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Medical Xpress / How the brain rapidly learns to interpret ambiguous images
Both humans and image recognition algorithms can take time to identify the objects and scenes depicted in some images. Emblematic examples of this phenomenon are Mooney images, pictures that are intentionally reduced to patches ...
Medical Xpress / A microbe-made molecule may reverse gut damage by boosting NAD levels
Scientists at Rutgers Health have discovered a molecule produced by "good" gut bacteria that rapidly heals the intestinal lining, protecting against severe inflammatory diseases and triggering increased production of a coenzyme ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1s often contain untested additive combinations, study finds
Use of GLP-1 receptor agonist medications (GLP-1s) has skyrocketed in recent years, and many people are using "compounded" GLP-1 products: medicines that include GLP-1s as well as other active substances, some of which are ...
Medical Xpress / Can a scent really sharpen your memory? It's complicated
The sense of smell shares an intimate but mysterious connection with memory. We know that past experiences can flash vividly to mind if we smell a scent that accompanied them. This has led to claims that aromatherapy can ...
Medical Xpress / RNA switch lets drugs control gene therapy protein production
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a technology that allows drugs to control when cells produce therapeutic proteins, which could potentially make gene therapies safer and more adaptable ...
Medical Xpress / New body map traces origins of complex movements in the brains of mice
A new biological blueprint of how the body of a mouse is represented in its brain could help scientists answer a fundamental question: How do we perform complex motions that use more than one body part, such as coordinating ...
Medical Xpress / Blood NAD levels track heart disease, not aging, study of more than 1,000 adults finds
Vilnius University researchers find that whole-blood NAD levels remain stable with age in healthy men and increase slightly in women, but are lower in people with cardiovascular disease, particularly hypertension.
Medical Xpress / Does a heart stent prevent future heart attacks in stable patients? 25-year follow-up offers new insight
When doctors find a blockage in a patient's heart arteries, a common treatment option is a procedure to open the artery and restore blood flow. But does getting a stent actually help prevent a future heart attack or help ...
Medical Xpress / Giving AI a 'childhood' offers insights into language development
Every parent has watched it happen, and no scientist can fully explain how. A baby enters the world unable to understand a single word. Within a few years, that child recognizes thousands of words, follows complex sentences ...
Dialog / Drug safety information must remain accessible as patients move from websites to AI
A prescription drug warning can be accurate and still be difficult for a patient to use. What matters is not only the information itself but also how and where people receive it. This becomes especially important as patients ...
Medical Xpress / Waves that clear waste from the brain during sleep are impaired in older adults
As people age, they may sleep for shorter periods and wake up more frequently during the night. In addition to those disruptions, MIT researchers have now discovered that a process responsible for flushing waste from the ...
Medical Xpress / Survey on COVID-19 smell loss reveals over 50% of respondents still have symptoms after 5 years
Since the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Medicine have maintained a national database of patients affected by COVID-19-related smell loss. Their latest survey ...
