http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (HealthDay)—If children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, continue to have the condition in adulthood, a new study suggests that they may face an array of physical and mental health issues. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-adhd-lifelong-problems.html Attention deficit disorders Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:50:02 EST news274357729 (Medical Xpress)—As survivors of Hurricane Sandy are learning, the emotional toll of natural disasters is as profound as their physical devastation. However, a new study of people who survived Japan's deadly earthquake and tsunami in 2011 suggests that leisure activities can play critical roles in victims' psychological recovery from natural disasters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-leisure-cultivate-resilience-disaster-survivors.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:24:06 EST news273911035 The psychological scars of childhood abuse can last well into adulthood. New research from Concordia University shows the harm can have longterm negative physical effects, as well as emotional ones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-childhood-abuse-poor-adult-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:01:33 EST news272034086 (Medical Xpress)—Contrary to popular perception, stressors don't cause health problems—it's people's reactions to the stressors that determine whether they will suffer health consequences, according to researchers at Penn State. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-reactions-everyday-stressors-future-health.html Health Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:51:24 EST news271097474 A simple six-question quiz, typically used to assess disabilities in the elderly, could help doctors determine which kidney dialysis patients of any age are at the greatest risk of death, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-quiz-elderly-death-kidney-dialysis.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 12 Oct 2012 04:49:33 EST news269236161 Some people living in disadvantaged neighborhoods may be at increased risk of problem drinking—though much may depend on race and gender, according to a new study in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Researchers found that of nearly 14,000 U.S. adults surveyed, those living in low-income neighborhoods were generally more likely to be non-drinkers than were people in affluent neighborhoods. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-problem.html Addiction Tue, 09 Oct 2012 00:20:02 EST news268914218 Ageing Australian city-dwellers are more likely to suffer from non-infectious chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, arthritis, cancer and asthma than their rural counterparts, according to new research from the University of Sydney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ageing-city-chronic-diseases-prevalent.html Health Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:10:16 EST news268049408 A study carried out by Dr. Louis Bherer, PhD (Psychology), Laboratory Director and Researcher at the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (IUGM), an institution affiliated with Université de Montréal, has shown that all seniors, even those considered frail, can enjoy the benefits of exercise in terms of their physical and cognitive faculties and quality of life and that these benefits appear after only three months. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-elderly-frail-benefit.html Health Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:41:51 EST news266172102 Gaining new insight to managing sodium balance and blood pressure, investigators at the University of Houston (UH) College of Pharmacy believe their work may identify future therapeutic targets to control hypertension. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-aging-kidneys-key-high-blood.html Medical research Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:28:01 EST news265476470 As Hurricane Isaac nears the Gulf Coast, one may wonder what the impact of natural disasters are on children. Who is most at risk for persistent stress reactions? How can such youth be identified and assisted in the aftermath of a destructive storm? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-children-stress-natural-disasters.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:50:01 EST news265383505 The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and the amount of internal radiation exposure among residents of a city north of the power plant that experienced a meltdown. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-health-consequences-meltdown-fukushima-nuclear.html Health Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:04 EST news264160690 Whitehead Institute researchers have found that increased expression of a specific set of genes is strongly associated with metastasis and death in patients with breast, colon, and lung cancers. Not only could this finding help scientists identify a gene profile predictive of patient outcomes and response to treatment, it could also guide the development of therapeutics to target multiple cancer types. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-heat-shock-factor-reveals-unique-role.html Cancer Thu, 02 Aug 2012 12:00:02 EST news263127408 A new report involving mice suggests that a relationship exists between maternal metabolic or psychological stress and the development of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome in her offspring. What's more, the report shows that if the stress cannot be reduced or eliminated, manipulating the neuropeptide Y (NPY) system in visceral fat may prevent maternal stress-induced obesity from occurring in the next generation. This discovery is reported in the August 2012 issue of The FASEB Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-stress-pregnancy-abdominal-obesity-mice.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:52:19 EST news262950696 Frequent abuse by a parent can increase a child's cancer risk in adulthood, and the effects are especially significant when mothers abuse their daughters and fathers abuse their sons, according to new research from Purdue University. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-children-abused-parents-cancer.html Health Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:08:59 EST news261749330 (HealthDay) -- Little girls from troubled homes are more likely to be obese at age 5 than girls from happier ones, new research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-homes-fuel-obesity-girls.html Health Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:12:10 EST news253804318 We've all heard about the stress experienced by victims of 9/11, but have we ever paused to think about the effect of those terrorist attacks on mental health clinicians who provided care to the victims? A new study by Mary Pulido, Ph.D., from the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the US, provides a sobering account of what it was like for these professionals and reports on the lack of support they received. Her exploratory study, published in Springer's Clinical Social Work Journal, highlights the critical need to develop training and expand support systems for clinicians in order to combat secondary traumatic stress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-mental-health-workers-overlooked-victims.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:52:09 EST news252064323 In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Dallas, Texas, researchers will report findings that indicate that preterm birth interventions should be tailored for underlying risk factors and pathways. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-preterm-labor-diagnostic-markers-universal.html Other Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:02 EST news248073951 Smoking may be associated with the development of molecular features of cancer in the large airway epithelium. In the small airway epithelium, molecular cancerization is associated with development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to recent data. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-precancer-markers-airway-epithelium-cells.html Cancer Wed, 11 Jan 2012 05:07:21 EST news245480827 Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who continue to smoke. That's according to new research by Dr. Megan Piper, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in the US, and her team. Their work, which looks at whether quitting smoking can improve psychological well-being, is published online in Springer's journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-life-cigarettes.html Health Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:57:55 EST news243003394 A study led by the University of Kentucky researcher Elaine Wittenberg-Lyles found that hospice family caregivers are "second order patients" themselves and require their own unique care needs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-hospice-caregivers-routine-interventions.html Health Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:26:54 EST news241882007 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 According to scientists, carbon monoxide (CO), a tasteless, colorless and odorless gas, is not only a danger to the environment but also highly toxic to human beings. Found in the exhaust of vehicles and generators, CO has been dubbed the "silent killer" because excessive inhalation is lethal, poisoning the nervous system and heart. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-carbon-monoxide-silent-calmer.html Health Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:28:00 EST news239974073 Washington State University researchers have taken a promising step toward creating an animal model for decoding the specific brain circuits involved in depression. By electrically stimulating a brain region central to an animal's primary emotions, graduate student Jason Wright and his advisor Jaak Panksepp saw rats exhibit a variety of behaviors associated with a depressed, negative mood, or affect. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-rare-animal-depression.html Neuroscience Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:10:26 EST news238680561 People living in poor neighborhoods are at higher risk of dying of heart disease outside a hospital than are people who live in wealthier neighborhoods, research suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-poor-neighborhood-factor-out-of-hospital-cardiac.html Health Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:29:06 EST news235740536 New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) may help prevent damage to the liver caused by drugs like acetaminophen and other stressors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-scientists-key-protein-linked-acute.html Medical research Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:37:45 EST news234628650 Feelings of burnout persist among internal medicine residents despite significant cutbacks in duty hours for doctors-in-training in recent years, a national study by Mayo Clinic found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-mayo-clinic-widespread-medical-resident.html Other Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:47:07 EST news234546372 People who volunteer may live longer than those who don't, as long as their reasons for volunteering are to help others rather than themselves, suggests new research published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-volunteering-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:47:24 EST news234539226 In the months after the April 16, 2007, shootings at Virginia Tech, two professors administered a survey to assess posttraumatic stress among students. The findings have been published in the July 18, 2011 issue of the Journal of Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-virginia-tech-professors-publish-post-traumatic.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:54:31 EST news231594824 When faced with threat, people who grew up poor are more likely to make risky financial choices in search of a quick windfall, according to new research from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-socioeconomic-status-child-dictates-response.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:04:34 EST news229176246 As our bodies first form, developing cells are a lot like children put on the school bus with their names and addresses pinned to their shirts. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-mutations-spur-dangerous-identity-crisis.html Medical research Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:26:37 EST news228734575