http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Chidren with asthma in India are being prevented from receiving effective treatment by a range of widely-held myths and misconceptions, says a University of Sydney study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-asthma-children-stigmatised-india.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 14 May 2013 06:47:35 EST news287732844 Consumers of fashionable brands, the latest gadgets, and the coolest looks are getting ever younger. Yet, children who immerse themselves in consumer culture feel worse about themselves, not better, say researchers at the University of Sussex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-branded-life-impact-consumer-culture.html Health Fri, 03 May 2013 07:10:03 EST news286782279 More women than men develop chronic low back pain and sciatica. The explanation may lie with a gene variant that plays into the body's pain regulation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-gene-variant-pain-women-suppresses.html Medical research Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:23:37 EST news284966437 This study demonstrates that writing therapy resulted in significant and substantial short-term reductions in post traumatic symptoms (PTS) and comorbid depressive symptoms. Writing therapy is an evidence-based treatment for PTS, and constitutes a useful treatment alternative for patients who do not respond to other evidence-based treatments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-therapy-traumatic-stress.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:32:42 EST news284283153 The seizures that affect people with temporal-lobe epilepsy usually start in a region of the brain called the hippocampus. But they are often able to involve other areas outside the temporal lobe, propagating via anatomically and functionally connected networks in the brain. New research findings that link decreased brain cell concentration to altered functional connectivity in temporal-lobe epilepsy are reported in an article in Brain Connectivity, a bimonthly peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. . http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-epileptic-seizures-propagate-functional-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 02 Apr 2013 14:37:28 EST news284132234 (Medical Xpress)—Teachers in schools across the globe are turning to a new philosophy to help improve the behaviour and well-being of students. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-meditation-technique-children-mental-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:24:19 EST news283595052 The field of cell therapy, which aims to form new cells in the body in order to cure disease, has taken another important step in the development towards new treatments. A new report from researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that it is possible to re-programme other cells to become nerve cells, directly in the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-nerve-cellsdirectly-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:53:18 EST news283499582 In Norway, families receive public support that enables them to care for aging parents in their own homes and keep them out of nursing homes. This includes a salary for a son or daughter to provide care. They also focus on adapting houses to the needs of older people through municipal government-financed repairs and renovations. The nursing home is the last resort. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cwru-professor-lessons-graying-population.html Health Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:35:11 EST news282998104 (Medical Xpress)—"Science is broken; let's fix it," says the University of Sydney's Associate Professor Alex Holcombe, who is part of a major new effort to improve the reliability of psychological research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-approach-relevance.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:30:01 EST news281688770 Children who are bullied online or by mobile phone are just as likely to skip school or consider suicide as kids who are physically bullied, according to a study led by a Michigan State University criminologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-online-bullying.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:50:21 EST news279798608 In a recent publication, researchers of the Computational Biology group at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine showed that neuro-inflammation plays a crucial role in initiating prion disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-brain-inflammation-key-prion-parkinson.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:54:09 EST news273412443 Research findings confirming that de novo mutations represent a major cause of previously unexplained intellectual disability were presented on Nov. 8 at the American Society of Human Genetics 2012 meeting in San Francisco. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-exome-sequencing-potential-diagnostic-assay.html Genetics Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:30:03 EST news271583263 (Medical Xpress)—The findings are part of a study on the effects of distractors on children with ADHD. A team of researchers, led by FIU Center for Children and Families Director William E. Pelham Jr., set out to examine how distractions – such as music and television – affect children with ADHD. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-children-adhd-music-similar-positive.html Attention deficit disorders Mon, 05 Nov 2012 08:10:57 EST news271325448 A team of Northwestern University scientists will meet with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrators in Washington D.C. Oct. 18 to advocate for important changes in the agency's guidelines for reproductive health research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-scientists-epa-women-reproductive-health.html Health Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:53:10 EST news269617980 Kidney transplants performed in Europe are considerably more successful in the long run than those performed in the United States. While the one-year survival rate is 90% in both Europe and the United States, after five years, 77% of the donor kidneys in Europe still function, while in the United States, this rate among white Americans is only 71%. After ten years, graft survival for the two groups is 56% versus 46%, respectively. The lower survival rates compared to Europe also apply to Hispanic Americans, in whom 48% of the transplanted kidneys still function after ten years, and particularly to African Americans, whose graft survival is a mere 33%. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-kidney-grafts-function-longer-europe.html Other Fri, 12 Oct 2012 11:01:20 EST news269258461 ZZZs don't always come easy for children still learning their ABCs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-developmental-implications-toddlers-patterns.html Pediatrics Thu, 04 Oct 2012 08:12:05 EST news268557117 A much anticipated addition to the revised Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders fifth edition (DSM-5) is questionable according to research findings. The newly revised DSM-5, the first alterations since it was last revised in 1994, includes attenuated psychosis syndrome (APS), a new diagnosis that would identify those impaired by preliminary psychotic symptoms that do not meet the threshold for an existing diagnosis as having a psychotic disorder. In an effort to understand the impact this new diagnosis would have in a real clinical setting, researchers at Butler Hospital, Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital studied how APS applied in an outpatient clinic, and found reasons for concern. The findings are published in the October issue of Journal of Clinical Psychology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-faults-mental-disorder-diagnosis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:52:36 EST news268480342 Press releases and news stories reporting the results of randomized controlled trials often contain "spin"—specific reporting strategies (intentional or unintentional) emphasizing the beneficial effect of the experimental treatment—but such "spin" frequently comes from the abstract (summary) of the actual study published in a scientific journal, rather than being related to misinterpretation by the media, according to French researchers writing in this week's PLOS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-media-scientific-articles.html Other Tue, 11 Sep 2012 17:00:02 EST news266597717 (Medical Xpress)—Using a new method, diabetes researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have been able to reveal more of the genetic complexity behind type 2 diabetes. The new research findings have been achieved as a result of access to human insulin-producing cells from deceased donors and by not only studying one gene variant, but many genes and how they influence the level of the gene in pancreatic islets and their effect on insulin secretion and glucose control of the donor. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-broader-approach-reveals-genetic-complexity.html Genetics Tue, 04 Sep 2012 07:50:03 EST news265962208 (Medical Xpress)—A*STAR scientists have identified a biomarker of the most lethal form of brain tumours in adults − glioblastoma multiforme. The scientists found that by targeting this biomarker and depleting it with a potential drug, they were able to prevent the progression and relapse of the brain tumour. The research findings were published on Aug 23 in the scientific journal, Cell Reports from Cell Press. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-potential-drug-deadly-brain-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 04 Sep 2012 06:23:12 EST news265958582 Traditional in-person bullying is far more common than cyberbullying among today's youth and should be the primary focus of prevention programs, according to research findings presented at the American Psychological Association's 120th Annual Convention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-cyberbullying-frequent-traditional-bullying-international.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:45:49 EST news263465140 A picture is worth 1,000 words when it comes to understanding how things work, but 3D moving pictures are even better. That's especially true for scientists trying to stop cancer by better understanding the proteins that make some chemotherapies unsuccessful. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-3d-key-human-protein-powerful.html Cancer Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:10:06 EST news259330185 Black prostate cancer patients may not be getting the same quality of care as white patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who found racial disparities in the results of surgery to remove diseased prostates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-quality-issues-worse-results-black.html Cancer Tue, 15 May 2012 15:55:57 EST news256316124 Among patients with acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) treated at public hospitals in Brazil, implementation of a multifaceted intervention that included educational materials, checklists and reminders resulted in improvement in the use of evidence-based medicines during the first 24 hours of hospitalization, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being published early online to coincide with its presentation at the American College of Cardiology's annual scientific sessions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-intervention-results-evidence-based-medications-patients.html Cardiology Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:30:35 EST news251904610 If you are a people-pleaser who strives to keep your social relationships smooth and comfortable, you might find yourself overeating in certain social situations like Super Bowl watch parties. A new study from Case Western Reserve University found that, hungry or not, some people eat in an attempt to keep others comfortable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-extra-burgers-fries-people-pleasers.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:40:01 EST news247288882 (Medical Xpress) -- Hypoxia and inflammation are environmental features occuring simultaneously in a variety of diseases such as growing tumours and critically inflamed tissues. UCD scientists investigating the relative contributions of the signalling pathways in each process have shown there is a synergistic response that is measurably greater than that expected from the individual contributions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-illuminating-factors.html Medical research Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:52:54 EST news241177963 Are children as young as five years old so driven by consumerism and fashion that they are in danger of 'losing' their childhood? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-childhood-fashion.html Health Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:56:22 EST news235306569