http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Interpol on Tuesday announced a deal with the world's top pharmaceutical companies to fight fake drugs which threaten the health of millions, especially in poor countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-interpol-drug-firms-fake-medicines.html Medications Tue, 12 Mar 2013 11:34:05 EST news282306837 A study of 345 female university students found that 233 of them had experienced at least one unwanted sexual experience in their lifetime, and 46 percent of those victims also experienced betrayal by the institution where incidents occurred. In the final analysis, researchers found, those who experienced institutional betrayal suffered the most in four post-trauma measurement categories, including anxiety and dissociation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-betrayal-magnifies-post-trauma-effects-unwanted.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 08 Mar 2013 13:23:44 EST news281971415 In 2009, New Jersey became one of only two states in the country to enact a family leave insurance law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-successfully-families.html Health Mon, 11 Feb 2013 06:07:25 EST news279785239 Osteoporosis experts have urged the public to ensure they get adequate calcium, weight-bearing exercise and vitamin D to prevent bone problems, warning that children who swap milk drinks for soft drink may be at greater risk of fractures later in life. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-calcium-sunlight-osteoporosis.html Health Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:00:01 EST news279186505 Medical research is vital to the advancement of health care, but many medical research studies have too few people who participate. A new study from the University of Michigan takes an in-depth look at public participation in medical research across the United States. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-percent-adults-children-medical.html Medical research Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:16:21 EST news278871364 The number of people in England adding salt to food at the table fell by more than a quarter in the five years following a national campaign, according to research published in the British Journal of Nutrition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-people-adding-salt-table.html Health Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:23:06 EST news278590935 (Medical Xpress) -- As the American obesity epidemic has increased the past two decades, so has the rate of esophageal cancers. Clinician-scientists affiliated with the University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Institute say enhanced public awareness about how the disease develops and what can be done to prevent it might help reduce this trend.   http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-esophageal-cancer-danger-factors.html Cancer Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:15:00 EST news263538895 The Diabetes 2025 Model for the U.S. projects a continuous and dramatic increase in the diabetes epidemic and makes it possible to estimate the potential effects of society-wide changes in lifestyle and healthcare delivery systems. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-million-americans-diabetes.html Diabetes Tue, 15 May 2012 10:44:39 EST news256297472 The number of people with dementia is expected to almost double to 65.7 million by 2030 as the world population ages, according to a World Health Organisation report published Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-dementia-cases.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 11 Apr 2012 06:55:01 EST news253346086 A new study from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center finds declines in two kinds of youth Internet sexual encounters of great concern to parents: unwanted sexual solicitations and unwanted exposure to pornography. The researchers suspect that greater public awareness may have been, in part, what has helped. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-unwanted-online-sexual-exposures-decline.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:36:48 EST news243167800 Facebook, Twitter and other social media websites boost public awareness of disease outbreaks but also make it more difficult to separate fact from fiction, world health officials said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-social-media-epidemics.html Health Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:25:28 EST news237713118 In 1995, no state had an obesity rate above 20 percent. Now, all but one does. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-obesity-states.html Health Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:38:23 EST news229257485