http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. In late March 2013, China notified the World Health Organization (WHO), that it had identified a new flu virus in patients who had become ill. The new virus, avian influenza A (H7N9) virus, had not been found in humans until this time. This has resulted in severe illness for more than 128 patients who contracted the virus. There have been 24 deaths. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-flu-virus-china-urged-guidelines.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 08 May 2013 07:29:20 EST news287216941 (HealthDay)—New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force call for virtually every adult to be routinely screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-guidelines-hiv-screening-adults.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:50:01 EST news286482302 When researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues conducted a random telephone survey among blacks, whites and Hispanics in New York, Baltimore and San Juan, Puerto Rico, they found that Hispanics are nearly twice as likely to report that fear of being used as a "guinea pig" and lack of trust in medical professionals contribute in being unwilling to participate in cancer screenings. The researchers concluded that health care providers need to do a better job of instilling trust and dispelling certain fears, particularly among Hispanics, to improve cancer screening rates for lower-income minorities. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-hispanics-leery-health-cancer-screenings.html Cancer Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:11:49 EST news276959495 People who reside in rural areas of Utah are less likely to follow colorectal cancer (CRC) screening recommendations than their urban counterparts, according to researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. This geographic disparity is evident across all risk groups, including those who have a family history of the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-rural-dwellers-cancer-screening-guidelines.html Cancer Fri, 14 Dec 2012 09:54:19 EST news274701254 Routine screening for type 2 diabetes in adults at low and moderate risk is not recommended, although it is recommended for people at high and very high risk of the disease, state new diabetes screening guidelines published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) http://www.cmaj.ca/content/184/15/1687.full. The guidelines suggest using a risk calculator and then screening based on the predicted risk of diabetes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-diabetes-screening-guidelines.html Diabetes Tue, 16 Oct 2012 13:37:43 EST news269613147 Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) is cost-effective and saves lives by early detection. The ability to screen large numbers of individuals is especially important for states with tight health insurance budgets dealing with aging populations. However, in 2010 only 65 percent of US adults between ages 50 and 75 got the recommended screening. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the American Journal of Managed Care demonstrates a systematic approach to improve screening rates. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-recipe-colorectal-cancer-screening.html Cancer Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:04:23 EST news264175448 Current colorectal cancer screening guidelines for individuals with first-degree relatives with precancerous colon polyps are based on studies that were not properly designed or were too limited to shape those guidelines, according to a new systemic review of research on the topic. The review authors call for new studies to measure the risk and identify the factors that modify it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-colon-cancer-first-degree-relative-precancerous.html Cancer Mon, 14 May 2012 17:00:02 EST news256233508 Antineoplastic agents such as immunotherapies and targeted therapies that specifically target signaling pathways in cancer cells are associated with thyroid dysfunction in 20%-50% of cancer patients taking them, which can adversely affect patients' quality of life, according to a study published Oct. 18 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-antineoplastic-agents-thyroid-dysfunction.html Cancer Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:00:01 EST news238155456 Even if health care is free, colorectal cancer screening rates among those without financial means are still low, and results of a new study suggest that may be due to an idea psychologists call cancer fatalism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-cancer-screening-fatalistic-attitudes.html Cancer Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:48:50 EST news236350120