http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—No major, substantive revisions were necessary, but clarifications were added to update the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) guidelines on fertility preservation for children and adults with cancer, according to a report published online May 28 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-fertility-guidelines-cancer-patients.html Cancer Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:50:58 EST news290343049 New forms of diabetes drugs, known as GLP-1-based drugs, and promoted as "the new darlings of diabetes treatment" make the pharmaceutical industry billions. But are they associated with an increased risk of cancer and do we know everything we should about these new treatments? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-safety-diabetes-drugswill.html Medications Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:00:02 EST news290004024 A 66-year-old who lived his whole life as a man was given a surprising diagnosis after visiting the doctor in Hong Kong with a swollen abdomen—he was a woman. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-hong-kong-woman-doctor.html Health Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:55:32 EST news289540523 (HealthDay)—The Anticoagulation Forum has endorsed a new consensus statement aimed at optimizing the delivery of anticoagulation therapy to inpatients; the statement has been published in the May issue of the Annals of Pharmacotherapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-statement-anticoagulation-forum.html Medications Fri, 31 May 2013 13:19:41 EST news289225173 Posterior fossa subdural hematoma (PFSDH) is a serious and rare condition in newborns, generally occurring after difficult deliveries. But with appropriate treatment, there's an excellent chance of good long-term outcomes even in severe cases of PFSDH, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-aggressive-treatment-posterior-fossa-hematoma.html Surgery Mon, 20 May 2013 12:46:12 EST news288272765 Creative arts therapies (CATs) can improve anxiety, depression, pain symptoms and quality of life among cancer patients, although the effect was reduced during follow-up in a study by Timothy W. Puetz, Ph.D., M.P.H., of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-creative-arts-therapies-patients-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 13 May 2013 16:00:02 EST news287658724 A study by Jeffrey P. Brosco, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Miami, Florida, and colleagues examines the relationship between medical interventions in early childhood and the increasing prevalence of later intellectual disability (ID). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-relationship-medical-interventions-childhood-prevalence.html Pediatrics Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:04 EST news286466188 For women with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding during early pregnancy, patient history and clinical examination alone are insufficient to indicate or eliminate the possibility of ectopic pregnancy, while transvaginal sonography appears to be the single best diagnostic method for evaluating suspected ectopic pregnancy, according to an analysis of previous studies reported in the April 24 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-methods-procedures-diagnosis-ectopic-pregnancy.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:54:34 EST news285954867 The spleen is rarely noticed, until it is missing. In children born without this organ, that doesn't happen until they become sick with life-threatening bacterial infections. An international team of researchers led by scientists from Rockefeller's St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics and Infectious Diseases has now identified the defective gene responsible for this rare disorder. The findings, reported today in Science Express, may lead to new diagnostic tests and raises new questions about the role of this gene in the body's protein-making machinery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-gene-mutation-children-born.html Genetics Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:00:08 EST news284907208 The decision to perform an invasive procedure to open clogged arteries in the heart instead of first trying medication and lifestyle changes may not reduce a patient's risk of death or of a major cardiac event. Unnecessary procedures to treat chronic, stable heart disease contribute to rising health care costs. A targeted approach to avoiding this kind of overutilization by instead relying on evidence-based decision-making is presented in Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free on the Population Health Management website at http://www.liebertpub.com/bari. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-medical-therapy-safer-choice-angioplasty.html Cardiology Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:35:29 EST news284729717 A paper by a group of Italian investigators in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides new data on the role of illness behavior in determining the illness impact. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-importance-illness-behavior.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:31:54 EST news284283108 (HealthDay)—Parent behavior training is an effective and well-studied intervention for preschoolers at risk of developing attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new review shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-parent-focused-classes-tots-adhd.html Attention deficit disorders Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:30:01 EST news284031544 In an examination of a type of treatment for allergic rhinitis and asthma that is used in Europe but not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, researchers found moderate strength in the evidence from previous studies to support the use of sublingual immunotherapy for the treatment of these conditions, according to an article in the March 27 issue of JAMA. Sublingual immunotherapy involves administration of aqueous allergens under the tongue for local absorption to desensitize the allergic individual over an extended treatment period to diminish allergic symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-article-sublingual-immunotherapy-treatment-allergic.html Immunology Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:00:07 EST news283523298 A review of the available medical literature suggests that data on experience-related outcomes in children's surgery are limited and vary widely in methodologic quality, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Pediatrics http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-experience-related-outcomes-limited-children-surgery.html Pediatrics Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:00:05 EST news283439367 The belief among medical professionals in the 1950s that the mortality rate for type A acute aortic dissection during the initial 24 hours was one to two percent per hour appears to hold true in the contemporary era of treatment, based on a review of the large-scale IRAD registry being presented March 9 at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-mortality-acute-aortic-percent-hour.html Cardiology Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:51:00 EST news282113454 (Medical Xpress)—It's common knowledge that a child who misses a meal can't concentrate in school. But what happens years down the road? Does that missed meal have any bearing on health in adulthood? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-early-childhood-pain-depression-adulthood.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:28:25 EST news281183299 The belief that nervous shock can cause you to go grey overnight (medically termed canities subita) is one of those tales which could nearly be true. There are certainly cases in medical literature of rapid greying over quite short periods of time. And reported cases go back to antiquity including such legendary figures as Thomas More and Marie Antoinette. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-medical-myth-stress-hair-greyovernight.html Health Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:10:01 EST news281178027 Dialysis patients using catheters to access the blood have the highest risks for death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared with patients using other types of vascular access, according to an analysis appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The authors note that more research is needed to determine individual patients' risks, however. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-catheters-linked-high-infections-heart.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 21 Feb 2013 17:00:06 EST news280685249 Medical literature long has touted the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids for the heart. But until now, researchers have not studied the potential benefit for people on hemodialysis, who are among the highest-risk patients for sudden cardiac death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fish-oil-dialysis-patients-sudden.html Cardiology Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:40:07 EST news279387405 Metabolic syndrome is more likely to affect children who are obese than overweight or non-overweight and who have other characteristics associated with the disorder, such as high blood pressure or insulin resistance. A new comprehensive and systematic review of the medical literature on metabolic syndrome in children that probed deeper to evaluate the risk associated with gender, ethnicity, and geography was published in Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-gender-ethnicity-factors-metabolic-syndrome.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:47:46 EST news278776059 Parkinson's experts across the world have been reporting a remarkable phenomenon—many patients treated with drugs to increase the activity of dopamine in the brain as a therapy for motor symptoms such as tremors and muscle rigidity are developing new creative talents, including painting, sculpting, writing, and more. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-parkinson-treatment-trigger-creativity.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:15:06 EST news277384495 Among patients scheduled for a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), pretreatment with the antiplatelet agent clopidogrel was not associated with a lower risk of overall mortality but was associated with a significantly lower risk of major coronary events, according to a review and meta-analysis of previous studies published in the December 19 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-administration-clopidogrel-prior-pci-reduction.html Cardiology Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:00:07 EST news275068185 (HealthDay)—Although use of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is prohibited among athletes because it reportedly enhances performance, there is no scientific evidence that it does so, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-evidence-doping-athletic.html Medications Mon, 10 Dec 2012 03:44:31 EST news274333445 Patients with obstructive sleep apnea have the same early cardiovascular damage as diabetics, according to research presented at EUROECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012. The study1 was presented by Dr Raluca Mincu from Bucharest, Romania. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-deadly-heart-failure.html Sleep apnea Wed, 05 Dec 2012 04:47:20 EST news273905231 India's "guru of giggling" Madan Kataria, who has got thousands of people guffawing globally in pursuit of better health, has an unexpected confession—he hasn't got a very good sense of humour. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-india-giggling-guru-good-health.html Health Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:51:55 EST news273387103 Kidney transplant recipients who have even very low levels of preformed antibodies directed against a donated kidney have a significantly increased risk of organ rejection and kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The findings could help clinicians provide better donor-recipient matches and tailor recipients' immunosuppressive therapy after transplantation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-donor-specific-antibodies-transplant-recipients.html Other Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:00:15 EST news272219385 Hypothermia victims whose hearts have stopped functioning should be transported to a medical facility with advanced heart and lung support equipment, even if that means longer travel time, according to a new study by a University of British Columbia medical resident. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-hypothermia-victims-advanced-heart-lung.html Other Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:54:43 EST news272199183 Researchers using a new approach to identifying genes associated with depression have found that variants in a group of genes involved in transmission of signals by the neurotransmitter glutamate appear to increase the risk of depression. The report published in the journal Translational Psychiatry suggests that drugs targeting the glutamate system may help improve the limited success of treatment with current antidepressant drugs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-glutamate-neurotransmission-involved-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:00:38 EST news272037627 The use of helmets by skiers and snowboarders decreases the risk and severity of head injuries and saves lives, new Johns Hopkins-led research suggests. The findings debunk long-held beliefs by some that the use of helmets gives athletes a false sense of security and promotes dangerous behavior that might increase injuries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-helmets-skiers-snowboarders.html Health Mon, 12 Nov 2012 05:44:03 EST news271921349 One tiny flaw in one gene in one little girl. That explains why Beatrice Rienhoff, 8, is so lean and leggy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-open-source-science-father-genetic-quest.html Genetics Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:10:04 EST news270470805