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Medical Xpress / Certain migraine prevention drugs associated with reduced risk of glaucoma
A type of drug used to prevent migraine may be associated with a reduced risk of glaucoma, according to a study published in Neurology. The study compared 36,822 people who took calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) inhibitor ...
Medical Xpress / Evidence review finds aluminum-adjuvant vaccines not tied to autism, asthma or type 1 diabetes
Current evidence does not support direct (causal) associations between aluminum-adjuvant vaccines and serious or long-term health outcomes, including autism, diabetes and asthma, finds a review of the latest data published ...
Medical Xpress / How changes to proteins can alter drug interactions for new precision therapies
Inside every human cell, proteins are constantly being tagged with small chemical modifications after they're produced. Known as post-translational modifications, or PTMs, these can change how a protein folds, where it travels ...
Medical Xpress / To combat the youth vaping epidemic, AI can help determine which cessation strategies work best
Nationwide, young people ages 18–24 are the heaviest users of e-cigarettes, with 38.4% of youth reporting habitual use. E-cigarettes are also very popular in Western New York, with significantly higher use than in New York ...
Medical Xpress / Common inflammatory genes link pancreatic cancer with obesity and diabetes
New research shows that the same genes are active in pancreatic cancer, obesity and diabetes, helping to explain why people with metabolic disease often face poorer cancer outcomes and pointing to future ways to predict recurrence ...
Medical Xpress / New treatment approach targets a subset of common blood cancer that is more deadly in women than in men
In a finding that challenges decades of assumptions about blood cancer, an international research team has shown for the first time that a specific subtype of diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which is the most common ...
Medical Xpress / Blood protein study of 78,000 people uncovers disease mechanisms and drug repurposing leads
Involving a collaboration with 118 investigators contributing from 89 institutions, scientists from Queen Mary University of London's Precision Healthcare University Research Institute and Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) ...
Medical Xpress / Elevated blood sugar levels during pregnancy may result in poorer birth outcomes
Pregnant women in the United States are routinely tested for gestational diabetes, a condition where the body has high blood sugar during pregnancy that can lead to health problems for both mothers and babies. But even when ...
Medical Xpress / One dose of psilocybin changes the human brain, leading to higher entropy
Researchers at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London have shown that a single dose of psilocybin, the psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms, causes likely anatomical brain changes that last for up to a month ...
Medical Xpress / Inside the brains of 800 incarcerated men: High psychopathy linked to expanded brain surface area
People with high levels of psychopathic tendencies are often incapable of feeling empathy for other people. From a brain science perspective, empathy isn't a single emotion but a multi-part neural process. It involves brain ...
Medical Xpress / Brain-based index may reveal Alzheimer's risk patterns in adults as young as 30
Over the past few decades, neuroscientists and medical researchers worldwide have been trying to leverage available health records, brain scans and other medical data to uncover biological markers associated with the onset ...
Medical Xpress / Machine learning reveals two main Parkinson's types and five subgroups
A new study led by researchers from VIB and KU Leuven shows that Parkinson's disease can be divided into distinct subtypes, helping explain why a single treatment does not work for all patients. Using a machine-learning-driven ...
