http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Enzyme hunters at UiO have discovered the function of an enzyme that is important in the spreading of cancer. Cancer researchers now hope to inhibit the enzyme. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-newly-enzyme-implicated-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 15 Nov 2012 06:17:03 EST news272182595 Researchers have identified a way in which men can develop prostate cancer after contracting trichomoniasis, a curable but often overlooked sexually transmitted disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-mechanism-trichomoniasis-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 30 Aug 2012 04:05:55 EST news265518177 (Medical Xpress)—When you are hit with the flu, you know it immediately—fever, chills, sore throat, aching muscles, fatigue. This is your body mounting an immune response to the invading virus. But less is known about what is happening on the molecular level. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-scientists-ways-influenza-virus-host.html Medical research Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:00:01 EST news264945204 Triclosan, an antibacterial chemical widely used in hand soaps and other personal-care products, hinders muscle contractions at a cellular level, slows swimming in fish and reduces muscular strength in mice, according to researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Colorado. The findings appear online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-triclosan-chemical-widely-antibacterial.html Medical research Mon, 13 Aug 2012 15:00:08 EST news264066027 Scientists affiliated with the UC Davis MIND Institute have discovered how a defective gene causes brain changes that lead to the atypical social behavior characteristic of autism. The research offers a potential target for drugs to treat the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-gene-defect-role-autism-like-behavior.html Autism spectrum disorders Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:00:01 EST news263811753 A new study finds that fetal exposure to the plastic additive bisphenol A, or BPA, alters mammary gland development in primates. The finding adds to the evidence that the chemical can be causing health problems in humans and bolsters concerns about it contributing to breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-bisphenol-mammary-gland-monkeys.html Medical research Mon, 07 May 2012 15:00:15 EST news255606290