http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by mutations in CFTR and is characterized by dysfunction of the lungs, liver, pancreas, and intestines. Approximately 15% of babies with CF are born with an obstruction of the small intestine known as meconium ileus, frequently the first sign of CF. Unlike in humans, meconium ileus occurs in 100% of newborn CF pigs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-gene-pigs-ameliorates-cystic-fibrosis-associated.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 May 2013 13:19:39 EST news287237973 (HealthDay)—Low adiponectin levels during the first trimester of pregnancy correlate with a higher level of insulin resistance and an increased risk of developing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), according to research published online Jan. 8 in Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-adiponectin-trimester-linked-gdm.html Diabetes Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:30:01 EST news278944018 Researchers have studied the suitability of Abelmoschus Esculentus (AE) as complementary or as an alternative approach to treat diabetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-okra-natural-alternative-method-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:26:37 EST news271074372 The food allergy associated with birch pollen is a condition commonly found alongside an allergy to birch pollen. Sufferers are plagued by swelling and reddening or itching in the mouth and throat area, for example when they eat certain foods, especially apples, but also nuts, peaches or kiwis. A group of researchers at the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research at the MedUni Vienna, led by Barbara Bohle, has now discovered that the "apple allergy" can be treated effectively with an apple allergen (Mal d 1) and this helps to significantly reduce the symptoms of the condition.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-apple-allergy-symptoms-significantly-apple-allergen.html Immunology Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:00:03 EST news269854188 (HealthDay) -- Patients with remitted major depressive disorder (MDD) have reduced guilt-selective temporofrontolimbic coupling between the right superior anterior temporal lobe (ATL) and subgenual cingulate cortex and adjacent septal region (SCSR), a region of interest for biases toward guilt versus indignation, according to a study published online June 4 in the Archives of General Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-depression-linked-temporofrontolimbic-coupling.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Jun 2012 13:40:14 EST news258207803 (HealthDay) -- Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and S. aureus-secreted enterotoxins (SE) are frequently found in patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), particularly in those with corneal ulceration, according to a study published online April 10 in Allergy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-aureus-enterotoxins-idd-atopic-keratoconjunctivitis.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:20:01 EST news254457927 A team of researchers at the MedUni Vienna has discovered why we never become immune to colds, and why we are able to keep catching them: the MedUni Vienna study, published in The FASEB Journal in the USA by Katarzyna Niespodziana from the Institute of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, shows that the human immune response to the rhinovirus is misdirected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-dont-immune-colds.html Immunology Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:32:45 EST news250417959 A new discovery published in the October 2011 print issue of The FASEB Journal explains for the first time what kicks off the process that causes varicose veins. In the article, researchers from Germany describe a single protein that binds to DNA to control gene function (called "transcription factor AP-1") and the subsequent production of a newly discovered set of proteins that significantly affect the development of varicose veins. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-scientists-proteins-varicose-veins.html Medical research Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:12:07 EST news236513396