http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Social stigma is harming attempts to combat cervical cancer in India where more women die annually of the disease than anywhere else in the world, a new report said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-stigma-hampering-cervical-cancer-india.html Cancer Fri, 10 May 2013 05:57:16 EST news287384220 The more than 100 million Americans living with chronic pain and daily suffering often have limited outlets to talk about their conditions with others who can understand and offer comfort. Online chatrooms may provide a beneficial forum where chronic pain sufferers can openly and safely communicate, as discussed in an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-online-chat-rooms-cyberhugs-chronic.html Other Mon, 18 Mar 2013 11:26:41 EST news282824796 Vinegar, liquid nitrogen and mobile phones are among the weapons being used by medical researchers in the fight against cervical cancer in India. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-cost-effective-low-tech-weapons-cervical-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:20:01 EST news273136155 The consequences of social stigma can be physically harmful, and even deadly. People who are shunned by our society—due to homelessness, drug use, non-conforming gender identity, or other attributes—generally have much poorer health and higher death rates than those in the mainstream. They may be at increased risk of HIV infection, be more likely to have experienced violence, or suffer from severe mental health problems, for example. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-life-margins-health-society-outsiders.html Health Wed, 07 Nov 2012 07:08:09 EST news271494479 Patient-led advocacy has created a shift in the way the U.S. government has prioritized funding for medical research, and significantly changed the way policymakers think about who benefits the most from these dollars, a University of Michigan School of Public Health fellow in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research Program found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-patient-led-advocacy-funds-medical.html Health Mon, 01 Oct 2012 02:59:04 EST news268279138 Hundreds of Moroccan women a day are resorting to backstreet abortions, a leading doctor has estimated, prompting calls for reform in a country where the termination of pregnancies remains illegal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-moroccan-campaigners-abortion.html Other Mon, 04 Jun 2012 04:28:06 EST news258002880 (Medical Xpress) -- Cochlear implants have restored basic hearing to some 220,000 deaf people, yet a microphone and related electronics must be worn outside the head, raising reliability issues, preventing patients from swimming and creating social stigma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-middle-ear-microphone.html Medical research Mon, 30 Apr 2012 02:27:46 EST news254971649 (AP) -- Tobacco companies will be required to report the levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products under the latest rules designed to tighten regulation of the tobacco industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fda-tobacco-companies-ingredients.html Health Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:14:36 EST news252332066 Studying the role of social stigma in depression for lung cancer patients, researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found that depression can be heightened by a lung cancer patient's sense of social rejection, internalized shame and social isolation. These factors may contribute to depression at rates higher than experienced by patients with other kinds of cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-stigma-linked-depression-lung-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:01:43 EST news251744488 Russia in 2011 saw a rise of five percent in the number of new HIV infections to 62,000 cases amid worrying signs that heterosexuals and women are increasingly at risk, its chief doctor said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-russia-hiv-infections.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:46:20 EST news250778774 (Medical Xpress) -- Obese people who lose weight will encounter far less social stigma and may even be seen as fitter than if they had been lean all along, but they may still face prejudice relating to how they lost weight, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-weight-stigma.html Health Fri, 09 Mar 2012 09:14:14 EST news250505920 For men with erectile dysfunction (ED), 65 percent are unable to have an orgasm and 58 percent have problems with ejaculation, according to new research led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-erectile-dysfunction-isnt-story.html Health Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:03:08 EST news233319691 An international team of researchers says abortion stigma is under-researched, under theorized and over emphasized in one category: women who've had abortions. As a result, they're launching a new direction into research that explores the social stigma surrounding abortion. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-international-team-explores-stigma-abortion.html Health Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:23:08 EST news228493253