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Medical Xpress / Continuous glucose monitors help type 2 diabetes patients spend 5 more hours a day in healthy blood sugar range
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Exercise is good for us—but why?
To understand what goes wrong in the body, scientists must first know what right looks like. Salk Institute researchers are building a scientific reference, piece by piece, for what makes a body healthy. Their latest effort ...
Medical Xpress / Patient-centered financial navigation assistance helps reduce financial toxicity among cancer patients
Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also associated with potentially harmful behavioral strategies that patients might use to cope with costs, such ...
Medical Xpress / Brain injury care guidelines for first responders released
Over 50 experts—clinicians, researchers, policymakers, first responders and representatives from agencies that employ and advocate for them—have reached consensus on the first recommendations for the recognition, diagnosis ...
Medical Xpress / Lab-designed molecule reduces amyloid beta, the protein linked to Alzheimer's disease, in mice
A research team led by the Molecular and Cellular Neurobiotechnology group at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), in collaboration with Míriam Royo's laboratory at the Institute for Advanced Chemistry of ...
Medical Xpress / Anesthesia choice makes no difference for patient recovery after major surgery, landmark UK trial finds
Choice of general anesthetic for major surgery can continue to be based on patient and clinician preference, according to the largest-ever trial comparing the two main techniques used in the NHS.
Medical Xpress / Mobile app monitoring may reduce serious complications after surgery, new study finds
Mobile app-based monitoring may help address the vulnerable days and weeks after surgery when recovery shifts from the hospital to home with little direct supervision. Patients using mobile apps had a lower risk of serious ...
Medical Xpress / Body data could provide a 24-hour warning for headaches
Some people who suffer a concussion struggle with headaches and fatigue afterward. These symptoms follow a consistent pattern that could be used to warn the patient a full day before they set in.
Medical Xpress / Tiny brain structure anticipates what we are about to see or feel, study finds
The human brain is constantly taking in information about the world through sight, touch, hearing and the other senses. Influential theories in neuroscience and psychology suggest that it also anticipates incoming sensory ...
Medical Xpress / Fueling growth, blinding immunity: The two-way amino acid trap inside tumors
Tumors possess myriad mechanisms to ensure their survival even at the peril of the host. Now scientists are delving deeper into how cancer cells alter the metabolism of specific amino acids to support the malignancy's growth ...
Medical Xpress / How psychological stress can trigger arthritis flares via an inflammatory pathway
Psychological stress has long been associated with worsening symptoms in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). However, the underlying mechanism connecting psychological stress to the occurrence of joint inflammation has remained poorly ...
Medical Xpress / Head-to-head comparison of three mRNA vaccines reveals differences in their stability in human blood
A study by Australian researchers compared three mRNA-LNP vaccine platforms in human blood samples, generating findings that could advance cancer treatment and vaccine design.
