk of missing a cancer that could be treated, according to new research published in BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-women-breast-screening-overdiagnosis-mammography.html Cancer Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:20:01 EST news286005780 A new case of bird flu in China's capital, a 4-year-old boy who displayed no symptoms, is adding to the unknowns about the latest outbreak that has caused 63 confirmed cases and 14 deaths, health officials said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-case-china-unknowns-bird-flu.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:10:45 EST news285239437 (HealthDay)—It's rare for children in the United States aged 10 to 12 to be sexually active, especially on a voluntary basis, a new study finds. However, almost one in five teens has had sex before age 15, and 16,000 girls under 15 get pregnant each year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-consensual-sex-typically-doesnt-teen.html Pediatrics Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:10:01 EST news284052555 Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts for decades, doctors in the UK found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-breast-cancer-hearts.html Cardiology Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:34:21 EST news282418454 (AP)—After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to have breakfast. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-grieving-husband-bill-unproven-remedies.html Other Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:44:08 EST news282372239 Scores of women were dumped unconscious in a field after a mass sterilisation in eastern India because there was no room in hospital for them to recuperate, medical officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-indian-women-dumped-field-sterilisations.html Health Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:44:57 EST news279441891 (HealthDay)—Fans of the pioneer tales known as "Little House on the Prairie" are familiar with the ravages of scarlet fever. That's because Mary Ingalls—sister of the autobiographical series' author, Laura Ingalls Wilder—went blind, supposedly because of complications from the illness. But medical experts today think it's time that explanation went the way of the wagon wheel. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-mistaken-infection-prairie.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:10:01 EST news279194323 More than 2,000 former football players are suing the National Football League, saying the league should have taken action earlier to deal with injuries related to concussions more seriously. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-law-expert-nfl-concussions.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:27:06 EST news277658816 There's nothing quite like a story about alcohol abuse to harsh a holiday buzz, but consider these scenarios as you head into the festivities: A lady walks into a New Year's Eve party and has one glass of champagne. She's what public health experts call a moderate drinker. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-binge-common-college.html Health Thu, 03 Jan 2013 12:20:01 EST news276436435 (Medical Xpress)—Based on developments in science and interviews with numerous medical experts, an in-depth investigation by Northwestern University's Medill Innocence Project raises significant questions about the murder conviction of a Chicago-area licensed day care provider in the death of a young child nearly two decades ago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-shaken-baby-conviction.html Health Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:41:08 EST news274696861 New vaccines and drug treatments are urgently needed for bacterial meningitis, a devastating disease which kills or maims around a fifth of people who contract it, according to medical experts writing in a new Series on bacterial meningitis, published in The Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-clinical-trials-bacterial-meningitis-treatments.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:30:07 EST news271613751 (AP)—A Nevada state judge says he's got authority to order an abortion for a pregnant 32-year-old mentally disabled woman, even against the will of her Catholic adoptive parents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-go-ahead-abortion-case.html Health Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:22:25 EST news271362139 (AP) -- Good luck and experimental therapy may have helped U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk recover more extensively than he would have with standard care after he suffered a stroke in January. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-experimental-therapy-illinois-senator.html Other Sat, 11 Aug 2012 06:50:58 EST news263886627 The recommended dietary allowance, or RDA, of vitamin C is less than half what it should be, scientists argue in a recent report, because medical experts insist on evaluating this natural, but critical nutrient in the same way they do pharmaceutical drugs and reach faulty conclusions as a result. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-rda-vitamin-heart-disease-cancer.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:06:30 EST news261662699 It's not bird flu or SARS, and nor does it appear to be contagious, but little more is known about a mysterious disease that has killed dozens of Cambodian children, some within 24 hours of being hospitalised. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-killer-disease-cambodia-stumps-experts.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sun, 08 Jul 2012 05:31:32 EST news260944284 The latest advance in prenatal genetic testing purports to offer parents more detailed information than ever about the child they are expecting. But for some, the new answers could lead to another round of questions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-prenatal-genetic.html Genetics Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:40:04 EST news259404918 Is there some secret that lets a human live past the age of 110? A research team collaborating with the University of Tokyo is betting it's in their genes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-secret.html Genetics Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:20:01 EST news258719919 India's Health Ministry said Thursday it was examining charges that the government's top drug regulatory agency had colluded with pharmaceutical firms to approve drugs without proper clinical trials. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-india-probes-violations-drugs.html Medications Thu, 10 May 2012 08:50:01 EST news255856758 Two-thirds of American adults are too fat, and a major overhaul of US policies -- from schools to restaurants to urban planning -- is needed to stem the epidemic, medical experts said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-major-overhaul-life-urged-obesity.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 13:27:26 EST news255702409 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration has received a complaint against a company that stored adult stem cells from Texas Governor Rick Perry for use in an experimental procedure to treat his back pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fda-probe-tx-firm-held.html Other Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:24:23 EST news250968257 Federal health officials have approved the first vaccine that protects against four strains of the common flu, offering one additional layer of protection against the influenza virus that affects millions each year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-fda-in-flu-vaccine.html Medications Wed, 29 Feb 2012 18:28:37 EST news249762509 Legal limits for twenty illegal drugs and medicines with an abuse potential have been introduced by the Norwegian government. Norway is the first country to define both impairment-based legislative limits and limits for graded sanctions for drugs other than alcohol. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health participated to provide the scientific basis for the new limits. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-norway-legal-limits-traffic-drugs.html Medications Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:05:35 EST news248353523 The Indian government on Tuesday dispatched a team of medical experts to the financial capital, Mumbai, to assess reports of a handful of cases of apparently untreatable tuberculosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-indian-experts-probing-untreatable-tb.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:21:35 EST news246010873 (Medical Xpress) -- People without a history of cardiovascular disease (such as heart attack or stroke) are unlikely to benefit from a regular dose of aspirin, given the associated risk of internal bleeding. This is the finding of the largest study to date into the effects of aspirin in people without established cardiovascular conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-benefits-aspirin-modest-previously-believed.html Medications Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:50:03 EST news245924193 Asylum-seekers as young as nine have attempted suicide in Australian immigration lock-ups, the top medical body said Monday, as it slammed detention of youngsters as akin to "child abuse". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-australian-alarm-child-asylum-seeker-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 26 Sep 2011 04:22:00 EST news236229713 In the last 20 years, due to diagnostic and surgical advances, more and more patients have become appropriate candidates for spine surgery, and the number of these procedures performed has risen significantly. While medical experts acknowledge the potential benefits of spine surgery, they also understand that complications can reduce the success in the short and long term. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-factors-complications-spine-surgery.html Other Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:05:30 EST news235821464 (AP) -- A prominent bioethicist has offered $10,000 to charity if Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann can prove her claim that a vaccination caused mental retardation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-bioethicist-bachmann-vaccine.html Other Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:10:50 EST news235401036 The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) is calling for a single, co-ordinated European system to oversee the evaluation and approval of medical devices. The call is being made in a paper published online in the European Heart Journal reporting on a conference held by the ESC in January 2011 looking to increase the input of medical experts in developing medical device policy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-esc-policy-conference-eu-medical.html Other Mon, 16 May 2011 10:04:44 EST news224759056