http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Scientists at UCL have developed new technology which reveals that blood pressure measured close to the heart is much higher during sleep than previously thought. Night time blood pressure is a strong predictor of both heart disease and stroke, with previous studies establishing that blood pressure measured over the arm falls at night during sleep. However these new data indicate that the night-time decline in blood pressure may be less extensive than previously thought. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-blood-pressure-night-higher-previously.html Health Wed, 12 Jun 2013 09:00:01 EST news290244210 (Medical Xpress)—Scientists at The University of Nottingham say adverse side-effects caused by the anti-parasitic drug quinine in the treatment of malaria could be controlled by what we eat. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-diet-combat-adverse-side-effects-quinine.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:25:58 EST news266563525 An attentive, nurturing mother may be able to help her children better resist the temptations of drug use later in life, according to a study in rats conducted by Duke University and the University of Adelaide in Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-mother-drug-cravings.html Neuroscience Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:29:11 EST news242414937