http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Players of the game rock paper scissors subconsciously copy each other's hand shapes, significantly increasing the chance of the game ending in a draw, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-rock-paper-scissors-players-natural-copycats.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:40:24 EST news230352002 Health disparities between black Americans and the rest of the nation have been well-documented in medical journals. But one study shows that blacks who identify as members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church actually report a better quality of life than the average American. Researchers point to certain lifestyle behaviors as a possible explanation for the difference. The research was conducted at Loma Linda University as part of the Adventist Religion and Health Study (ARHS), a study of nearly 11,000 Adventists, including more than 3,400 black Adventists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-black-members-adventist-church-defy.html Health Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:57:22 EST news228412629 To protect children from lifelong injuries in sports, we need a public health approach similar to that mounted against smoking and drunk driving, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-lifelong-disability-sports-injuries-children.html Health Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:27:30 EST news227791641 The potentially lasting implications of day-to-day couple conflict on physical and mental well-being are revealed in a study published today in the journal Personal Relationships. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-partner-affect-long-term-mental-physical.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:35:49 EST news227522076 Long-term, regular use of vitamin E in women 45 years of age and older may help decrease the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by about 10 percent in both smokers and nonsmokers, according to a study conducted by researchers at Cornell University and Brigham and Women's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-long-term-vitamin-copd.html Health Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:01:09 EST news227426392 (Medical Xpress) -- People may judge the quality and qualifications of psychotherapists simply by what their offices look like, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-people-therapists-offices.html Health Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:33:40 EST news226661607 New research finds that gestational diabetes, or pregnancy-related diabetes, may not raise the risk of heart disease independent of other cardiovascular risk factors except in certain high-risk populations, such as Hispanics. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-women-heart-disease-gestational-diabetes.html Cardiology Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:29:20 EST news226578536 Binge drinking among college students has long been viewed as dangerous and destructive. Government and non-profit health organizations spend millions of dollars annually on public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at dissuading college students from hazardous drinking habits. These organizations primarily use "loss-framed", or negative messages to show the dangers of binge drinking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-college-students-positive-anti-binge-messages.html Health Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:11:51 EST news226152701 In a collaborative study, researchers found that incentives raised IQ scores by 10 points on average, with greater gains for lower-IQ participants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-puzzle.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Jun 2011 08:58:38 EST news226137493 Attitudes toward end-of-life care for cancer patients vary, but most patients, family members, oncologists and members of the public are receptive to withdrawing futile life-sustaining treatments in people who are dying, found a Korean study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-attitudes-end-of-life-survey-cancer-patients.html Cancer Mon, 30 May 2011 14:48:24 EST news225985692 A new University of Michigan study found that African American men between the ages of 35 and 54 who experience discrimination also suffer from significant levels of depressive symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-african-american-men-depressive-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 25 May 2011 14:04:11 EST news225551022 The largest clinical trial to investigate treatment options for individuals whose first combination of anti-HIV medicines is no longer working has been announced following the recruitment of 1,200 HIV-positive individuals from across five African countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-international-team-second-line-hiv-therapy.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 18 May 2011 10:18:47 EST news224932712 When it first passed 20 years ago, the American Disabilities Act offered hope for closing the health-disparities gap for people with disabilities, but differences still exist. Barring people with limiting physical issues from research studies may bear some of the blame, and researchers from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing want to change that restriction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-medical.html Medical research Wed, 11 May 2011 14:00:03 EST news224339043 A study by scientists at Schepens Eye Research Institute shows that a bioptic telescope on one lens of a pair of glasses used to magnify traffic signs and lights may not prevent the wider view of the road with the second eye. The study results, which will be published in the May 2011 Archives of Ophthalmology, are the first evidence that--under more realistic viewing conditions than in earlier studies--the second eye can detect objects in the area obscured by the magnification effect of the telescope (called the ring scotoma). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-bioptic-telescope-vision-obscure-road.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 09 May 2011 16:21:09 EST news224176805