http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Childhood and adolescent obesity rates in the United States have increased dramatically in the past three decades. Being obese puts individuals at greater risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a disease in which individuals have too much sugar in their blood. Now, University of Missouri researchers found vitamin D supplements can help obese children and teens control their blood-sugar levels, which may help them stave off the disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-vitamin-d-diabetes-obese-children.html Diabetes Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:30:47 EST news283519834 An outbreak of tuberculosis in the skid row area of downtown Los Angeles may have exposed up to 4,500 individuals to the bacterium that causes the deadly disease and has left federal officials scrambling to intervene. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-wolf-sheep-uncovering-deadly-bacteria.html Medical research Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:00:04 EST news281280867 (HealthDay)—Drinking two cups of milk a day gives toddlers adequate amounts of vitamin D without lowering their iron levels, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-tots-cups-day.html Pediatrics Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:00:03 EST news274962300 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, the University of South Florida and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France have studied the patterns and timing of sunlight exposure and how each is related to two nonmelanoma skin cancers – basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-patterns-sunlight-exposure-contribute-skin.html Cancer Tue, 23 Oct 2012 11:39:58 EST news270210804 New insights on the global fight to prevent cancers were presented during the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna. The studies highlight the challenges of overcoming misunderstandings about how important lifestyle factors are in reducing cancer risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-myths-hamper-efforts-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 30 Sep 2012 06:08:03 EST news268204071 It's been a burning question in melanoma research: Tumor cells are full of ultraviolet (UV)-induced genetic damage caused by sunlight exposure, but which mutations drive this cancer? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-scientists-melanoma-driving-genetic-sun.html Cancer Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:47:23 EST news261920818 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg have found that having antibodies for cutaneous types of human papillomavirus (HPV), coupled with sun exposure (ultraviolet radiation) or poor tanning ability, can act "synergistically" in the development of non-melanoma skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-sun-exposure-cutaneous-hpv-infection.html Cancer Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:10:04 EST news259844681 New research suggests that people who are exposed to low levels of sunlight coupled with a history of having a common virus known as mononucleosis may be at greater odds of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) than those without the virus. The research is published in the April 19, 2011, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-common-virus-sunlight-exposure-ms.html Neuroscience Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:24:31 EST news222362649