http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. As the body ages, the physical effects are notable; wrinkles in the skin appear, physical exertion becomes harder. But there are also less visible processes going on. Inside aging brains there is another phenomenon at work, which may contribute to age-related brain defects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-neuroscientists-genes-contribute-aging-related-brain.html Neuroscience Mon, 08 Apr 2013 09:05:37 EST news284630729 The risk of cardiovascular sudden death was very small and only about 30% of the incidence were due to diseases that could be reliably detected by pre-participation screening, even with 12-lead ECGs, according to research in a U.S. high school athlete population presented March 10 at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-ecg-screening-competitive-athletes-sudden.html Cardiology Sun, 10 Mar 2013 14:27:17 EST news282144428 (Medical Xpress)—Too many athletes may be going back onto the field, court or rink too soon after a concussion, according to a new study that recommends athletes undergo post-exertion neurocognitive testing before being cleared to return to play. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-return-to-play-decisions-commonly-post-exertion-neurocognitive.html Health Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:40:01 EST news278841524 (HealthDay)—Although regular exercise has been linked to a strong immune system, people with flu symptoms, such as fever, extreme tiredness, muscle aches and swollen lymph glands, should avoid physical exertion while sick and for two weeks after they recover, according to the American Council on Exercise. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-flu-rest-experts.html Health Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:33:17 EST news278073192 (Medical Xpress) -- Preschool children who are more physically active are more likely to show behavioural problems, a study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-children.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 May 2012 09:30:02 EST news255600727 Just 60 seconds of all-out physical exertion in a threatening situation can seriously damage the memories of those involved for many details of the incident, according to a new study of police officers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-seconds-combat-impairs-memory.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:26:38 EST news250874768 Many heart patients in India are too poor to afford pacemakers. But a study has found that removing pacemakers from deceased Americans, resterilizing the devices and implanting them in Indian patients "is very safe and effective." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-reusing-pacemakers-deceased-patients-safe.html Cardiology Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:11:11 EST news242413855 A new, noninvasive diagnostic test for coronary artery disease is associated with a higher rate of subsequent invasive cardiac procedures and higher health-care spending. That's according to an observational study of Medicare recipients conducted by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-coronary-artery-disease-linked-higher.html Cardiology Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:13:04 EST news240574373 The children most likely to walk or cycle to school live in urban areas, with a single parent, and in an economically disadvantaged home, according to survey results that were published in Pediatrics today by Dr. Roman Pabayo of the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre and the university's Department of Social and preventive medicine. Pabayo's study is unique in that it follows the same group of children as they age throughout the school years, and it shows that children increasingly use "active transport" to travel to school until they reach ten or eleven years of age, at which point the trend then reverses. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-urban-children-healthier-commuters-rural.html Health Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:52:59 EST news228966759