http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—Reviews that are funded by industry tend to find the evidence weak for a causal link between sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and the increasing prevalence of obesity, while other reviews consider the evidence well founded, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the European Congress on Obesity, held from May 12 to 15 in Liverpool, U.K. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-eco-industry-funded-query-sweet-obesity.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 14 May 2013 17:50:01 EST news287771296 Two articles in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine by Geoff Wong, Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues, propose publication guidelines for both realist synthesis and meta-narrative reviews. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-guidelines-systematic-bmc-medicine.html Other Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:00:01 EST news278613264 Millions of Americans read physician ratings on websites such as Healthgrades.com, but such ratings are based on scores from an average of only 2.4 patients, a Loyola University Medical Center study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-physician-websites-patient.html Health Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:13:21 EST news276361996 A new review of existing studies points toward a potential role for vitamin D in helping to prevent dental caries, or tooth decay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-associates-vitamin-d-tooth.html Dentistry Tue, 27 Nov 2012 13:06:21 EST news273243970 A study coordinated by Manel Esteller, published in Nature Reviews Genetics, highlights the success of this area of research to predict the behavior and weaknesses of tumors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-epigenetics-emerges-powerfully-clinical-tool.html Genetics Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:48:32 EST news266662104 (Medical Xpress) -- An analysis of hundreds of reviews posted to physician-rating sites on the Internet revealed that patients generally give their doctors favorable reviews in this forum. If they complain, it is generally about the experience of going to the doctor—finding parking, long waits in the office, and unfriendly office staff. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-patients-doctors.html Health Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:50:01 EST news247477136