http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—After a new and lethal strain of bird flu emerged in Shanghai two weeks ago, the government of China's bustling financial capital responded with live updates on a Twitter-like microblog. It's a starkly different approach than a decade ago, when Chinese officials silenced reporting as a deadly pneumonia later known as SARS killed dozens in the south. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-china-bird-flu-response.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:56:32 EST news284874982 (HealthDay)—While personality has no effect on energy expenditure at rest or during normal walking, people with a more resilient personality expend more energy when walking quickly, according to a study published online Jan. 25 in PLOS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-resilient-personality-linked-cardiorespiratory.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:20:01 EST news281019224 In one of three studies, Pia Rosander carried out personality tests on 200 pupils in southern Sweden when they entered upper secondary school at 16. Three years later, when they received their final grades, she was able to observe a strong link between personality and grades. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-school-favors-pupils-driven-conscientiousness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:05:12 EST news278247905 What are you doing to keep your relationship alive? A University of Illinois study highlights the importance of five relationship maintenance strategies that couples can use to preserve or improve the quality of an intimate relationship. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-expert-tried-and-true-strategies-relationship.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:42:30 EST news276950529 Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-universal-personality-traits-dont-necessarily.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:09:41 EST news276433762 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers report that changes in social well-being are closely tied to one's personality, with positive changes in one corresponding to similar changes in the other. Their study reveals potential new mechanisms that can help individuals thrive as they age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-links-personality-social-well-being.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:58:49 EST news275119123 Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday said donors will continue to fund the response to the world AIDS crisis despite global financial woes and urged greater transparency by all involved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-bill-clinton-urges-transparency-aids.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 27 Jul 2012 18:51:43 EST news262633889 The results of a unique study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, show that personality has an impact on how likely people are to take their medication. This is the first major study of its kind to be published in the online journal PloS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-personality-affects-medication.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 10 May 2011 09:11:48 EST news224237479