http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Parents often worry when their child, especially a son, is much shorter than average. But as long as there is no medical cause, parents can rest easy, experts say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-short-stature-childhood-discussed.html Health Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:12:16 EST news283630327 Bullied children grow into adults who are at increased risk of developing anxiety disorders, depression and suicidal thoughts, according to a study led by researchers at Duke Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-bullied-children-psychological-adults.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:02 EST news280598010 (AP) -- A powerful health advisory agency says Britain should extend free fertility treatments to women up to age 42 as well as same-sex couples, recommendations likely to be followed by many of the U.K.'s medical centers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-uk-ivf-older-women-same-sex.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 22 May 2012 12:46:57 EST news256909609 (Garrison, NY) Shedding light on a question that has baffled research ethics review boards, a new analysis of the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in pediatric clinical trials finds that the risks of physical and psychological harm associated with this procedure are no greater than the risks that healthy children face from everyday activities, such as playing soccer or riding in motor vehicles. However, adding an intravenous contrast dye or sedation to an MRI increases the odds of harm and makes them unacceptably high. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-mri-pose-minimal-pediatric.html Other Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:56:51 EST news236951801