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Despite efforts to reduce intervention rates during labour, vaginal births without medical intervention are becoming increasingly rare in Australia and overseas: nearly one in three women in Australian now give birth by caesarean; more than half are induced or have the process sped up with drugs; and 50% are given antibiotics to reduce the risk of infection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-caesarean-sections-susceptibility-disease.html Health Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:40:01 EST news286018037 A small French study of 14 HIV patients who have remained healthy for years after stopping drug treatment offers fresh evidence that early medical intervention may lead to a "functional cure" for AIDS, researchers said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-french-patients-hiv-bay-drugs.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:09:00 EST news282499733 Pregnant women who have a reduced number of capillaries under their skin during pregnancy may be at heightened risk for preeclampsia, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Researchers say monitoring such changes in small blood vessels early in pregnancy may allow for medical intervention long before the potentially life-threatening condition occurs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-marker-preeclampsia-pregnancy.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Mar 2013 12:31:35 EST news281881887 (HealthDay)—Affymax Inc. of Palo Alto, Calif., and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited of Deerfield, Ill., have voluntarily recalled all lots of Omontys Injection, used to treat anemia in adult dialysis patients, following reports of serious and fatal hypersensitivity reactions, according to a safety recall issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fda-omontys.html Medications Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:00:05 EST news281105136 In a promising finding for epileptic patients suffering from persistent seizures known as status epilepticus, researchers reported today that new medication could help halt these devastating seizures. To do so, it would have to work directly to antagonize NMDA receptors, the predominant molecular device for controlling synaptic activity and memory function in the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-therapies-persistent-seizures-epileptic-patients.html Neuroscience Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:04:46 EST news277563845 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Calgary are hoping to help people with osteoporosis by predicting which patients are more likely to fracture their bones. Having this information would better allow doctors to decide which patients may need pharmaceutical or lifestyle interventions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-osteoporosis-bone-architecture-fracture.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 23 Nov 2012 06:41:13 EST news272875263 (Medical Xpress)—Despite urgent need and tremendous scientific effort, researchers have yet to discover a vaccine for HIV that adequately protects humans from infection. But some people don't need one. For reasons not completely understood, there are individuals who have developed a natural immunity to the virus without any medical intervention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-people-natural-immunity-hiv-basis.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:52:01 EST news271666305 If a medical study seems too good to be true, it probably is, according to a new analysis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-medical-results-false.html Cancer Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:20:01 EST news270314004 Severely obese patients who had Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery had significant weight loss that was sustained for an average of 6 years after the surgery and also experienced frequent remission and lower incidence of diabetes, hypertension, and abnormal cholesterol levels, compared to participants who did not have the surgery, according to a study in the September 19 issue of JAMA, and theme issue on obesity. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-long-term-gastric-bypass-surgery-higher.html Diabetes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:08:05 EST news267185279 (Medical Xpress)—Despite the national consensus on the need to improve the value of health care while reducing unnecessary spending, teaching hospitals often struggle to design curricula to train future physicians to deliver such care to their patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-penn-medicine-physician-future-physicians.html Other Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:00:04 EST news265448126 (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 Challenging conventional wisdom that rabies infections are 100 percent fatal unless immediately treated, scientists studying remote populations in the Peruvian Amazon at risk of rabies from vampire bats found 11 percent of those tested showed protection against the disease, with only one person reporting a prior rabies vaccination. Ten percent appear to have survived exposure to the virus without any medical intervention. The findings from investigators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were published today in the August 2012 issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-strong-evidence-humans-surviving-rabies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:00:08 EST news263057381 A drug that has been shown to prevent HIV infection in a significant number of cases must be combined with behavioral approaches if the U.S. health care establishment is to succeed in reducing the spread of the virus, according to the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-hiv-behavioral-strategies-apa.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 14 May 2012 13:56:00 EST news256222504 Interactions between infants and their environment are limited because of the infants' poor motor abilities. So investigating infant cognition is no easy task. Which sensory event is the result of the infant's own motor action and which one is not? Researchers from the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies and from Goethe-Universitat Frankfurt am Main in Germany may have found the answer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-infant-eye-movement-cognition.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:00:01 EST news250505083 Stroke is the leading cause of death in people over 65 in low- and middle-income countries, according to new research published this week. Deaths of people over 65 represent more than a third of all deaths in developing countries yet, until now, little research has focused on this group. The study was led by researchers King's College London and is published in PLoS Medicine. The study also finds that education and social protection are as important in prolonging people's lives as economic development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-mortality-older-people-latin-america.html Health Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:01 EST news249670113 One of the most difficult things optometrists and ophthalmologists must tell a patient is that he or she has an eye disease that already has or could permanently rob them of their vision. Today, the most common diseases in the adult population that cause permanent vision loss are macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Although treatments are available for each of these diseases that can either slow down or prevent further loss of sight, there are far too many individuals whose vision declines regardless of medical intervention. Losing vision as an adult affects every aspect of that person’s life: most importantly, the loss of independence and quality of life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-medical-minute-vision-loss.html Ophthalmology Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:31:20 EST news249553870 When a person is experiencing a prolonged convulsive seizure, quick medical intervention is critical. With every passing minute, the seizure becomes harder to stop, and can place the patient at risk of brain damage and death. This is why paramedics are trained to administer anticonvulsive medications as soon as possible -- traditionally giving them intravenously before arriving at the hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-emergency-treatment-prolonged-seizures.html Medical research Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:00:18 EST news248543575 One is a healthy first-grader, the other an honors college student majoring in psychology. Once the tiniest babies ever born, both girls are thriving, despite long odds when they entered the world weighing less than a pound. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-tiniest-babies-healthy-odds.html Health Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:10:01 EST news242883915 Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes) have shown that early treatment of HIV not only saves lives but is also cost-effective. Results are published in today's edition of PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-early-antiretroviral-therapy-hiv-shown.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:54:28 EST news235821236 As warm weather arrives and the great outdoors beckons, more and more men and women will be taking to the trails, the beaches, or their yards and gardens, embarking on physical activities that may result in sore, aching, swollen joints. While it may be tempting to ignore these aches and pains or treat them with a little over-the-counter liniment, a wiser choice is to visit a physician who can determine if the symptoms are due to bursitis, inflammation of the fluid-filled bursae, or sacs, that surround and cushion the joints. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-bursitis-common-painful-hips-knees.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:19:23 EST news226682347 Giving patients data about the risks and benefits of a medical intervention is not always helpful and may even lead them to irrational decisions, according to an article in the Hastings Center Report. That finding calls into question whether it is essential to disclose quantitative data to patients to help them make informed decisions. An accompanying commentary calls for experimental evidence to determine the best way to provide information to patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-risk-benefit-decision-making.html Other Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:19:34 EST news222013160