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Medical Xpress / Guiding epidemic interventions through a fog of noisy data
Imperial College London's Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology reports a model-predictive control approach that times non-pharmaceutical interventions from noisy real-time case data, generally achieving better control ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds no rise in heart attacks around daylight savings time
Duke Clinical Research Institute-led research finds that changing clocks and adjusting to daylight savings time showed no significant association with acute myocardial infarction (AMI, or heart attack) incidence or in-hospital ...
Medical Xpress / Study reveals hidden causes of heart attacks in younger adults, especially women
A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65—especially women—are caused by factors other than clogged arteries, challenging long-standing assumptions about how heart attacks occur in younger ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify new method to protect against sepsis
A team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers have identified a pathway to help the human body defend itself against sepsis—a life-threatening condition caused by the body's inappropriate response to an infection.
Medical Xpress / Scientists shoot lasers into brain cells to uncover how illusions work
An illusion is when we see and perceive an object that doesn't match the sensory input that reaches our eyes. In the case of the image below, the sensory input is four Pac Man–like black figures. But what we see or perceive ...
Medical Xpress / Digital cognitive test offers early Alzheimer's screening in primary care
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. As new disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease are now becoming available, both early and accurate diagnosis in a resource-efficient assessment process ...
Medical Xpress / Higher doses of semaglutide can safely enhance weight loss for adults living with obesity, clinical trials confirm
A higher weekly dose of semaglutide (7.2 mg) can significantly improve weight loss and related health outcomes in adults living with obesity, including those with type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to the results of two large-scale, ...
Medical Xpress / Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes, finds study of over 4 million adults
Cannabis use is linked to an almost quadrupling in the risk of developing diabetes, according to an analysis of real-world data from over 4 million adults, being presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds AR/VR sports games boost mental health and social connection
Physical sports have long been known to help with anxiety and mental health. But can augmented and virtual reality sports games improve psychological well-being and reduce loneliness? Researchers at Michigan State University's ...
Medical Xpress / A pathological partnership between Salmonella and yeast in the gut
University of Illinois Chicago-led researchers have found that a common gut yeast, Candida albicans, can help Salmonella Typhimurium take hold in the intestine and spread through the body. When interacting, a Salmonella protein ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds key brain area drives alcohol-seeking to escape withdrawal stress
What compels someone to keep engaging in alcohol use, even if it damages their health, relationships and well-being? A new study from Scripps Research offers an important clue: a small midline brain region plays a key role ...
Medical Xpress / Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds
Every time humans cut into the Amazon rainforest or burn or destroy parts of it, they're making people sick.
