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Medical Xpress / Social media algorithms expose many adolescents to self-harm content, study finds

Digital technologies have profoundly transformed how adolescents acquire information and interact with each other outside school. Numerous preteens and teenagers worldwide access social media platforms daily to read posts, ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Like Zika, Oropouche virus can also affect the brains of unborn babies

Discovered in 1955, the Oropouche virus has circulated mainly in the Amazon, causing a febrile illness virtually indistinguishable from those caused by dengue, Zika and chikungunya, viruses also transmitted by biting mosquitoes.

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Medical AI benefits vary by expertise, with nonexperts more easily misled

A one-size-fits-all approach likely isn't the best strategy when designing artificial intelligence systems that assist users in disease diagnosis.

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Malaria can permanently deplete spleen macrophages that filter blood and recycle iron

Macrophages formed in the bone marrow can only assume the function of embryonal phagocytes, or "scavenger cells," to a certain degree according to a study by the University of Bonn and the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Workers' pesticide exposure linked to 60–70% heightened motor neuron disease risk

Workplace exposure to pesticides (herbicides and insecticides) is linked to a 60%–70% heightened risk of the most common form of motor neuron disease—amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS for short—finds a synthesis of the ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI tool for computing radiation dose helps personalize prostate cancer treatment

Radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) has made significant strides over the past 50 years, although it only recently received FDA approval to treat prostate cancer. But despite the progress—and billions of dollars in industry ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Signaling pathway may explain how transition from milk to solid food shapes immune system development

The early period of life is a critical phase in which the immune system must learn to tolerate harmless environmental stimuli, such as food and microbes that normally live in and on the body, while remaining vigilant against ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI creates psychiatry training cases, but human oversight remains essential

As the use of artificial intelligence for mental health conditions grows among both patients seeking support and psychiatrists treating them, West Virginia University researchers put ChatGPT-5 Pro to the test to determine ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers discover how tumors enlist nerves to keep growing

New research from the University of Oklahoma demonstrates how an aggressive form of breast cancer co-opts the body's own immune system to attract nerves that fuel tumor growth.

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Skin-like test models could help improve medical devices for people of all skin tones

Many medical devices and wearable health sensors work by shining light into the skin and measuring the signal that returns. These technologies are used in products ranging from pulse oximeters to fitness trackers. However, ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Combination of targeted therapies could help overcome treatment resistance in advanced prostate cancer

UCLA researchers have identified a promising strategy to make a new class of targeted cancer therapies more effective against one of the deadliest forms of prostate cancer, potentially overcoming treatment resistance that ...

Aug 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / Overweight and obesity in childhood associated with increased risk of childlessness in adulthood

A study of nearly 61,000 women in Denmark finds that women who had a body mass index (BMI) trajectory in the overweight or obesity range during childhood were less likely to have children than women with a normal (average) ...

Aug 4, 2026