http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Today, many people consider stress to be part of life, yet most of us have little understanding of what the concept means or where it comes from. In his new book The Age of Stress, University of Exeter historian Professor Mark Jackson explores the history of scientific studies of stress and how stress became a buzzword of the modern world. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-age-stress-science-stability.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:42:32 EST news284902944 As baby-boomers age and the number of people with serious chronic illnesses continues to rise, the demand for experts in palliative medicine is sure to outstrip the supply, according Timothy E. Quill, M.D., professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities in the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-involving-palliative-demand.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:00:08 EST news281808128 Charles Dickens' tales are filled with immortal characters—think of A Christmas Carol's Scrooge and Great Expectations' Miss Havisham. But more than whims of literary invention, his characters and plots often deal with the difficult social realities of Victorian England. His portrayal of the disabled—both in terms of medicine and the social discrimination they faced—is no exception. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-paging-dr-charles-dickens-author.html Health Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:54:03 EST news277552436 It's not every day that a new academic discipline is born. But that's exactly what happened in 2010, when the Project on Bioethics, Sexuality and Gender Identity — or "Queer Bioethics," for short—came to life at the University of Pennsylvania. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-queer-bioethics-birth-academic-discipline.html Other Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:21:52 EST news267430902 (Medical Xpress) -- A new paper just published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry uses extensive Freedom of Information Act findings to detail an extremely troubling off-label medical intervention employed in the U.S. on pregnant women to intentionally engineer the development of their fetuses for sex normalization purposes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-dangerous-fetal.html Other Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:48:52 EST news263195324 What do hospitals charge to remove an appendix? The startling answer is that it could be the same as the price of a refrigerator - or a house. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-appendix-huge-sticker.html Health Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:54:32 EST news254418856