http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have described what may be a newly identified disease that appears to explain some cases of widespread chronic pain and other symptoms in children and young adults. Their report that will appear in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, and has received early online release, finds that most of a group of young patients seen at the MGH for chronic, unexplained pain had test results indicating small-fiber polyneuropathy, a condition not previously reported in children. The MGH investigators call this new syndrome juvenile-onset small-fiber polyneuropathy or JOSeFINE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nerve-underlie-widespread-unexplained-chronic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 11 Mar 2013 10:40:05 EST news282216182 (HealthDay)—Synthetic marijuana products, also known as Spice or K2, are potentially very dangerous for the kidneys, new research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-synthetic-marijuana-linked-kidney.html Medications Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:30:06 EST news279905484 (HealthDay)—Flu season is especially bad in the United States this year, and young children with the flu tend to suffer more than others because they can't take over-the-counter medications to help relieve their symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-safe-ways-relieve-young-child.html Health Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:07:07 EST news277121221 (HealthDay) -- Parents should not use benzocaine products to relieve teething pain in babies except under the advice and supervision of a health care professional, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-teething-baby-benzocaine-fda.html Medications Sun, 29 Jul 2012 17:20:01 EST news262800315 An overactive thyroid gland, or hyperthyroidism, may increase the risk of hospitalization for heart and blood-vessel disease even after surgery to remove the gland, according to a new study. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-hyperthyroidism-linked-hospitalization-heart-blood-vessel.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 23 Jun 2012 12:51:50 EST news259674688 The term "holiday heart syndrome" was coined in a 1978 study to describe patients with atrial fibrillation who experienced a common and potentially dangerous form of heart palpitation after excessive drinking, which can be common during the winter holiday season. The symptoms usually went away when the revelers stopped drinking. Now, research from UCSF builds on that finding, establishing a stronger causal link between alcohol consumption and serious palpitations in patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common form of arrhythmia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-alcohol-trigger-palpitations-heart-patients.html Cardiology Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:04:02 EST news257774636 (HealthDay) -- Each year, between one and six of every 100,000 U.S. children are a victim of sudden cardiac death. In many of these cases, underlying, undiagnosed heart trouble is responsible, and a new study suggests that routine mass electrocardiogram (EKG) screening could help identify these problems earlier, and potentially save children's lives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-ekg-fatal-heart-conditions-children.html Cardiology Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:03:17 EST news250531347