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Medical Xpress / Discovery about brain receptors may open the door to new Alzheimer's treatments
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have identified two receptors in the brain that control the breakdown of amyloid beta, a substance that accumulates in Alzheimer's ...
Medical Xpress / Tirzepatide's benefits fade for most: Weight and health markers rebound after withdrawal, study finds
Eli Lilly and Company, along with partner institutions in the US and United Kingdom, describe how short-term pharmacologic intervention does not appear to have lasting effects for most tirzepatide patients. People with obesity ...
Dialog / Patients are more than participants: What meaningful engagement really looks like—and why it improves health research
When we talk about "patient engagement" in research, it can sound like a slogan on a grant application rather than something that changes people's lives.
Medical Xpress / The 'Miracle Mineral Solution'—amazing cure or toxic illusion?
Miracle Mineral Solution, also known as MMS, has been marketed for years as a purported miracle cure for various conditions, including cancer, autism, and COVID-19. MMS is the marketing name for sodium chlorite (NaClO₂), ...
Medical Xpress / Drug combination sidesteps resistance in aggressive childhood neuroblastoma models
A discovery from Australian researchers could lead to better treatment for children with neuroblastoma, a cancer that currently claims 9 out of 10 young patients who experience recurrence. The team at the Garvan Institute ...
Medical Xpress / Why metabolism matters in Fanconi anemia: How a rare genetic disorder disrupts energy pathways
Experts at Cincinnati Children's have uncovered striking metabolic differences in people with Fanconi anemia (FA), a rare genetic disorder that causes bone marrow failure and dramatically increases cancer risk.
Medical Xpress / RSV vaccines could offer protection against asthma
Belgian scientists from VIB and Ghent University (UGent), together with Danish collaborators, have uncovered compelling evidence that early-infancy infection with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) significantly increases ...
Medical Xpress / High-intensity training improves muscle function in inflammatory muscle disease, study suggests
High-intensity interval training boosts fitness and muscle endurance more effectively than traditional home exercise programs in people recently diagnosed with inflammatory muscle disease. That is the conclusion of a new ...
Medical Xpress / Why important genes 'go quiet' as we get older
The human gut renews itself faster than any other tissue: every few days, new cells are created from specialized stem cells. However, as we get older, epigenetic changes build up in these stem cells. These are chemical markers ...
Medical Xpress / Inhibitory neurons in the amygdala can flexibly shape emotional learning and memory
Neurons that specifically reduce and modulate electrical brain activity have a greater influence on emotional memories than previously thought. DZNE researchers came to this conclusion based on studies in mice. A team led ...
Medical Xpress / Space-inspired tech uncovers hidden differences in autistic children's play
A pioneering interdisciplinary study has shown that how young children play a simple iPad game could support early identification of autism.
Medical Xpress / Key biological marker into why young people self-harm uncovered
As many as one in six teenagers have self-harmed at some point in their lives. As well as being an indicator of emotional pain, self-harm is also the best-known predictor of death by suicide—yet researchers know little ...
