http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. More than 2,000 former football players are suing the National Football League, saying the league should have taken action earlier to deal with injuries related to concussions more seriously. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-health-law-expert-nfl-concussions.html Health Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:27:06 EST news277658816 Sibling conflict represents parents' number one concern and complaint about family life, but a new prevention program—designed and carried out by researchers at Penn State—demonstrates that siblings of elementary-school age can learn to get along. In doing so, they can improve their future health and well-being. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-sibling-rivalry-youth-health-well-being.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:25:12 EST news273252299 The University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study, a 20-year nationwide survey of the health, economic and social status of older Americans conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research, has added genetic information from 12,500 consenting participants to the online genetics database of the National Institutes of Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-u-m-health-genetic-nih-database.html Genetics Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:51:55 EST news252154307 A Web-based interactive anthology will provide psychologists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists and other scientists with the latest research methods and tools to address emerging challenges in public health, such as the obesity epidemic and the rise of chronic diseases such as heart disease. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) at the National Institutes of Health collaborated with New England Research Institutes to create the free resource (http://www.esourceresearch.org/), called e-Source. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-nih-online-resource-behavioral-social.html Health Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:21:55 EST news251731287