http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Fueled by a $5 billion dollar industry that continues to grow 5 to 8 percent annually, juicing is being promoted by many as a useful strategy for weight loss. But the trend of extracting the liquid from produce is not widely recommended within the medical and surgical weight-loss community. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-juicing-trend-pulp-fiction-dietitian.html Health Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:23:58 EST news286446101 Preaching the benefits of healthy eating has little point when the cost of purchasing healthy foods in South Australia can cost as much as a third of a low-earner's income, according to Flinders University researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-healthy-high.html Health Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:30:01 EST news280998368 (HealthDay)—A leading consumer advocacy group, along with nutrition experts and health agencies from a number of U.S. cities, are calling for lowering the amount of sugars added to soft drinks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-fda-sugar-sodas-experts.html Health Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:50:02 EST news279977584 Work stress doubles the risk of developing diabetes for women who have little or no control over what they do on the job, according to a new Canadian study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-job-stress-diabetes-women.html Diabetes Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:51:09 EST news264862255 (Medical Xpress) -- Just because healthful foods are available in school cafeterias doesn't mean children are going to eat them, but in some cases, the very presence of such foods as whole fruit may actually prompt kids to make healthier choices, even if fruit is never selected. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-foods-prompts-kids-healthier.html Health Wed, 25 Jul 2012 05:15:44 EST news262412133 (Medical Xpress) -- The current thinking around following a high fat, low carb diet to encourage weight loss in diabetics with Type 2 Diabetes, may be misguided say researchers from Warwick Medical School. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-diabetics-urged-high-fat-diet.html Diabetes Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:41:28 EST news252045678 (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to determine the source of contaminated cantaloupe blamed for a multistate listeriosis outbreak. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-fda-cdc-listeriosis-outbreak-source.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 15 Sep 2011 03:52:27 EST news235277476