Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: syndrome http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidence that bacteria residing in the gut influence brain chemistry and behaviour. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-anxiety-gut.html Medical research Tue, 17 May 2011 10:59:07 EST news224848724 New research deepens understanding of most common gastrointestinal disorder in US Cedars-Sinai researchers have reported two advances in the understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 30 million people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-deepens-common-gastrointestinal-disorder.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 11 May 2011 09:07:45 EST news224323627 Gene variant may predict sudden cardiac death risk for blacks (Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have pinpointed a common gene variant in blacks that may be associated with the development of life-threatening heart arrhythmias. The finding may help determine which patients are likely to benefit most from implantable cardio-defibrillators (ICDs). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-gene-variant-sudden-cardiac-death.html Genetics Wed, 11 May 2011 08:01:28 EST news224319514 Lessons from major heart trial need implementation A NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center review of almost 500,000 cardiac cases nationally shows that the clinically indicated medical therapy reported in a widely publicized study was lost in translation to real-world heart care after its publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-patients-seldom-optimal-medical-therapy.html Cardiology Tue, 10 May 2011 16:23:55 EST news224263398 Latest advances in gene therapy for ocular disease are highlighted in Human Gene Therapy Disorders of the eye are excellent targets for gene therapy because the ocular environment is readily accessible, relatively easy to monitor, and sequestered from the rest of the body. A series of articles available online ahead of print in Human Gene Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., highlight several exciting developments in ocular gene therapy. The articles are available free online at www.liebertpub.com/hum http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-latest-advances-gene-therapy-ocular.html Genetics Mon, 09 May 2011 15:53:56 EST news224175194