http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Phys.org) -- Lung cancer cases continue to rise in women with more than 18,000 UK women diagnosed with the disease in 2009 according to the latest Cancer Research UK figures released today (Friday). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-lung-cancer-cases-uk-women.html Cancer Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:40:01 EST news253524408 Jackson Laboratory researchers have demonstrated that a single, targeted x-ray treatment of an individual eye in young, glaucoma-prone mice provided that eye with apparently life-long and typically complete protection from glaucoma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-x-ray-treatment-mice-glaucoma.html Ophthalmology Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:00:08 EST news251374828 A University of Kentucky faculty member is a contributing author on a new study demonstrating a connection between a common solvent chemical and Parkinson's disease. Dr. Franca Cambi of the UK Kentucky Neuroscience Institute collaborated with researchers from across the U.S. on a paper recently published in the Annals of Neurology. The novel study looked at a cohort of human twins wherein one twin had been occupationally exposed to trichloroethylene (TCE) and other chemicals believed to be linked to development of Parkinson's. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-common-chemical-parkinson-disease.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:33:57 EST news241799621 US Marines badly wounded in Afghanistan may get a "lollipop" with a powerful pain killer from now on instead of the traditional shot of morphine, a Marine Corps spokesman said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-wounded-marines-lollipop-ease-pain.html Medications Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:37 EST news239377745 Drinking can be influenced by both personal and societal factors, including economic fluctuations, political instability, and social norms. These factors, in turn, can vary among countries and time periods, leading to different "drinking cultures." A review of 31 peer-reviewed and published studies looked at birth-cohort and gender differences in alcohol consumption, alcohol disorders, and mortality. Analysis showed that people born after World War II are more likely to binge drink and develop alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and that the gender gap in alcohol problems is narrowing in many countries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-people-born-world-war-ii.html Health Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:20:26 EST news235326011