http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Poorer lung cancer patients in the developed world are significantly less likely to receive treatment than richer patients, researchers from Newcastle University have found. This inequality in treatment may contribute to the higher death rates for lung cancer in poorer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-poorer-patients-lung-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:50:03 EST news279527851 A study by the University of Liverpool has found that people with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who live in deprived areas have worse growth and lung function than people living in more advantaged areas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-people-cystic-fibrosis-deprived-areas.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:00:03 EST news278676759 (HealthDay)—States with a Stand-Your-Ground (SYG) law have significantly more pediatric assault injuries due to firearms, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, held from Jan. 15 to 19 in Scottsdale, Ariz. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-east-stand-your-ground-law-linked-gun.html Health Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:59:25 EST news277736306 Quitting smoking is a common New Year's resolution for Americans each year, but research has repeatedly shown it is not an easy task. Some groups, such as racial/ethnic minorities, have an even harder time quitting. New research suggests hard-hitting graphic tobacco warnings may help smokers of diverse backgrounds who are struggling to quit. A new study by researchers at Legacy® and Harvard School of Public Health provides further evidence that bold pictorial cigarette warning labels that visually depict the health consequences of smoking—such as those required under the 2009 Family Smoking and Prevention Tobacco Control Act—play a life-saving role in highlighting the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-graphic-cigarettes-effective-demographic-groups.html Health Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:00:02 EST news277404129 Researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal have identified a crucial link between protein synthesis and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which can bolster new therapeutic avenues. Regulation of protein synthesis, also termed mRNA translation, is the process by which cells manufacture proteins. This mechanism is involved in all aspects of cell and organism function. A new study in mice has found that abnormally high synthesis of a group of neuronal proteins called neuroligins results in symptoms similar to those diagnosed in ASD. The study also reveals that autism-like behaviors can be rectified in adult mice with compounds inhibiting protein synthesis, or with gene-therapy targeting neuroligins. Their results are published in the journal Nature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-uncover-crucial-link-protein-synthesis.html Autism spectrum disorders Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:00:32 EST news272724414 It is often assumed that those on low incomes and with low levels of education are overly represented in the major increase in obesity of recent decades. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-obesity-epidemic-threatens-health-social.html Overweight and Obesity Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:37:30 EST news271939039 Unhealthy behaviors like being overweight, smoking and heavy drinking explain almost half of the social inequalities in type 2 diabetes, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-lifestyle-disadvantaged-groups-key-tackling.html Diabetes Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:30:01 EST news264782916 (Medical Xpress) -- Bowel cancer patients living in the most deprived areas are 24 per cent more likely to die within five years of treatment than their more affluent neighbours and this difference appears to be a result of excess deaths within the first 30 days following surgery to treat the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-poorest-bowel-cancer-patients-die.html Cancer Thu, 14 Jun 2012 05:52:45 EST news258871954 Although improved treatment uptake for coronary heart disease in England has resulted in a dramatic fall in death rates over recent years, improvements in major risk factors vary substantially between richer and poorer people, according to a study by UK researchers in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-policies-tackle-inequalities-deaths-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:00:26 EST news258721380 Routine screening with echocardiogram can detect three times as many cases of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) as clinical examinations, offering a novel approach in preventing this common disease, according to a new study in Circulation. The study, conducted by cardiologists from Children's National Medical Center, is the largest single-population study in Africa. The August issue of Nature Reviews - Cardiology features a summary of the article in its Public Health feature. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-echocardiogram-screenings-effective-rheumatic-heart.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Jun 2012 00:20:01 EST news258658302 First Nations children and those from families receiving government subsidies had more return visits to emergency departments for mental health crises than other socioeconomic groups, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-nations-low-income-children-emergency-departments.html Health Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:51 EST news258632269 Medical schools that use the UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) as part of their admissions process reduce the relative disadvantage faced by certain socioeconomic groups, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-aptitude-fairer-medical-school-candidates.html Other Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:30:03 EST news253891265 Can lack of sleep make you fat? A new paper which reviews the evidence from sleep restriction studies reveals that inadequate sleep is linked to obesity. The research, published in a special issue of the The American Journal of Human Biology, explores how lack of sleep can impact appetite regulation, impair glucose metabolism and increase blood pressure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-lack-linked-obesity-evidence.html Health Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:31:35 EST news253877485 Most studies that have examined growing levels of health disparity in the United States have focused on the gap between the "haves" and the "have-nots" in terms of socioeconomic factors such as education and income. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-reveals-wrinkle-health-gap.html Health Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:36:48 EST news247322187 The tiny teeth of some of our toddlers are rotting and dental researchers at the University of Sydney are poised to start the second phase of a long-term study to find out why. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-tiny-teeth-tatters.html Dentistry Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:09:27 EST news238925354 Raising taxes on cigarettes, a public health measure used by governments to encourage people to quit, doesn't motivate all smokers to stop the deadly habit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-higher-cigarette-taxes-dont-deter.html Health Wed, 13 Jul 2011 10:30:54 EST news229771833 Social mobility - upwards - seems to curb the risk of developing high blood pressure among those born on the lower rungs of the ladder, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-climbing-social-ladder-lessen-high.html Health Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:16:40 EST news229666519