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Medical Xpress / Learning to see after being born blind: Brain imaging study highlights infant adaptability
Some babies are born with early blindness due to dense bilateral congenital cataracts, requiring surgery to restore their sight. This period of several months without vision can leave a lasting mark on how the brain processes ...
Medical Xpress / Chronic pain may increase risk of high blood pressure in adults
Chronic pain in adults may increase their risk of high blood pressure, and the location and extent of pain and if they also had depression were contributing factors, according to new research published today in Hypertension.
Medical Xpress / Cervical cancer vaccine push has saved 1.4 million lives: Gavi
A three-year campaign to bring vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) to low-income countries has prevented 1.4 million cervical cancer deaths, the vaccine alliance Gavi said Monday.
Medical Xpress / Ovarian tissue preservation enables future fertility for young woman with cancer
In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in the future should be a high priority. A practice article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal describes the ...
Medical Xpress / Physician responses to patient expectations can affect their income
Physician responses to patient expectations can affect physician incomes and may help explain lower incomes for many women, racialized, and immigrant physicians, found a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association ...
Phys.org / Species in crisis: Critically endangered penguins are directly competing with fishing boats
A new study led by the University of St Andrews has found that critically endangered African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) are significantly more likely to forage in the same areas as commercial fishing vessels during years ...
Medical Xpress / One of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs may also halt aggressive brain tumor growth
A Penn-led team has revealed how hydralazine, one of the world's oldest blood pressure drugs and a mainstay treatment for preeclampsia, works at the molecular level. In doing so, they made a surprising discovery—it can ...
Phys.org / New photonic chips passively convert laser light into multiple colors on demand
Over the past several decades, researchers have been making rapid progress in harnessing light to enable all sorts of scientific and industrial applications. From creating stupendously accurate clocks to processing the petabytes ...
Medical Xpress / From body fat to bone, experiment offers hope for 'gentle' repair of fractures
Japanese researchers are testing a surprising, minimally invasive way to repair spine fractures.
Medical Xpress / Study reveals how uterine contractions are regulated by stretch and pressure during childbirth
When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones such as progesterone and oxytocin are key contributors to that process, scientists have long suspected ...
Medical Xpress / A time-sensitive genetic switch for sex-specific features of developing neurons
Researchers have identified that the precisely timed transcription of two genes named grim and reaper is responsible for the targeted death of neurons within the developing nervous system of female flies. This group of neurons ...
Tech Xplore / Media professor says AI's superior ability to formulate thoughts for us weakens our ability to think critically
AI's superior ability to formulate thoughts and statements for us weakens our judgment and ability to think critically, says media professor Petter Bae Brandtzæg.
