https://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. As travelers prepare to set off on summer trips, scorching temperatures lie in wait. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-06-stay-safe-extreme.html Mon, 08 Jun 2026 17:20:05 EDT news700149772 Different technologies have been developed to help parents and caregivers address pediatric vehicular heatstroke (PVH), or scenarios where a child dies from overheating in an unattended motor vehicle. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-minimize-pediatric-vehicular-heatstroke-involves.html Wed, 23 Jul 2025 15:57:04 EDT news672505021 Researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital, UCLA, the University of Toronto, and others have tried to answer a longstanding fear that undergoing surgery on a Friday leads to higher levels of complications or even death. Their analysis of data from 429,691 patients has revealed higher rates of complications, readmissions, and mortality in the days and months following surgery compared to those who had procedures performed after the weekend. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-weekends-affect-surgical-outcomes.html Wed, 05 Mar 2025 14:50:10 EST news660408599 Exposure to air pollution is associated with around 7 million premature deaths per year across the world. When we think of urban air pollution, diesel exhaust emissions are often portrayed as a key culprit—rightly so, given previous research findings. However, our latest research shows that dust from brake pads could be more harmful to our lungs. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-02-car-diesel-exhaust.html Sat, 15 Feb 2025 09:10:01 EST news658746396 In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-million-psychiatric-cases-exposure.html Wed, 04 Dec 2024 06:18:12 EST news652515471 An experiment conducted by Laura Battistel involved the use of four temperature-controlled climate chambers, ranging from 23 to 25 degrees Celsius. Twenty-six participants were involved: 13 men and 13 women. Volunteers had to compare pairs of chambers, moving from one chamber to another, and then say which was warmer and which was colder. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-01-sensitive-temperature-thought-reveals.html Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:07:03 EST news624215221 Physical health and cognitive function declines as we age. Aging impacts people's ability to perform routine tasks, which affects their well-being and sense of independence. One such routine activity that is frequently affected is driving. For older adults, the inability to drive themselves can mean that they become unable to access basic needs or engage in social activities. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-09-ability-car-quality-life-older.html Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:55:04 EDT news614357701 A new paper in PNAS Nexus finds that children living near one California airport have higher lead levels in their blood. Since leaded gasoline is still used by piston-engine aircraft all around the United States, it appears children are still being exposed to toxic lead levels. This is despite policymakers' efforts to reduce lead exposure since the 1970s. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-01-children-airports-exposed-dangerous.html Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:10:01 EST news592505062 In 1923, lead was first added to gasoline to help keep car engines healthy. However, automotive health came at the great expense of our own well-being. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-exposure-century-shrunk-iq-scores.html Mon, 07 Mar 2022 15:00:01 EST news565864911 As many as half a million Australians are suffering from constant tinnitus, with farmers, automotive workers, transport drivers, construction workers and other trades people at the greatest risk, a national survey as part of Curtin-led research has found. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-02-australian-workers-ears-survey.html Mon, 07 Feb 2022 03:47:59 EST news563428075 The global death toll from the coronavirus topped 375,000 on Tuesday as the disease continued to tear through Latin America, but in Europe the return to normality gathered pace with the French heading back to their beloved cafes and restaurants. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-virus-deaths-latin-america-struggles.html Tue, 02 Jun 2020 04:14:22 EDT news510290058 Mexico began gradually reopening its economy on Monday after more than two months of shutdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-mexico-reopening-two-month-lockdown.html Mon, 01 Jun 2020 13:05:00 EDT news510235495 The automotive industry is offering its expertise and manpower to the hospital sector as it gears up to build mechanical ventilators during the coronavirus pandemic, an initiative that is being met with some scepticism. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-04-auto-industry-ventilators-virus-crisis.html Wed, 01 Apr 2020 02:50:01 EDT news504928044 Valencia's Polytechnic University (UPV) has headed the development of a new mechanical ventilator, which is ready to be manufactured on an industrial level, in turn helping supply these devices to hospitals where they can help patients affected by COVID-19. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-mechanical-ventilator-ready-industrial.html Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:58:33 EDT news504863909 Protective suit-clad inspectors in the epicenter of China's viral outbreak went door-to-door Wednesday to find every infected person in the central city suffering most from an epidemic that is showing signs of waning as new cases fell for a second day. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-china-virus-center-vows-patient.html Wed, 19 Feb 2020 04:03:08 EST news501307276 Closing of local automotive assembly plants may lead to increases in deaths from opioid overdose, according to a study led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts General Hospital. The findings highlight fading economic opportunity as a driving factor in the ongoing national opioid epidemic, and build on previous research that links declining participation in the labor force to increased opioid use in the U.S. The findings are published today in JAMA Internal Medicine. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-12-automotive-deaths-opioid-overdoses.html Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:00:01 EST news496924816 (Medical Xpress)—Automakers and other private firms should be required by law to carry insurance policies to pay for tearing down their factories and buildings, recommends a hard-hitting study from Michigan State University's Center for Community and Economic Development. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-factory-blight.html Thu, 27 Jun 2013 14:40:04 EDT news291560745 Clemson University researchers, working with simulation technology company DriveSafety, have developed a new driving simulator designed for patient rehabilitation that now is being used at 11 Army, Navy and Veterans Affairs facilities. The program recently expanded to Europe with the addition of a driving simulator at Charite Hospital in Berlin, Germany. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-clemson-drivesafety-simulator.html Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:20:59 EDT news229778338