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. Wed, 8 Feb 2012 12:24:03 +1000 720 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/tips-to-reduce-parent-allergy-anxieties-climb-when-itandrsquos-school-time/17094 The first day of school is always an anxious time for children and their parents. For the parents of the 1 in 10 Australian children with severe food allergies, the transition to school can be a sourc http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/tips-to-reduce-parent-allergy-anxieties-climb-when-itandrsquos-school-time/17094 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/spotting-dyslexia-before-a-child-starts-school/17095 Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a study at Children's Hospital Boston. Since developmental dyslexia respond http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/spotting-dyslexia-before-a-child-starts-school/17095 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/reawakening-australia/17096 A new economic report commissioned by the Sleep Health Foundation released on Feb 2 reveals sleep disorders cost the Australian economy more than $5.1 billion a year in health care and indirect costs. http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/reawakening-australia/17096 Wed, 8 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/taking-the-guesswork-out-of-infant-pain-assessment/17088 Recently, the accuracy of current methods of pain assessment in babies have been called into question. New research from London-area hospitals and the University of Oxford measures brain activity in i http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/taking-the-guesswork-out-of-infant-pain-assessment/17088 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 14:57:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/how-work-tells-muscles-to-grow/17090 We take it for granted, but the fact that our muscles grow when we work them makes them rather unique. Now, researchers have identified a key ingredient needed for that bulking up to take place. A fac http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/how-work-tells-muscles-to-grow/17090 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/tablets-not-designed-with-user-comfort-in-mind/17091 The sudden popularity of tablet computers such as the Apple iPad® has not allowed for the development of guidelines to optimise users' comfort and well-being. In a new study published in Work: A J http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/tablets-not-designed-with-user-comfort-in-mind/17091 Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/leukaemia-cells-are-bad-to-the-bone/17086 University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukaemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progress http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/leukaemia-cells-are-bad-to-the-bone/17086 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/newer-radiation-therapy-technology-improves-patients'-quality-of-life/17092 Patients with head and neck cancers who have been treated with newer, more sophisticated radiation therapy technology enjoy a better quality of life than those treated with older radiation therapy equ http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/newer-radiation-therapy-technology-improves-patients'-quality-of-life/17092 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/virtual-treatment-room-to-help-cancer-battle/17093 In an Australian first, a virtual radiotherapy treatment room will be used to train student radiation therapists in the safe and effective delivery of high doses of radiation to affected cancer sites http://www.virtualmedicalcentre.com/news/virtual-treatment-room-to-help-cancer-battle/17093 Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1000 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