http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Adelaide shows that weight gain and increased head size in the first month of a baby's life is linked to a higher IQ at early school age. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-iq-link-baby-weight-gain.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:04:39 EST news290671452 As some Pacific island cultures have "westernized" over the last several decades, among the changes has been a dramatic increase in obesity. Researchers don't understand all the reasons why, but even a decade ago in American Samoa 59 percent of men and 71 percent of women were obese. A new Brown University study finds that the Samoan epidemic of obesity may start with rapid weight gain in early infancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-samoan-obesity-epidemic-birth.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:10:06 EST news279288600 (Medical Xpress)—A new study conducted by researchers at Lehman College, and recently published in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension, shows conclusively that overfeeding causes increases in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA)—part of the fight or flight reflex—which can lead to the development of high blood pressure. Dr. Martin Muntzel, a professor in the College's Dept. of Biology and an expert on diet, Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, led the study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-link-overfeeding-high-blood-pressure.html Health Fri, 21 Dec 2012 08:19:38 EST news275300372 Mums who carry too much weight and/or who smoke during pregnancy increase the risk of having overweight kids, indicates a systematic analysis of the available evidence published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-overweight-pregnancy-boost-kids.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:50:32 EST news270798607 As Indonesia shifts from a month of fasting during Ramadan to a week-long eating binge for the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday, doctors are braced for an annual spike in complaints of rapid weight gain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-ramadan-fast-indonesians-vengeance.html Health Fri, 17 Aug 2012 23:50:02 EST news264464652 Scientists have discovered two genetic variants associated with the substantial, rapid weight gain occurring in nearly half the patients treated with antipsychotic medications, according to two studies involving the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-genetic-link-rapid-weight-gain.html Genetics Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:00:08 EST news261748800 Antipsychotic medications are increasingly prescribed in the US, but they can cause serious side effects including rapid weight gain, especially in children. In the first study of its kind, researchers at Zucker Hillside Hospital and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research identified a gene that increases weight gain in those treated with commonly-used antipsychotic drugs. These findings were published in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-gene-severe-weight-gain-antipsychotic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:12 EST news255613763