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(AP)—The Dutch public health watchdog says at least one elderly patient has died and more than 500 people have been sickened in a major salmonella outbreak caused by tainted salmon. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-dutch-authorities-salmonella-death.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:02:57 EST news269348567 (AP)—The number of doctor-assisted suicide cases reported in the Netherlands grew by 559 between the years of 2010 and 2011, a commission says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-dutch-euthanasia-cases.html Other Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:30:08 EST news267877776 A gravelly ill prisoner serving a long jail sentence has become the first inmate to die under Belgian euthanasia laws introduced 10 years ago, press reports said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-belgian-euthanasia-law-death-prisoner.html Other Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:25:16 EST news266757910 (HealthDay) -- Neuronal responsiveness of the hypothalamus to glucose, critical in the regulation of feeding, can be restored in patients with type 2 diabetes by short-term caloric restriction, according to a study published online July 30 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-caloric-restriction-glucose-response-diabetes.html Diabetes Thu, 09 Aug 2012 15:41:10 EST news263745650 (HealthDay) -- Accepted measures to address the role of parental influence on child physical activity (PA) are lacking, with current studies characterized by variation in conceptualization and measurement of parenting, use of non-validated instruments, and lack of comprehensive measures, according to a review published online July 30 in Obesity Reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-parental-physical-lacking.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:50:01 EST news263652028 (HealthDay) -- Endurance training seems to lessen the effect of lipid-induced insulin resistance, specifically by preventing lipid-induced reduction in nonoxidative glucose disposal (NOGD), according to a study published online July 10 in Diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-lipid-induced-insulin-resistance.html Diabetes Tue, 17 Jul 2012 03:34:05 EST news261714750 After legalisation of euthanasia and assisted suicide by the Dutch government in 2002, the number of cases was found to have decreased in 2005. Although the frequency of euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands appears to have risen between 2005 and 2010 (largely due to the increase in the number of patient requests for euthanasia or assisted suicide), the fall in rates seen in 2005 means that levels of euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2010 were comparable to those before the Dutch euthanasia act was implemented in 2002. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-netherlands-euthanasia-suicide-legalization.html Other Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:30:02 EST news261157646 Insecticide resistance is threatening the effectiveness of insecticide-treated bed nets and indoor insecticide sprays to control adult mosquito vectors, and so more sustainable integrated management strategies that use optimal suites of control tactics are needed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-sustainable-vector-strategies-malaria.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:00:13 EST news261157046 A heart attack doesn't just damage heart muscle tissue by cutting off its blood supply, it also sets off an inflammatory cascade that worsens underlying atherosclerosis, actively increasing the risk for a future heart attack. These findings from a study receiving advance online publication in Nature suggest an important new therapeutic strategy for preventing heart attacks and strokes, both of which are caused when atherosclerotic plaques rupture and block important blood vessels. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-immune-response-heart-worsens-atherosclerosis.html Cardiology Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:00:11 EST news260010607 Better estimates of infectious disease burden are needed for effective planning and prioritizing of limited public health resources. These are the conclusions of a new Policy Forum article in this week's PLoS Medicine, in which Mirjam Kretzschmar from the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, RIVM in Bilthoven, The Netherlands and colleagues describe the Burden of Communicable Diseases in Europe (BCoDE) study that uses a pathogen-based incidence approach to generate infectious disease burden estimates in Europe taking into full account all chronic and long-term sequelae that can be causally related to an infectious agent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-methods-infectious-disease-burden.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:00:04 EST news253891063 A study in this week's PLoS Medicine suggests that when people are first infected with HIV (primary HIV infection), temporary treatment with antiretroviral drugs (cART) for 24 weeks can delay the need to restart treatment during chronic HIV infection. These findings are important as currently, treatment for people with HIV is often deferred until the CD4 count falls below a certain level (350) or is based on clinical symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-early-temporary-treatment-hiv-long-term.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:00:10 EST news252083401 A new study finds U.S. physicians are performing Pap smears far more often than needed to prevent cervical cancer. The study, published in The Milbank Quarterly, examines Pap smear usage alongside cervical cancer mortality data in the U.S. and the Netherlands between 1970 and 2007. While American doctors performed about three or four times as many Pap smears as Dutch doctors did, the rates at which women developed or died from cervical cancer were roughly equal for the two nations. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-doctors-overuse-pap-smears.html Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 07:47:29 EST news251534833 (HealthDay) -- Emotions influence the experience of somatosensory sensations of both pain and itch, with negative emotions eliciting higher levels of itch and pain compared to positive emotions, according to research published online March 8 in the British Journal of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-effect-emotions-pain-intensity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:26:47 EST news251126776 (HealthDay) -- For individuals with type 2 diabetes, 30 minutes of moderate-intensity endurance exercise once a day or an hour every other day are equally effective for controlling hyperglycemia, according to a study published online March 7 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-daily-doesnt-glycemic.html Diabetes Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:15:50 EST news250956929 (HealthDay) -- Menopausal symptoms negatively affect work ability, according to research published in the March issue of Menopause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-menopausal-symptoms-negatively-affect-ability.html Health Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:50:01 EST news250517848 Physicians take two types of approaches to palliative sedation, either mild sedation or deep sedation from the start, and it is important to understand the reasons behind each approach, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-physician-approaches-palliative-sedation.html Other Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:16:10 EST news248361355 Share a meal with someone and you are both likely to mimic each other's behavior and take bites at the same time rather than eating at your own pace, says a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-behavior-dining-partners.html Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:16 EST news247337556 Dutch health authorities on Wednesday recommended the removal of breast implants made by now-defunct French company PIP after conflicting reports about the product's safety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-dutch-faulty-pip-breast-implants.html Other Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:00:06 EST news245494126 Recent research has found striking links between psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and certain types of international immigration. Now for the first time, a major study has found that immigrating in early childhood appears to carry the highest risk. The study, conducted in the Netherlands, found that the younger the age at migration, the higher the risk of psychotic disorders. Those who immigrated when under the age of five had a twofold higher risk than those who immigrated at age 10-14 years, and a threefold higher risk than those who immigrated as adults. The study—the first to include data on age at migration—suggests that there may be an early window of vulnerability. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-migration-young-age-psychotic-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:26:00 EST news244977950 Progressive deafness profoundly influenced Beethoven's compositions, prompting him to choose lower-frequency notes as his condition worsened, scientists said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-deafness-beethoven-music.html Other Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:42:06 EST news243628887 In this week's PLoS Medicine, Johannes Bogaards of VU University, the Netherlands and colleagues use mathematical models to investigate whether vaccinating females only, males only, or both sexes is the best way to achieve the most effective reduction in the population prevalence of sexually-transmitted infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-single-sex-vaccination-effective-hpv-infection.html Cancer Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:05 EST news243621779 Social rejection can cause stress in preschoolers, adolescents, and adults. But what happens in middle childhood, a time when peer rejection can be particularly stressful and friendships are key? A new study has found that friendships serve as a buffer against the negative effects of classmates' rejection. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-friendship-difference-stress.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:27:23 EST news238814832 In a new study published today in the Journal of Parkinson's Disease, Japanese researchers report that the ability to ride a bike can differentiate between atypical parkinsonism and Parkinson's disease, regardless of the environment or situations for bicycling. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-ability-bike-aid-differential-diagnosis.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:16:46 EST news237179656 (Medical Xpress) -- When it comes to recovering from a stroke, one of the major goals or rehabilitation is learning how to walk again. Researchers in the Netherlands are working with a prototype device called the LOwer Extremity Powered ExoSkeleton, or LOPES, to help retrain the mind and body of stroke patients and help them regain the ability to walk with a natural step. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-robot-legs-patients.html Medical research Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:20:02 EST news236264522 Multidisciplinary integrated care of seniors in residential care facilities resulted in better quality of care, found a Dutch study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-multidisciplinary-seniors-quality.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:39:00 EST news228397125 Can people truly feel the future? Researchers remain skeptical, according to a new study by Jeffrey Rouder and Richard Morey from the University of Missouri in the US, and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, respectively. Their work appears online in the Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, published by Springer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-odds-esp.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 18 May 2011 09:36:05 EST news224930134 With new information available, authors of a Cochrane Systematic Review have revised their conclusions about the relative effectiveness of two different treatments used to help women become pregnant. They now conclude that giving women gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists leads to similar live-birth rates compared with GnRH agonists. Previously they had concluded that women who used antagonists tended to have lower birth-rates than those using agonists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-fertility-treatment-safer-drug-women.html Medications Wed, 11 May 2011 03:38:29 EST news224303777