http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Men who reported permanent stress have a significantly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes than men who reported no stress. This is the finding of a 35-year prospective follow-up study of 7,500 men in Gothenburg, by the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-permanent-stress-diabetes-men.html Diabetes Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:57:04 EST news279457011 Scientists may be able to better predict which patients with colorectal cancer will respond to chemotherapy using a new mathematical model that measures the amount of stress required for a cancer cell to die without harming healthy tissue. The results of this study are published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-response-chemotherapy-colorectal-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:20:01 EST news277578272 Pregnant women sacrifice many of life's simple pleasures - caffeine, sushi, a glass of wine - in the hope that their baby will be born healthy. But according to a provocative new field of research, what happens during pregnancy can have lasting consequences that emerge decades after the child leaves the hospital. Studies are finding that adult illnesses like heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes can have roots in the mysterious months we spend in the womb. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-disease-partially-womb-scientists.html Health Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:50:01 EST news241278599 Babies who do not sleep in their parents' bedroom, experience a higher stress level in the bath than children who do, concludes NWO researcher Carolina de Weerth from Radboud University Nijmegen. She published the results of her research on 30 September 2011 in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-parents-linked-baby-stress-dutch.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:34:20 EST news237105240 Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas. The device will automatically monitor blood sugar levels and administer insulin to patients with Type 1 diabetes, and aims to remove much of the guesswork for those living with the chronic disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-weapons-juvenile-diabetes.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:02:53 EST news226580549