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Medical Xpress / At-home electrical vestibular stimulation headset could ease PTSD symptoms
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop after someone experiences one or more traumatic events. It is characterized by intrusive memories, nightmares, avoidance of triggering stimuli ...
Medical Xpress / Drug delivery system slowly releases pain-relieving nerve block over weeks
Most local anesthetics used in medicine last only eight to 12 hours, or a day at most. Now, Boston Children's Hospital researchers have formulated a more effective slow-release injectable drug delivery system that achieved ...
Medical Xpress / Strength training causes fat cells to shrink even before weight loss, study suggests
Just seven days of strength training increased visceral fat burning in obese mice, even before any weight loss could be seen on a scale. In an experiment conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Engineered probiotic bacteria produce cancer drugs inside tumors
E. coli in uncooked meat can cause diarrhea and food poisoning. Scientists, however, have found a way to turn the bacterium into a delivery agent that takes drugs straight to a tumor and transforms it into a tiny cancer drug ...
Medical Xpress / Cocaine hijacks a brain circuit that naturally supports flexible behavior
Researchers have identified a brain circuit that normally supports flexible behavior but is recruited by cocaine to drive increasingly rigid and repetitive behavior. Published in the journal Current Biology, the findings ...
Medical Xpress / AI assistant learns from radiology reports to spot problems in abdominal scans
An abdominal CT scan packs an extraordinary amount of information into a single image, layering dozens of organs and hundreds of possible conditions. It's widely considered one of the most complex scans in medicine to read, ...
Medical Xpress / Imaging agent may improve diagnoses for rare heart disease
A PET/CT radiotracer demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis, a rare disease that causes abnormal protein buildup in the heart and heart failure, according to a recent clinical trial ...
Medical Xpress / 'Invisible' inflammation in rare bowel disease may explain heightened colon cancer risk
New research from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has revealed for the first time that two closely related bowel diseases, currently treated in the same way, are fundamentally different. The findings help explain ...
Medical Xpress / Every extra 100 grams of ultra-processed food linked to higher disease risks
Higher ultra-processed food (UPF) intake is linked to a heightened risk of several major chronic health issues, such as digestive diseases, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome/diabetes, as well as death, finds a pooled ...
Medical Xpress / Engineered 'triple-threat' immune cells could fight plaque buildup that causes heart attacks and strokes
A UCLA research team has engineered a new type of immune cell that attacks atherosclerotic plaques—the fatty buildup inside artery walls that drives most heart attacks and strokes. These engineered cells work by recognizing ...
Medical Xpress / 'Plug-and-play' CAR T technology adapts as cancer changes
Researchers from City of Hope have developed a new "plug-and-play" technology that adds engineered molecules to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells after treatment, allowing scientists to better control the cells and ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cells that may help sustain type 1 diabetes attack identified
Type 1 diabetes isn't an overnight attack against the body's ability to make insulin. It can be a sustained campaign over years that relentlessly targets insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Scientists have not fully ...
