http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Until now, little was scientifically known about the human potential to cultivate compassion—the emotional state of caring for people who are suffering in a way that motivates altruistic behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-compassion.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:01 EST news288456434 Does good behavior lead to more good behavior? Or do we try to balance our good and bad deeds? The answer depends on our ethical mindset, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-do-gooder-neer-do-well-behavioral-science-patterns.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:11:44 EST news281884288 New research suggests that racial stereotypes and creativity have more in common than we might think. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-racial-essentialism-creative-people-closed-minded.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:49:28 EST news276785361 Understanding the mindset of mass murderers, especially in the wake of last week's Newtown, Conn., tragedy in which 20 children lost their lives, can seem nearly impossible. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-senseless-psychologist-discusses-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:00:01 EST news274963510 If applied to the $5-billion-per-year dietary supplement industry, "quality by design" (QbD)—a mindset that helped revolutionize the manufacture of cars and hundreds of other products—could ease concerns about the safety and integrity of the herbal products used by 80 percent of the world's population. That's the conclusion of an article in ACS' Journal of Natural Products. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-high-quality-dietary-supplements-quality-by-design.html Medications Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:22:01 EST news268500061 The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) has awarded ESMO Designated Center of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation to 16 new oncology centers. The centers will receive the acknowledgment at the ESMO 2012 Congress, in Vienna, Austria, 28 September – 2 October. The ESMO 2012 Congress will also highlight two new Italian studies demonstrating how palliative care works in practice in Italy. The first study explores use of analgesics; the second looks at different models for organization of the integration of palliative care with oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-urgent-oncology-palliative.html Cancer Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:42:31 EST news267676928 A new study by Stanford psychologist Paul O'Keefe suggests that the culture of our learning and working environments can have long-term effects on our goals and motivation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-psychologist-goals-environment.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 11 May 2012 09:24:14 EST news255947042 (Medical Xpress) -- A magician will have the upper hand because he knows how his trick works. But, according to Jay Olson, the magician might not know why. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-method-magic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 10 May 2012 07:29:44 EST news255853777 Contrary to the common perception among physicians that poor people sue doctors more frequently, Ramon L. Jimenez from the Monterey Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and his team demonstrate that socioeconomically disadvantaged patients, in fact, tend to sue physicians less often. Their work suggests that this myth may exist because of subconscious prejudices or stereotypes that affect thinking and decision making without doctors being aware of it - a phenomenon known as unconscious bias. Dr. Jimenez and his colleagues' work is published online in Springer's journal, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-poor-fact-sue-doctor.html Health Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:26:41 EST news249560791 (Medical Xpress) -- “Whether you think you can or think you can't -- you're right,” said Henry Ford. A new study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that people who think they can learn from their mistakes have a different brain reaction to mistakes than people who think intelligence is fixed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-brain-reacts-mindset.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 30 Sep 2011 06:01:47 EST news236581270 When you think about your immune system, you probably think about it fighting off a cold. But new research from the University of Adelaide suggests that immune cells in your brain may contribute to how you respond to alcohol. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-alcohol-related-behavior-blame-immune.html Health Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:28:30 EST news236489301 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Yale University suggests that people's state of mind may influence how physically satisfied they feel after a meal and how likely they are to still feel hungry and consume additional food. The study, which could have implications in the fight against obesity, appears online in the journal Health Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mind.html Health Wed, 25 May 2011 05:36:51 EST news225520551