http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Asia is hit with 30 million cases of malaria a year resulting in 42,000 deaths, a report said Friday as experts called for an urgent response to the disease which stalks billions in the region. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-killer-malaria-asia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:30:02 EST news271059970 There is an urgent need for support from outside the family after diagnosis of dementia according to a study led by researchers from the University of Hertfordshire. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-dementia-patients-urgent-diagnosis.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:32:45 EST news270970353 The 2012 'Mapping Social Cohesion Report' - Australia's largest survey of social cohesion, immigration and population issues, authored by Monash University's Professor Andrew Markus and produced by the Scanlon Foundation, was released today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-social-cohesion-stable-landscape.html Health Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:57:30 EST news270463907 A new guideline released by the American Academy of Neurology may help doctors in making the diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The guideline is published in the September 19, 2012, online issue of Neurology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-guideline-diagnosis-creutzfeldt-jakob-disease.html Neuroscience Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:00:01 EST news267289135 German doctors are seeking an urgent clarification from the government over religious circumcision after a court ruling calling it a criminal act prompted an international outcry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-german-doctors-urgent-action-circumcision.html Other Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:45:05 EST news261575096 (Medical Xpress) -- Most of us assume that confidence and certainty are preferred over uncertainty and bewilderment when it comes to learning complex information. But a new study led by Sidney D’Mello of the University of Notre Dame shows that confusion when learning can be beneficial if it is properly induced, effectively regulated and ultimately resolved. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-beneficial.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 20 Jun 2012 08:37:12 EST news259400224 Before renewing romance with an ex, it may be better to move on to the next. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-passion-pitfall-rekindling-romance-extinguishes.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:57:18 EST news249029764 About 450 million children will be physically and mentally stunted over the next 15 years unless the world takes action to tackle malnutrition, a new report from Save the Children warned Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-malnutrition-million-children-stunting.html Health Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:20:03 EST news248519342 The World Health Organisation warned on Saturday that only a stronger political commitment to child health could prevent a dangerous rise in mortality rates at a time of global economic turmoil. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-links-child-mortality-economic-crisis.html Health Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:41:50 EST news241522900 People who fear the unknown or view uncertainty as especially negative or threatening are more likely to report symptoms of eating disorders, according to new ANU research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-uncertainty-disorders-linked.html Health Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:30:01 EST news240657637 More than half of Sweden's intensive care nurses doubt that a clinical neurological examination can establish that a patient is brain dead. Intensive care nurses also perceive that this uncertainty can affect relatives when the question of organ donation is raised, is reveiled in a thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-intensive-nurses-method-brain-death.html Other Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:42:27 EST news228476530 (Medical Xpress) -- A new scientific theory on what we learn to pay attention to and what we learn to ignore could turn 30 years of research on its head. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-attention.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:24:00 EST news226743820