http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Most elite athletes consider doping substances "are effective" in improving performance, while recognising that they constitute cheating, can endanger health and entail the obvious risk of sanction. At the same time, the reasons why athletes start to take doping substances are to achieve athletic success, improve performance, for financial gain, to improve recovery and to prevent nutritional deficiencies, as well as "because other athletes also use them". http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-elite-athletes-doping-substances-effective.html Health Tue, 21 May 2013 12:10:01 EST news288355671 Non-compliance with vitamin and mineral supplementation protocols after bariatric surgery could lead to nutritional deficiencies and related health complications, such as heart damage, according to two separate case reports unveiled today at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 77th Annual Scientific meeting in Las Vegas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-selenium-deficiency-cardiomyopathy-post-gastric-bypass.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:51:14 EST news270118266 A quarter of households in refugee camps in Algeria are currently suffering from the double burden of excess weight and under-nutrition. According to a study published in the journal PLOS Medicine, obesity is an emerging threat to this community, with one in two women of childbearing age being overweight, whilst nutritional deficiencies such as iron-deficiency anaemia and stunted growth remain a persistent problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-obesity-under-nutrition-prevalent-long-term-refugees.html Health Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:00:03 EST news268407307 A peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Milk and cookies. Comfort food, or food to fear? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-medical-minute-food-allergies-.html Immunology Wed, 09 May 2012 03:55:59 EST news255754430 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that preterm birth interventions should be tailored for underlying risk factors and pathways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-preterm-labor-diagnostic-markers-universal.html Other Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:02 EST news248073951 Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have discovered a new function for an enzyme that may protect against organ injury and death from anemia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-enzyme-function-anemia.html Medical research Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:00:10 EST news236860544