http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com Virtual Medical Centre has the latest articles in new and emerging therapies, hot topics, general news, breaking news and effective treatments en-us Copyright 2012 Virtual Medical Centre. All Rights Reserved. Sun, 5 Feb 2012 09:54:50 +1000 720 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/how-new-viruses-evolve-and-potentially-become-deadly/17077 Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) have demonstrated how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations. The findings appear in the curr http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/how-new-viruses-evolve-and-potentially-become-deadly/17077 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/fatigued-fathers-pose-a-risk-in-the-workplace/17081 Working fathers with new babies experience cumulative fatigue which may pose a risk in the workplace, according to new research from Southern Cross University. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/fatigued-fathers-pose-a-risk-in-the-workplace/17081 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/improved-ergonomics-for-wheelchair-users/17087 Today's office workplaces are designed to be as ergonomic as possible. Even so, after hours of hunching over a desk it does you good to stand up, stretch your legs and relax your back. Spending a whol http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/improved-ergonomics-for-wheelchair-users/17087 Sun, 5 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/sex-and-baby-boomers/17080 Rates of the sexually transmissible infection Chlamydia for Australian women aged between 40 and 59 have doubled in the period 2004 to 2010 and, in the United Kingdom, the incidence of HIV in baby boo http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/sex-and-baby-boomers/17080 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-hope-for-earlier-diagnosis-for-autism/17083 Measuring how a baby's brain reacts to shifts in eye contact might help predict the development of autism symptoms from as young as six months, a new study has found. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-hope-for-earlier-diagnosis-for-autism/17083 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/use-it-or-lose-it/17085 A recent US study has identified education as a fundamental part of mental fitness and has been shown to slow the brain's ageing process. Dr John McCormack, Director of the Australian Centenarian Stud http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/use-it-or-lose-it/17085 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/the-pupils-are-the-windows-to-the-mind/17073 The eyes are the window into the soul—or at least the mind, according to a new paper published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. M http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/the-pupils-are-the-windows-to-the-mind/17073 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/mind-over-matter-perceptions-of-illness-make-a-difference/17074 Whenever we fall ill, there are many different factors that come together to influence the course of our illness. Additional medical conditions, stress levels, and social support all have an impact on http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/mind-over-matter-perceptions-of-illness-make-a-difference/17074 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/saliva-hiv-test-passes-the-grade/17075 A saliva test used to diagnose the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is comparable in accuracy to the traditional blood test, according to a new study led by the Research Institute of the McGill Uni http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/saliva-hiv-test-passes-the-grade/17075 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/more-black-tea-for-less-pressure/17070 Drinking a cup of black tea three times a day may significantly reduce your blood pressure. In a world first, scientists at The University of Western Australia and Unilever discovered that black tea http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/more-black-tea-for-less-pressure/17070 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/potential-for-earlier-diagnosis-of-ovarian-cancer/17071 Australian scientists have identified biochemical changes that commonly occur in the DNA of women with ovarian cancer, which may help diagnose the cancer at an earlier stage in the future. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/potential-for-earlier-diagnosis-of-ovarian-cancer/17071 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/big-hips-and-small-waist-reduces-obesity-mortality-risk/17072 A research team led by Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute has for the first time demonstrated that the effect of obesity on the risk of premature death is seriously underestimated unless a person' http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/big-hips-and-small-waist-reduces-obesity-mortality-risk/17072 Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/exposure-to-common-organochlorines-impacts-male-fertility/17064 Melissa Perry, Sc.D., M.H.S., professor and chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the GW School of Public Health and Health Services and adjunct associate professor at th http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/exposure-to-common-organochlorines-impacts-male-fertility/17064 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-20-minute-surgical-technique-gives-rhythm-back-to-perforated-eardrums/17067 A revolutionary surgical technique for treating perforations of the tympanic membrane (eardrum) in children and adults has been developed at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, affiliated t http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-20-minute-surgical-technique-gives-rhythm-back-to-perforated-eardrums/17067 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/no-more-swabbing-spit-sampling-gets-a-whole-lot-easier/17069 Researchers are constantly finding new ways to figure out what makes us human beings tick, and one of the newer methods makes you want to spit—literally. Saliva is full of analytes and biomarker http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/no-more-swabbing-spit-sampling-gets-a-whole-lot-easier/17069 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000