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(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the United States and Australia have advanced our understanding of brain plasticity by showing that the brain forms complex new circuits after damage, often far from the damaged site, to compensate for lost function. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-evidence-brains-re-wire-injury.html Neuroscience Wed, 15 May 2013 09:30:06 EST news287827520 Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published evidence in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-short-bouts-boost.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:30:03 EST news281808893 Nearly one fifth of New Zealand's adult population face the very real spectre of living with diabetes, according to new University of Otago research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-zealand-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:10:03 EST news281346692 Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this week by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Harvard. It is one of the first to evaluate whether dietary mineral intake is associated with PMS development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-women-iron-intake-pre-menstrual-syndrome.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:00:01 EST news281090929 The tumor suppressor protein p53 is an attractive target for drug developers. But this path has so far proven difficult, as most p53 regulatory proteins operate via protein-protein interactions, which make for poor drug targets, as opposed to ones based on enzymes. Now, researchers have identified a class of p53 target genes and regulatory molecules that represent more promising therapeutic candidates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cancer-suppressor-gene-links-metabolism.html Cancer Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:00:20 EST news277297188 Women with pre-eclampsia are at a higher risk of complications following delivery and should continue to be monitored for up to 72 hours, suggests a new review published today in The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (TOG). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-women-pre-eclampsia-higher-complications-childbirth.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:00:08 EST news277056018 Contrary to popular thought, regular exercise before and during pregnancy could have beneficial effects for women that develop high blood pressure during gestation, human physiology professor Jeff Gilbert said, summarizing a new study by his research team that appears in the December issue of Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-benefits-pregnancies-high-blood-pressure.html Health Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:06:47 EST news272300798 Though you may not be living with diabetes, your body could be battling against the hormone insulin. The condition, called insulin resistance, occurs when insulin can't effectively do its job. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-insulin-resistance-precursor-diabetes-reversed.html Diabetes Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:50:03 EST news271443395 (Medical Xpress) -- Deakin University health researchers have found pre-schoolers who play interactive video games, such as Wii, have better motor skills. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-kids-interactive-video-games-motor.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:25:32 EST news262329904 (Medical Xpress) -- Pre-school children should be more closely monitored by health and early years professionals to try and identify potential language problems, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-early-screening-children-language-boost.html Pediatrics Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:43:55 EST news259224222 Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise degree of that threat is confounded by differing medical definitions and factors that remain unknown or unmeasured. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-re-defining-future-pre-diabetics.html Diabetes Thu, 07 Jun 2012 19:30:01 EST news258307063 It's estimated that almost 23% of women enter pregnancy as smokers and more than half continue to smoke during pregnancy, leading to excess healthcare costs at delivery and beyond. In one of the first studies to assess smoking bans and taxes on cigarettes, along with the level of tobacco control spending, researchers have found that state tobacco control policies can be effective in curbing smoking during pregnancy, and in preventing a return to smoking within four months on average, after delivery. The results were published online today in advance of the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-higher-taxes-smoke-free-policies-moms-to-be.html Health Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:02 EST news258044893 (HealthDay) -- Men with severe gum disease, known as periodontitis, are at greater risk for impotence, according to a new study that finds young men and the elderly at particular risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-severe-gum-disease-impotence-linked.html Dentistry Mon, 21 May 2012 14:31:16 EST news256829465 (AP) -- Half the nation's overweight teens have unhealthy blood pressure, cholesterol or blood sugar levels that put them at risk for future heart attacks and other cardiac problems, new federal research says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cdc-overweight-teens-heart.html Pediatrics Mon, 21 May 2012 03:46:57 EST news256790803 (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 One out of every two women of reproductive age is overweight or obese. Researchers from the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute, from the University of Ottawa (faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences) and from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute set out to discover if overweight or obese women are in fact more likely to give birth to above average weight babies, as reported in the Journal of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-excessive-weight-gain-pregnancy-predictor.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:14:16 EST news253876444 A newly published article in the journal Nursing for Women's Health highlights the importance of a woman's ability to time her childbearing. The author asserts that contraception is a means of health promotion and women who work with their health care providers to ensure they are healthy prior to conceiving can minimize their risk of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-pregnancy-important-health-women.html Health Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:46:12 EST news253363561 Researchers have identified an enzyme linked to pregnancy-induced hypertension – also known as pre-eclampsia – a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and swelling due to fluid retention. The findings could be used to better screen for – and treat – this condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-insight-pregnancy-induced-hypertension.html Cardiology Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:24:12 EST news251627004 Up to two million lives, annually, could be saved globally with improvements in trauma care, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This estimate by Charles Mock, from the University of Washington in Seattle, and his team provides support for investment in and greater attention to strengthening trauma care services globally. Their work is published online in Springer's World Journal of Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-invest-trauma.html Surgery Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:13:01 EST news251374347 Girls may be sugar and spice, but "everything nice" takes a back seat when friends let them down. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-girls-anger-sadness-boys-friends.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:13:17 EST news241157581 High blood pressure during pregnancy is a leading cause of maternal and fetal mortality worldwide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-pregnant-women-higher.html Health Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:14:49 EST news229338871 A dietary supplement containing an amino acid and antioxidant vitamins, given to pregnant women at high risk of pre-eclampsia, can reduce the occurrence of the disease, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dietary-supplement-pre-eclampsia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 20 May 2011 02:35:48 EST news225077489 (PhysOrg.com) -- For some time it has been believed that vitamin E, selenium and soy were natural ways to prevent prostate cancer. However, a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that these supplements do not provide any additional benefit when it comes to prostate cancer prevention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-supplements-fall-short-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 06 May 2011 07:30:01 EST news223878161 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists at King’s have pioneered a new method of identifying early in pregnancy which healthy first-time mothers are at risk of developing pre-eclampsia, a potentially life threatening condition that complicates one in 20 first pregnancies.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-pre-eclampsia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 04 May 2011 09:12:15 EST news223719125