http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Men experience a higher burden of disease and lower life expectancy than women, but policies focusing on the health needs of men are notably absent from the strategies of global health organisations, according to a Viewpoint article in this week's Lancet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-global-health-policy-burden-disease.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:01 EST news287944669 New research helps explain why some teenagers are more prone to drinking alcohol than others. The study, led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) provides the most detailed understanding yet of the brain processes involved in teenage alcohol abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-teenagers-prone-binge.html Genetics Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:00:22 EST news273755226 Gay sex in a conservative Catholic society where the influential church forbids the use of condoms is fuelling an alarming rise of HIV infections in the Philippines, experts warn. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gay-sex-fuels-hiv-catholic.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:26:22 EST news262517176 A Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found that emergency department patients prefer technology-based interventions for high-risk behaviors such as alcohol use, unsafe sex and violence. ER patients said they would choose technology (ie text messaging, email, or Internet) over traditional intervention methods such as in-person or brochure-based behavioral interventions. The paper by Megan L. Ranney, M.D., is available now online in advance of print in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-emergency-patients-technology-based-interventions-behavioral.html Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 13:07:12 EST news261662821 Nearly half of transgender people in the Asia-Pacific region could have HIV as poor healthcare and high-risk lifestyles push infection rates to "critical levels", a UN report said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-hiv-afflict-asia-pacific-transgenders.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 16 May 2012 13:54:14 EST news256395248 Today, heterosexuals in Europe are at particular risk of carrying HIV for so long that they remain undiagnosed until their immune system starts to fail and they become ill. An international study under the leadership of the HIV in Europe initiative has now revealed that a number of diseases, including herpes zoster and certain forms of cancer, should be on the list of indicators for having HIV - and thus serve to prompt health care professionals to suggest an HIV-test to their patients. The new results and guidelines are to be debated at a major international HIV conference in Copenhagen on 19th-20th March. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-indicator-diseases-reveal-hidden-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:14:52 EST news249819277 A new study has found that alcohol consumption directly impacts a person's intention to have unsafe sex. In other words, the more you drink, the stronger becomes your intention to engage in unsafe sex. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-alcohol-unsafe-sex.html Health Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:20:01 EST news242885070