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Medical Xpress / Prenatal and early-life pollution exposures may influence childhood blood pressure patterns, study finds
A child's blood pressure may be influenced by exposure to air pollution before and shortly after birth, according to a study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program. The study focused on ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover hundreds of emojis in patient records
Analysis of 218.1 million notes from 1.6 million patients' electronic health records revealed growing use of emojis.
Medical Xpress / Discrimination damages the body—and makes victims age faster
Has being discriminated against as an LGBTQ+ person been so bad, the stress so heavy, that the victim can literally feel it in their bones? Well, it turns out that's exactly what happens: discrimination damages the body and ...
Medical Xpress / CBD treatment reverses key effects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in mouse model
Cannabidiol (CBD) could become a therapeutic tool to address some of the most frequent and disabling consequences of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), a condition caused by alcohol exposure during pregnancy. This is ...
Medical Xpress / While exploring the cosmos, astronauts also fuel explorations of the biology of aging and cellular resilience
When the four-member crew of Axiom-2 launched into space in May 2023, their 10-day mission was chock full of experiments aimed at understanding human physiology. Results from some of those experiments, now online at Aging ...
Medical Xpress / Chat-based crisis response planning shows promise for preventing teen suicide
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death among adolescents, yet many teens do not receive timely mental health care.
Medical Xpress / Neurologists use AI to close diagnostic gaps in seizure care
Clinician-scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that significantly improves diagnostic accuracy for functional seizures—a condition often misdiagnosed ...
Medical Xpress / Nutritional monitoring eases celiac symptoms in children, yet social challenges persist
According to a recent study by researchers at the University of the Basque Country (EHU), raising social awareness is essential to improving the well-being of celiac individuals.
Medical Xpress / Exposure to 'forever chemicals' linked to higher risk of gestational diabetes
Exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of highly persistent environmental chemicals commonly referred to as "forever chemicals," is associated with a higher risk of gestational diabetes mellitus and ...
Medical Xpress / Immune stress during pregnancy changes how fetal brain cells communicate, mouse study reveals
Research led by the SickKids Research Institute in Toronto and the University of Pennsylvania, has found that immune-related genes vary by location and cell type across the developing mouse brain before birth. Maternal immune ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic obesity risk fails to predict short-term weight loss, study finds
Kanagawa University of Human Services-led researchers found short-term BMI reductions after an eight-to-12-week low-carbohydrate diet plus resistance-training program. BMI moved downward across the program while a derived ...
Medical Xpress / How exercise helps aging muscles repair themselves
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered how exercise helps aging muscles regain their ability to repair themselves, shedding light on why physical activity remains one of the most effective ways to preserve strength ...
