http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Sleep deprivation is an issue that affects practising physicians and not only medical residents, and we need to establish standards for maximum work and minimum uninterrupted sleep to ensure patient safety, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-deprivation-doctors.html Health Tue, 24 May 2011 12:22:14 EST news225458518 Extraction of the Sprint Fidelis lead (Medtronic) can be safely performed in an experienced large volume center, according to research presented at the 2011 Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) conference in San Francisco last week. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-sprint-fidelis-safely-high-volume-facilities.html Cardiology Thu, 12 May 2011 04:59:40 EST news224395151 Doctors often rely on a patient's knowledge of family medical history to estimate his or her risk of cancer. However, patient reports of family cancer history are not highly accurate, according to a study appearing May 11th online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-patient-relatives-cancer-history-accurate.html Cancer Wed, 11 May 2011 16:00:02 EST news224339151 Medical involvement with torture is prohibited by international law and professional associations, and yet sometimes it is the right thing for doctors to do, argue two bioethicists. Their timely paper in the Hastings Center Report comes as news of the trail leading to the death of Osama Bin Laden points to prisoners at Guantanamo Bay who were subject to "enhanced interrogation techniques," which many believe amounted to torture. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-grim-dilemma-tortured-prisoner.html Other Mon, 09 May 2011 15:47:44 EST news224174855