Articles by Justin Jackson
Medical Xpress / Optic nerve added to multiple sclerosis criteria in major diagnostic update
The International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials led a multinational panel updating the McDonald criteria, adding the optic nerve as a fifth anatomical location and allowing specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...
Medical Xpress / Home high-intensity aerobic training outperforms balance training for cerebellar ataxias
Columbia University Medical Center-led research reports that home high-intensity aerobic training improved ataxia symptoms, fatigue, and aerobic fitness more than dose-matched home balance training in individuals with cerebellar ...
Medical Xpress / What supplement labels say, versus what consumers think they mean
Consumers read common supplement label phrases as promises of disease prevention or treatment, according to University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Duke University Medical Center research.
Medical Xpress / Pill form of semaglutide may be a suitable option for adults with overweight or obesity, trial suggests
A Novo Nordisk designed trial reports that their 25 mg oral semaglutide taken once daily produced greater mean weight reduction than placebo over 64 weeks in adults with overweight or obesity.
Medical Xpress / Beyond BMI: Analysis links fat distribution to distinct brain aging patterns
Research led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University finds that regional fat distribution exerts distinct effects on brain structure, connectivity and cognition, revealing patterns not explained by body mass index (BMI).
Medical Xpress / UK Biobank analysis finds higher dementia incidence with frailty
Researchers at Zhengzhou University report evidence that physical frailty is associated with dementia and that genetic background, brain structure, and immunometabolic function may mediate this link.
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 models suggest universal vaccination may avert over 100,000 hospitalizations
US Scenario Modeling Hub, a collaborative modeling effort of 17 academic research institutions, reports a universal COVID-19 vaccination recommendation could avert thousands more US hospitalizations and deaths than a high-risk-only ...
Medical Xpress / Deep brain stimulation sustains motor gains over 5 years in Parkinson disease
The INTREPID study group, a team of 49 researchers from 30 academic and medical institutions, reports on sustained five-year benefits from subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease. They find improved ...
Medical Xpress / Hormone therapy eases hot flashes while leaving heart risk unchanged in younger women
Researchers led by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute report that menopausal hormone therapy relieved vasomotor symptoms without raising cardiovascular risk in younger women, but increased risk was evident in women ...
Medical Xpress / Long COVID associated with abnormal uterine bleeding and cycle-phase symptom variation
The Center for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh reports that long COVID was associated with abnormal uterine bleeding in a UK population, with increased menstrual volume, longer duration and more intermenstrual ...
Medical Xpress / Novo Nordisk study finds greater waist reduction with higher semaglutide dosage
A Novo Nordisk-designed trial, conducted at 68 international hospitals, specialist clinics, and medical centers with investigators from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and other institutions, reports greater ...
Medical Xpress / Antipsychotic-treated patients with schizophrenia see benefits from semaglutide, study claims
A multicenter collaboration of Danish researchers reports that once-weekly semaglutide for 30 weeks lowered blood sugar levels and body weight and improved physical quality of life in antipsychotic-treated adults with schizophrenia ...
Medical Xpress / Rhythmic yoga breathing produces measurable brain activity linked to deep relaxation
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, in collaboration with Sri Sri Institute of Advanced Research and Fortis Escort Heart Institute, report that rhythmic breathing in Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) produces ...
Medical Xpress / The Rumpelstiltskin effect as a therapeutic intervention
James Madison University and Case Western Reserve University researchers describe a phenomenon they term the Rumpelstiltskin effect, in which the act of receiving a clinical diagnosis itself produces therapeutic benefit independent ...
Medical Xpress / Self-guided online program improves quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and lupus
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus frequently face anxiety and depression along with chronic physical symptoms. Reported rates of depression range from 15% to 24% and ...
