http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—English-acculturated and bicultural (high English and Spanish acculturation) Hispanic adults report lower engagement in skin cancer-related behaviors, according to a study published online April 17 in JAMA Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-english-acculturated-hispanics-sun-safe-behavior.html Cancer Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:10:01 EST news285517892 Community-based efforts to change the environment are proving to be an effective way of encouraging more physical activity and nutrition among school-age children, according to findings announced today from Kaiser Permanente. Researchers examined a series of Kaiser Permanente community-based obesity prevention interventions in adults and children and found that the more effective obesity prevention interventions were those that were "high dose" – reaching large populations with greater strength – and those that focused specifically on changing child behaviors within the school environment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-kaiser-permanente-anti-obesity-interventions-schools.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:37:01 EST news279283014 Lung and head and neck cancer patients who smoked before surgery are more likely to relapse than those who had quit before surgery, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers say. They found that smoking-relapse prevention interventions are needed immediately after surgery to help prevent relapse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cessation-successful-cancer-patients-surgery.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 03:53:32 EST news278135604 (HealthDay)—Routine checkups don't help reduce a patient's risk of dying from either heart disease or cancer, new Danish research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-routine-checkups-dont-cancer-heart.html Health Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:20:02 EST news272728365 (HealthDay)—A brief primary care intervention for preschool-aged children and their parents reduces the number of meals eaten in front of the television but does not reduce overall screen time or body mass index (BMI), according to research published online Nov. 5 in Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-meals-eaten-front-television-intervention.html Pediatrics Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:00:01 EST news271358579 A multicenter registry has demonstrated that the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to combat sudden cardiac death in high-risk pediatric patients suffering from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The study is being presented Nov. 5 at the 2012 Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association (AHA) in Los Angeles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-icds-sudden-death-young-patients.html Cardiology Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:25:15 EST news271355095 Heart calcium scans are far superior to other assessment tools in predicting the development of cardiovascular disease in individuals currently classified at intermediate risk by their doctors, according to researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-coronary-artery-calcium-scan-effective.html Cardiology Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:00:04 EST news264782195 The rate of new HIV infections among black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, particularly younger men, is high and suggests the need for prevention programs specifically tailored to this population, according to initial findings from the HPTN 061 study. The preliminary results were presented at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, D.C., by study co-chair Kenneth Mayer, M.D., medical research director for the Fenway Community Health Center in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nih-funded-high-hiv-infection-gay.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 26 Jul 2012 09:40:55 EST news262514402 (Medical Xpress) -- A simple, inexpensive method for preventing type 2 diabetes that relies on calling people and educating them on the sort of lifestyle changes they could make to avoid developing the disease has proven effective in a study conducted by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the City of Berkeley Department of Public Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-inexpensive-approach-diabetes.html Diabetes Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:20:01 EST news259225743 Major depressive episodes can be prevented, and to help ensure that they are, the health care system should provide routine access to depression-prevention interventions, just as patients receive standard vaccines, according to a new article co-authored by UCSF researcher Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-depression-requires-proactive-interventions-health-care.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 14 May 2012 09:40:25 EST news256207215 Imagine a device combining sensors to measure physiological changes. Then imagine a smartphone with software applications designed to respond to your bodily changes in an attempt to change your behavior. That is the vision behind "iHeal," currently being developed by Edward Boyer from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in the US, and his colleagues. The multimedia device is an innovative combination of 'enabling technologies' which can detect developing drug cravings and intervene as the cravings develop to prevent drug use. Boyer and team's preliminary data and key findings to date are published online in Springer's Journal of Medical Toxicology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-iheal-mobile-device-drug.html Medical research Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:21:03 EST news247926056 Thirty years, 30 million deaths and 60 million infections after HIV appeared, medical researchers now have the tools to halt the deadly epidemic. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-year-war-aids-sight.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:36:36 EST news241806983