http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Local shops play an important role in older people's daily lives and, for many, are an integral part of their social network, new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-local-vital-age-friendly.html Health Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:15:31 EST news272531720 Death knows the small town of Prieska all too well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-blue-killer-unchecked-safrican-toxic.html Health Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:11:07 EST news263700660 (Medical Xpress) -- Bowel cancer patients living in the most deprived areas are 24 per cent more likely to die within five years of treatment than their more affluent neighbours and this difference appears to be a result of excess deaths within the first 30 days following surgery to treat the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-poorest-bowel-cancer-patients-die.html Cancer Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:52:45 EST news258871954 England should look to Scotland to solve its drinking culture, which has seen having a pint of lager become as cheap and freely accessible as downing a pint of milk, an expert at The University of Nottingham has said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-england-scots-alcohol-problem-nottingham.html Addiction Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:31:35 EST news249571830 A 24-year-old Indonesian man infected with bird flu died in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Tuesday, in the country's third fatal case in three months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-dies-bird-flu-indonesia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:16:16 EST news245394965 Almost one third of students at a university in Uganda say that they have been subject to sexual coercion, an experience which was often linked to risky sexual behaviour. This is shown in a study from Lund University in Sweden. The study's findings could lead to a new approach in the work to combat HIV in Uganda. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-sexual-coercion-common-students-uganda.html Health Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:34:04 EST news234696833