http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (AP)—House Republicans are coming to the aid of high-risk patients trying to get insurance under the new health care law. But they do so by diverting money from a prevention program that is key to the law, ensuring stiff opposition from Democrats and a veto threat from the White House. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-house-bill-shifts-funds-health.html Health Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:31:19 EST news285996674 (Medical Xpress)—Ice hockey accounts for nearly half of all traumatic brain injuries among children and youth participating in organized sports who required a trip to an emergency department, according to a new study out of St. Michael's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-aims-sports-related-brain-injury-youngsters.html Health Fri, 29 Mar 2013 07:24:31 EST news283760665 (AP)—A new study says California's tobacco prevention program saved $134 billion in health care costs over the last two decades. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-tobacco-lowers-ca-health.html Addiction Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:04:59 EST news279997479 (Medical Xpress)—In the longest running study of its kind, researchers have evaluated the long-term effects of early intervention on the prevention of internalising disorders in children, such as anxiety or depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-decade-parents-key-emotional-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:20:27 EST news279526792 (HealthDay)—Millions of Americans take multivitamins and other supplements, but convincing scientific evidence of any true health benefit is lacking, experts say. Now a new study explores why people continue to consume nutritional supplements. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-benefits-unproven-millions-americans-multivitamins.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:32:51 EST news279217962 (HealthDay)—With flu widespread throughout the United States this season, businesses need to prepare to deal with productivity challenges, a doctor advises. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-businesses-flu-disruptions-doctor.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:10:01 EST news277736495 Sibling conflict represents parents' number one concern and complaint about family life, but a new prevention program—designed and carried out by researchers at Penn State—demonstrates that siblings of elementary-school age can learn to get along. In doing so, they can improve their future health and well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-sibling-rivalry-youth-health-well-being.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:25:12 EST news273252299 Vaccinations for flu, tetanus and other common vaccines are increasingly taking place in non-medical settings such as supermarkets and drug stores. This added responsibility for pharmacists increases the risk of needlestick injuries (NSIs), puncture wounds often suffered while preparing or after use of a needle. NSIs can transmit bloodborne pathogens, including hepatitis C and HIV, from an infected patient to the person administering the vaccine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-incidence-needlestick-injuries-staff-national.html Health Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:07:36 EST news268654051 With childhood obesity now affecting 17 percent of American children, the nation is rallying around the concept that serious action is required. In 2010, President Barack Obama established the first Task Force on Childhood Obesity, aimed at reducing the rate of such obesity to just 5 percent by 2030. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-childhood-obesity-early.html Overweight and Obesity Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:29:02 EST news267254930 A group of molecular markers have been identified that can help clinicians determine which patients with low-grade oral premalignant lesions are at high risk for progression to oral cancer, according to data from the Oral Cancer Prediction Longitudinal Study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-markers-oral-lesions-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:28:03 EST news264774416 Foster kids who receive mentoring and training in skills such as anger management, healthy communication, and problem solving are less likely to move foster homes or to be placed in a residential treatment center, and more likely to reunify with their biological families, according to a study by University of Colorado School of Medicine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-foster-kids-approach-cu-school.html Pediatrics Tue, 03 Jul 2012 11:09:05 EST news260532536 An Australian school-based obesity prevention program for adolescent girls was not associated with statistically significant differences in body mass index (BMI) and other body composition measures, however the small changes may be related to clinically important health outcomes, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The study is part of the Nutrition and the Health of Children and Adolescents theme issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-obesity-girls-significant-difference-body.html Health Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:01 EST news255614495 A population-wide community and clinical prevention program involving 10,000 adults meaningfully reduced the cardiovascular (CV) risk profile among a substantial portion of the population as indicated by those participating in screenings. Findings also indicate the level of improvements differ by gender for specific cardiovascular risk factors. The results will be presented March 25 at the 61st annual American College of Cardiology (ACC) scientific session. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-large-scale-community-wide-impacts-cardiovascular-profile.html Cardiology Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:23:57 EST news251904141 Bronwen Zilmer has three generations of Alzheimer's disease in her family. She hopes not to be the fourth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-lifestyle-alzheimer-disease.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:40:02 EST news250519181 (Medical Xpress) -- Twenty-nine pregnant women with a history of psychotic symptoms after previous deliveries, but not at other times, all remained stable without medication throughout their current pregnancies. Those who then began taking lithium or an antipsychotic within hours after delivery remained free of relapse after childbirth. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-treatment-pregnant-women-high-postpartum.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:40:56 EST news250504800 A voluntary substance prevention program held after school and presented by trained facilitators can help reduce alcohol use among young adolescents, according to a new RAND Corporation study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-after-school-alcohol-middle-school-students.html Health Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:26:30 EST news247926385 A longstanding California occupational safety program requiring all businesses to eliminate workplace hazards can help prevent injuries to workers, but only if it is adequately enforced, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-workplace-safety-injuries-aggressively.html Health Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:05:38 EST news246819929 (Medical Xpress) -- A new weapon has emerged to prevent HIV infection. Called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, it is a strategy of providing medications to at-risk people before they are exposed to the virus. Having shown great promise in recent phase 3 clinical trials, PrEP may soon be rolled out for public use. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-unconventional-approach-hiv-epidemics.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:13:36 EST news242460763 The growth charts pediatricians use at well-baby visits can predict a baby's risk for obesity later in life, finds a population-based study from Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-seeds-obesity-epidemic-babyhood.html Health Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:00:04 EST news239896532 Obesity has been associated with cognitive decline, characterized by a deterioration of mental abilities that involve memory, language, and thought-processing speed. But in a study of 300 post-menopausal women included in the Cardiovascular Prevention Program "Corazón Sano," in Argentina, obese participants in the study performed better on three cognitive tests than participants of normal weight, leading researchers to speculate about the role of sex hormones and cognition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-association-menopause-obesity-cognitive-impairment.html Health Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:00:01 EST news237732978 Ovarian cancer is a rare but often deadly disease that can strike at any time in a woman's life. It affects one in 70 women and in the past was referred to as a silent killer, but researchers have found there are symptoms associated with ovarian cancer that can assist in early detection. Experts at Northwestern Memorial say the best defense is to make use of preventive methods, understand the risks and recognize potential warning signs of ovarian cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-early-key-ovarian-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:10:36 EST news235321718 The birth of a baby can elicit many emotions, from joy and excitement to fear and uncertainty. But it can also trigger unexpected difficulties with anxiety, in particular with postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Psychologist Kiara Timpano from the University of Miami (UM) and her collaborators developed an effective program for the prevention of postpartum obsessive compulsive symptoms. The findings are reported online ahead of print by the Journal of Psychiatric Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-um-successful-postpartum-ocd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:13:35 EST news232891874 In this week's PLoS Medicine, Groesbeck Parham from the Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, and colleagues describe their Cervical Cancer Prevention Program, which has provided services to over 58,000 women over the past five years. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-cervical-cancer-screening-programmes-world.html Cancer Tue, 17 May 2011 17:31:04 EST news224872254