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Research by Victoria University PhD education graduand Larah van der Meer highlights the importance of understanding the communication preferences of children with developmental disabilities such as autism. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-children-autism-chance.html Autism spectrum disorders Tue, 14 May 2013 08:20:01 EST news287737005 (HealthDay)—An update of the current state of knowledge about the impact of hypoglycemia on patients with diabetes reviews outcomes, strategies to prevent hypoglycemia, and current knowledge gaps, and has been published in the May issue of Diabetes Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-impact-hypoglycemia-diabetes.html Diabetes Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:00:01 EST news286222056 Belief in God may significantly improve the outcome of those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness, according to a recent study conducted by McLean Hospital investigators. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-faith-god-positively-treatment-individuals.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:04 EST news286045296 Physicians who care for lung cancer patients recognize the importance of tobacco cessation, but often do not provide cessation assistance to their patients according to a recent study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-doctors-tobacco-cessation-lung-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:12:04 EST news283691515 (HealthDay)—Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels may be predictive of success in treating chemotherapy-naive patients with advanced melanoma with a combination of elesclomol plus paclitaxel, according to research published online Feb. 11 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-adding-elesclomol-paclitaxel-advanced-melanoma.html Cancer Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:00:01 EST news280765883 (Medical Xpress)—Two new studies from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest ways to improve surgical treatment for a debilitating condition caused by compressed nerves in the neck and shoulder. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-surgery-nerve-compression-disorder.html Surgery Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:10:01 EST news279441683 Scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have discovered the workings of the gene that has been hindering treatment response in cancer patients. This discovery was made after 5 years of studying the mutant form of the p53 gene, the major tumor suppressor in humans, which is generally found mutated in over 50% of all type of human cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-singapore-scientists-p53-mutation-hinders.html Cancer Fri, 25 Jan 2013 10:58:32 EST news278333905 Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a possible lead in treatment of two childhood leukemia subtypes known for their dramatic loss of chromosomes and poor treatment outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-genetic-basis-high-risk-childhood-cancer.html Genetics Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:00:01 EST news277901054 (HealthDay)—Diagnosis and management of erectile dysfunction (ED) improves health outcomes for men with comorbid diseases, and vice versa, according to research published online Nov. 15 in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-erectile-dysfunction-comorbid-diseases-linked.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:34:30 EST news273753255 Deciding the ideal treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer that stops responding to initial therapy could be guided by certain analyses of cancer cells isolated from the patients' blood, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-noninvasive-assay-treatment-response-patients.html Cancer Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:15:05 EST news270213278 (HealthDay)—For patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) treated with pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin (P/R), drinking patterns and the amount of alcohol consumed before treatment do not impact treatment success, according to a study published in the October issue of Hepatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-prior-alcohol-consumption-impair-hcv.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:50:06 EST news269194502 Cannabis users have a greater chance of relapse to cannabis use when they experience certain withdrawal symptoms, according to research published Sep. 26 in the open access journal PLOS ONE led by David Allsop of the National Cannabis Prevention and Information Centre (NCPIC) at the University of New South Wales. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cannabis-symptoms-clinical-importance.html Addiction Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:00:04 EST news267895124 A new study published in a special issue of Substance Abuse finds that recovering alcoholics who help others in 12-step programs furthers their time sober, consideration for others, step-work, and long-term meeting attendance. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-alcoholics-anonymous-long-term-recovery.html Addiction Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:38:05 EST news266168261 Many people can drop pounds quickly in the early phases of a diet, but studies have found that it is difficult to keep the weight off in the long term. For post-menopausal women, natural declines in energy expenditure could make long-term weight loss even more challenging. A new study finds that in post-menopausal women, some behaviors that are related to weight loss in the short term are not effective or sustainable for the long term. Interventions targeting these behaviors could improve long-term obesity treatment outcomes. The research is published in the September issue of Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-long-term-weight-loss-menopause.html Health Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:03 EST news265309013 Among couples in which one partner was diagnosed as having posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), participation in disorder-specific couple therapy resulted in decreased PTSD symptom severity and increased patient relationship satisfaction, compared with couples who were placed on a wait list for the therapy, according to a study in the August 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-couple-therapy-decrease-ptsd-symptoms.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:00:01 EST news264160226 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study by TCD researchers investigates drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells. The findings which have been recently published in the international publication, PLoS One will increase understanding of molecular markers in drug-resistant ovarian cancer with a view to improving clinical treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-drug-resistant-ovarian-cancer-clinical.html Cancer Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:47:52 EST news263720848 Overactive epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling has been linked to the development of cancer. Several drug therapies have been developed to treat these EGFR-associated cancers; however, many patients have developed resistance to these drugs and are therefore no longer responsive to drug treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-combination-drug-resistance-cancer.html Cancer Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:01:11 EST news257774460 Barcelona, Spain: Patients with head and neck cancer and a low haemoglobin (Hb) level do not respond well to radiotherapy and therefore both control of their tumour and disease-free survival are compromised. Now researchers from The Netherlands have found that the problems caused by low Hb in these patients can be overcome by the use of a treatment known as ARCON therapy, in which accelerated radiotherapy is combined with carbogen (a mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen) and the water-soluble vitamin nicotinamide [1]. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-poor-response-radiotherapy-haemoglobin.html Cancer Fri, 11 May 2012 04:07:59 EST news255927213 The National Institutes of Health and Eli Lilly and Company will generate a publicly available resource to profile the effects of thousands of approved and investigational medicines in a variety of sophisticated disease-relevant testing systems, NIH announced today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-nih-lilly-resource-medicines.html Medications Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:20:00 EST news250856246 Despite the rising incidence of cancer in Northern Ireland, the number of people surviving the disease in the country is increasing significantly year on year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-people-surviving-cancer-northern-ireland.html Cancer Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:00:02 EST news249652069 When it comes to addiction, sex matters. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-addicts-cravings-roots-men-women.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:36:06 EST news247163753 A leading cancer researcher has identified very high levels of doctor-patient trust and confidence within the NHS. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-cancer-nhs-cost-cutting.html Cancer Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:10:06 EST news245904237 Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who attend regular education classes may be more likely to improve their social skills if their typically developing peers are taught how to interact with them than if only the children with ASD are taught such skills. According to a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, a shift away from more commonly used interventions that focus on training children with ASD directly may provide greater social benefits for children with ASD. The study was published online ahead of print on Nov. 28, 2011, in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-peers-social-outcomes-kids-asd.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:20:01 EST news241843681 Among patients with moderate to severe psoriasis, treatment options that are most compatible with their personal and professional life appear to be most important, and treatment location appears more important than probability and magnitude of treatment outcome, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-importance-treatment-outcomes-varies-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:08 EST news241102663 Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among advanced head and neck cancer (HNC) patients receiving radiation-based treatment (RT), being non-English speaking (NES) was a more significant predictor of treatment outcome than being of non-white race. The findings, to be presented at the 53rd annual American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting in Miami, Florida, suggest that language barriers may play a role in health-care disparities and that further interpreter/translation services are warranted in the care of such diverse patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-non-english-neck-cancer-patients-significantly.html Cancer Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:37:20 EST news236947027 Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients of different sexes and races may respond differently to treatment with commonly used medications for the disease, says a new study from researchers at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.The results of the study are published online ahead of print in the journal CHEST. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-women-pulmonary-arterial-hypertension-greater.html Cardiology Wed, 28 Sep 2011 08:34:08 EST news236417596 A rare but increasingly more common disease striking overweight, younger women is the focus of a clinical trial at Michigan State University, where an osteopathic physician is testing the effectiveness of a certain drug against a potentially blindness-causing ailment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-drug-impact-neurological-disease-affecting.html Medications Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:45:41 EST news226662311