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Wed, 23 May 2012 15:58:35 +1000 720 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/meditation-linked-to-better-wellbeing-and-health/17450 The area of greatest difference was in mental health, where long-term meditators, with a minimum of two years of regular practice, were more than 10 percent better off than the general population. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/meditation-linked-to-better-wellbeing-and-health/17450 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/a-new-clue-to-predicting-pre-eclampsia/17451 An indication of whether a mother will develop pre-eclampsia, the most common and severe pregnancy-related disease, has been identified by a University of Sydney study. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/a-new-clue-to-predicting-pre-eclampsia/17451 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-outpatient-treatment-for-perforated-ear-drum/17452 In an Australian first, surgeons at Fremantle Hospital and The University of Western Australia believe a new method of repairing perforated ear drums could be a major advance in ear health. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-outpatient-treatment-for-perforated-ear-drum/17452 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-evidence-for-how-exercise-delays-dementia/17447 Scientists at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute are one step closer to developing new therapies for treating dementia. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/new-evidence-for-how-exercise-delays-dementia/17447 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/blood-test-for-postnatal-depression/17448 Researchers at Warwick Medical School have discovered a way of identifying which women are most at risk of postnatal depression (PND) by checking for specific genetic variants. The findings could lead http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/blood-test-for-postnatal-depression/17448 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/study-exposes-secret-world-of-porn-addiction/17449 Dr Gomathi Sitharthan of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Professor Raj Sitharthan from theDepartment of Psychiatry of the University of Sydney conducted an online study of 800 people who watch porn http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/study-exposes-secret-world-of-porn-addiction/17449 Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/heavy-duty-duty-free-tobacco-quantity-reduced/17430 The Government’s 2012-13 budget decision to cut inbound duty-free tobacco sales will help reduce the nation’s cancer burden, according to Cancer Council Australia. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/heavy-duty-duty-free-tobacco-quantity-reduced/17430 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/anti-cancer-drug-recipe-soak-soybeans-in-water/17445 Soybeans soaking in warm water could become a new “green” source for production of a cancer-fighting substance now manufactured in a complicated and time-consuming industrial process, scie http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/anti-cancer-drug-recipe-soak-soybeans-in-water/17445 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/hot-sauce-provides-weight-loss-surgery-alternative/17446 According to research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), the ingredient that gives hot sauce its heat could play a role in the future of weight loss. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/hot-sauce-provides-weight-loss-surgery-alternative/17446 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/more-evidence-on-clot-risks-of-non-oral-contraceptives/17441 Finding suggest some women should shift to a contraceptive pill to reduce their risk http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/more-evidence-on-clot-risks-of-non-oral-contraceptives/17441 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/when-too-much-sun-is-not-enough/17443 Lupus patients show more severe symptoms of the disease if their vitamin D levels are low, an Australian-first study has found. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/when-too-much-sun-is-not-enough/17443 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/response-to-first-anti-epileptic-drug-predicts-future-seizures/17444 How well people with newly diagnosed epilepsy respond to their first drug treatment, may signal the likelihood that they will continue to have uncontrolled seizures according to University of Melbourn http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/response-to-first-anti-epileptic-drug-predicts-future-seizures/17444 Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/delayed-female-sexual-maturity-linked-to-longer-lifespan-in-mice/17436 An intriguing clue to longevity lurks in the sexual maturation timetable of female mammals, Jackson Laboratory researchers and their collaborators report. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/delayed-female-sexual-maturity-linked-to-longer-lifespan-in-mice/17436 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/mums'-gluten-sensitivity-linked-to-schizophrenia-risk-in-children/17439 Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders later in life, according to new findings from Karolinska Inst http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/mums'-gluten-sensitivity-linked-to-schizophrenia-risk-in-children/17439 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/inducing-labour-can-reduce-birth-complications/17440 Outcomes of elective induction of labour compared with expectant management: population based study. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/inducing-labour-can-reduce-birth-complications/17440 Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000