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Medical Xpress / 3D maps reveal hidden microenvironments shaping mouse brain connectivity
Recent technological and scientific advances have opened new possibilities for neuroscience research, which is in turn leading to interesting new discoveries. Over the past few years, many groups of neuroscientists worldwide ...
Medical Xpress / Rats may seek cannabis to cope with stress
It isn't just people—when given the chance, rats may also use cannabis to cope with stress, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University.
Medical Xpress / Farm-living families develop earlier immune maturation against food allergies, study finds
Children who grow up in farming communities have long been known to develop far fewer allergies than their urban peers. A new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), offers one possible reason why: their ...
Medical Xpress / Tricking tumors into marking themselves for destruction with focused ultrasound
USC biomedical engineers have found a way to make a solid tumor paint a target on its own back in order to train the body's immune system to find and destroy it.
Medical Xpress / How the cerebellum builds its connections with the rest of the brain during early development
For the first time, a team of researchers at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has reconstructed how the ...
Medical Xpress / US suicide rate fell in 2024 after hovering at high level
The U.S. suicide rate dropped slightly last year from some of the highest levels ever reported, preliminary data suggests. Experts say it's hard to know exactly why, or whether the decline will continue.
Medical Xpress / Plant used in folk medicine has anti-inflammatory anti-arthritic effects, study confirms
In Brazil, researchers from the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), and São Paulo State University (UNESP) have conducted a study that confirmed the safety and anti-inflammatory, ...
Medical Xpress / 'Three-hit model' involving genes and environment describes possible causes of autism
A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Medical Xpress / Slow tapering plus therapy most effective strategy for stopping antidepressants, research finds
For adults who have recovered from depression with the help of antidepressants, gradually reducing medication together with psychological support appears to be as effective as remaining on antidepressants for preventing relapse, ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic overlap of 14 psychiatric disorders explains why patients often have multiple diagnoses
An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the norm rather than the exception. In a study published today in the journal Nature, the team provides ...
Medical Xpress / Body image issues in adolescence are linked to depression in adulthood, twin study finds
Teenagers who are unhappy with their bodies are more likely to develop symptoms of eating disorders and depression in early adulthood, according to a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Medical Xpress / Study shows why mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines can cause myocarditis
Stanford Medicine investigators have unearthed the biological process by which mRNA-based vaccines for COVID-19 can cause heart damage in some young men and adolescents—and they've shown a possible route to reducing its ...
