http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Women who have suffered a still birth or have medical conditions including varicose veins, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) or heart disease are at greater risk of developing dangerous blood clots after giving birth, a study has revealed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-reveals-factors-blood-clots-pregnant.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 02 Apr 2013 10:00:01 EST news284114097 Researchers participating in the REGICOR Study (Girona Heart Registry), with the participation of IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) from Barcelona, the Josep Trueta Hospital, the Blanes Hospital and IDIAP Jordi Gol from Girona (Primary Healthcare Research Institute) have carried out a study to assess the impact of the partial smoke-free legislation passed in 2006 on the incidence of acute myocardial infarction in the province of Girona and observed it has dropped 11%. This decrease has been noticed especially among women, population aged between 65 and 74, and among non-smokers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-smoke-free-legislation-acute-myocardial-infarctions.html Health Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:33:18 EST news278184791 HIV patients from ethnic minorities receive better quality of care from doctors and other primary healthcare professionals who are the most competent at caring for patients from diverse backgrounds – those who are "culturally competent." These patients also tend to manage both their treatment and condition better, according to a new study by Somnath Saha from Portland VA Medical Center, and the Oregon Health & Science University in the US, and colleagues. Their findings appear in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-doctors-culturally-aware.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:14:35 EST news277384469 Can a retrofitted bathroom scale costing less than $100 save lives and improve the health of millions of Americans living with heart failure while cutting billions of dollars in annual health care spending? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-home-heart-failure-web-enabled-bathroom.html Cardiology Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:05:39 EST news263639129 Adolescents suffering from depression can benefit just as much from specialised computer therapy as they do from one-to-one therapy with a clinician, a study published on bmj.com finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-therapy-young-people-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:00:01 EST news254105017 A current study shows that the risk for coronary heart disease and stroke increases by almost thirty per cent in a person whose partner has cancer. The cause is probably the negative stress to which the cancer patient's relative is exposed. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cardiovascular-disease-relatives-cancer-patients.html Cardiology Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:25:39 EST news252667529 (Medical Xpress) -- People with a chronic condition such as diabetes or arthritis may find themselves taking on a more active role in maintaining or improving their own health if there is an ongoing relationship with a primary healthcare (PHC) provider, according to University of British Columbia research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-ongoing-relationship-key-patients-chronic.html Health Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:50:01 EST news223281000