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Medical Xpress / Restless leg syndrome's connection to Parkinson's disease
Three research hospitals in the Republic of Korea are reporting that restless leg syndrome was associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease, with 1.6% of patients with restless leg syndrome developing Parkinson's ...
Medical Xpress / Schizophrenia is linked to iron and myelin deficits in the brain, neuroimaging study finds
Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations, disorganized speech and thought patterns, false beliefs about the world or oneself, difficulties concentrating and other symptoms ...
Medical Xpress / Portable device could help scientists track Alzheimer's disease as it unfolds in real time
A team of researchers from Concordia University and McGill University has developed a "lab-on-a-chip" device that models how Alzheimer's disease advances in the brain.
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug findings pave way for clinical trial to target cancer's elusive growth switch
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Vividion Therapeutics have identified chemical compounds that can precisely block the interaction between the major cancer-driving gene RAS and a key pathway for tumor growth.
Medical Xpress / An AI system goes head-to-head with a human expert to work through a challenging medical case
Except for one key aspect, the setup is a familiar one in medicine: An expert diagnostician presents a particularly challenging case to a roomful of colleagues, carefully walking them through the patient's symptoms and initial ...
Medical Xpress / Can mental health education cross cultures? Researchers seek global answers
Experts from around the globe will join together to take part in a new study looking at how Recovery Colleges (RCs) can be adapted so they can be shaped to meet mental health needs across very different cultures worldwide.
Medical Xpress / Running with a stroller lowers impact and potential injury risk, researchers find
For many parents with young children, getting back into a running routine means dragging out the jogging stroller. While it's no surprise that pushing a bulky three-wheeler can feel harder and change the way you run, a new ...
Medical Xpress / Imaging technique reveals an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries age
The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries—the organs that store and release a woman's eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman's chance of conceiving each month decreases drastically.
Medical Xpress / Collaborative AI passes U.S. medical exams
A council of five AI models working together, discussing their answers through an iterative process, achieved 97%, 93%, and 94% accuracy on 325 medical exam questions spanning the three stages of the U.S. Medical Licensing ...
Medical Xpress / Pan-disease atlas maps molecular fingerprints of health, disease and aging
A new study has mapped the distinct molecular "fingerprints" that 59 diseases leave in an individual's blood protein, which could enable blood tests to discern troubling signs from those that are more common.
Medical Xpress / Vitamin A transporter reactivates latent HIV, providing another step towards a cure
Human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are insidious. They can evade the immune defense and antiviral drugs by becoming "latent." In this state, they are largely invisible and unassailable. As long as these dormant viruses ...
Medical Xpress / Acidic tumor environment promotes survival and growth of pancreatic cancer cells, study shows
Tumors are not a comfortable place to live: oxygen deficiency, nutrient scarcity, and the accumulation of sometimes harmful metabolic products constantly stress cancer cells.
