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Medical Xpress / Handwriting speed may be a sign of cognitive decline in older people

Handwriting requires a combination of fine motor control and a complex set of mental skills, such as selecting, organizing, and interpreting sensory information, making it a cognitively challenging task. Because of its high ...

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Medical Xpress / Early warning signs: Poor grip strength linked to greater odds of developing depression

Handgrip strength is the maximum force a person can apply with their hand, and it is often used as a proxy for overall muscular strength, functional capacity, and aging. Scientists have found that it can also be an indicator ...

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Medical Xpress / Study identifies key protein in immune cell exhaustion in cancer immunotherapy

CAR T-cell therapy is considered a milestone in personalized cancer treatment. In this approach, a patient's own immune cells are genetically modified to recognize and destroy tumor cells. While it has already shown impressive ...

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Medical Xpress / A new way to strengthen the body's defense against respiratory viruses

Researchers have discovered a new method to boost the body's natural ability to fight respiratory viruses, including respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), one of the leading causes of severe lung infections worldwide.

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Medical Xpress / Newly designed peptides suggest safer immunotherapies are within reach

Calcium is widely known for its role in maintaining strong bones and teeth, but it is also one of the body's most important cellular messengers. Calcium signals help regulate muscle contraction, neural function, immune cell ...

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Medical Xpress / Nervous system helps lung cancer evade the immune system, study reveals

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have revealed that sensory nerve signals interfere with the immune system's response to lung cancer. This previously unrecognized neuroimmune connection could be targeted to improve ...

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Medical Xpress / Protecting the brain: How clumps of protein might actually be saving your cells

What if the very structures we thought were destroying the brain are actually trying to save it? A new study reveals that protein clumps, long considered toxic markers of diseases like Huntington's, act as a vital "quarantine" ...

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Medical Xpress / BMI alone does not fully capture health risks linked to obesity, new study finds

Obesity is commonly diagnosed using BMI, but this approach has several limitations. Researchers at Lund University and AstraZeneca show that integrating measurements such as body fat percentage and waist circumference captures ...

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Medical Xpress / Three-minute video game can help identify patients with depression

An experimental diagnostic tool in the form of a computer game was able to quickly identify patients with depression based on anhedonia, a key feature of the disease, a new study shows.

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Medical Xpress / Therapy at your fingertips: New study finds AI could transform mental health care

A new study from Reichman University, published in JAMA Network Open, has found that an AI-based conversational support platform can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, form a meaningful therapeutic alliance ...

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Medical Xpress / For real heart protection, the weekly exercise number climbs far beyond current advice

Adults should aim to do between 560 and 610 minutes a week of moderate to vigorous physical activity to achieve a substantial reduction in the risk of heart attacks and stroke, suggest the findings of an observational study ...

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Medical Xpress / Antibiotic proves ineffective in treating wheezing in young children in the emergency room

A study led by researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine—Tucson showed that giving the antibiotic azithromycin did not help preschool children seen in the hospital emergency room with bouts of severe wheezing.

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