http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have shown that the cells that produce glucagon are stimulated by the hormone itself. A previous study by the same group demonstrated that this principle also applies to insulin. This means that a feedback system is at work in the body, whereby hormone secreting cells receive an immediate signal to produce more of the hormone. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-glucagon-synthesis.html Medical research Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:00:10 EST news273755404 It may soon be possible to test a person for cancer with just a drop of their blood and a small machine. As part of a European research project, scientists have developed a device for detecting the HSP70 protein, which is over-expressed in patients with many types of cancer. The objective: to make a diagnosis extremely early in the disease process, thereby improving outcomes for patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-scientists-method-extremely-early-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:35:55 EST news271074899 (Medical Xpress)—If your mom or dad has ever contacted one of your professors, intervened to settle a dispute with your roommates, or hunted for jobs on your behalf, they might be helicopter parents. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-helicopter-parenting-backfires.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:29:44 EST news267870573 In late 2011, Professors William Cookson and Miriam Moffatt became the Wellcome Trust’s first Joint Senior Investigators. Anjana Ahuja went to meet them at the National Heart and Lung Institute in west London to talk asthma, genetics and the secrets of a successful working relationship. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-respiratory-genetics-joined-up.html Genetics Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:57:58 EST news251445466 (Medical Xpress) -- Can obesity be taxed away? Several UConn professors think that taxing fattening foods can help – but not in the way many people would expect. Instead of trying to make unhealthy foods prohibitively expensive by applying a hefty tax, they believe a small tax can provide revenue for educating the public to make better dietary decisions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-tax-soft-obesity.html Health Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:33:19 EST news245493184