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Medical Xpress / Where a very preterm baby is born may affect survival odds and hospital time
Nearly one in every 10 infants in the United States is born preterm, or before 37 weeks of gestational age, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Infants born with very low birthweights—under 3.3 ...
Medical Xpress / Olympians' hearts in focus: Study reveals elite rowers' surprising AFib risk
A new study involving 121 former elite rowers from Australia has revealed one in five develops atrial fibrillation (AFib).
Medical Xpress / Surgery plus speech therapy linked to improved language after stroke
Combining neck surgery with intensive speech therapy is associated with greater improvements in a person's ability to communicate after a stroke than intensive speech therapy alone, finds a clinical trial published by The ...
Medical Xpress / How AI is becoming a new social presence that could change human relationships and brain functions
As artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and virtual agents become part of everyday life—from customer service and health care to personal companionship—a critical question arises: How do these AI interactions affect ...
Medical Xpress / Monthly obesity shot shows big weight loss in trial
Alternatives to weekly injections of weight-loss drugs may be on the way. A monthly dose of a new drug called MariTide helped participants in a phase 2 clinical trial shed about 20% of their body weight over a year, researchers ...
Medical Xpress / ADHD medication still reduces risks, but benefits have weakened over time
As ADHD medication use has surged in Sweden over the past decades, evidence is needed on whether the benefit of the medication remains consistent. A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in JAMA Psychiatry, shows ...
Medical Xpress / Cold drinks may trigger irregular heartbeat in some people with Afib
There's nothing better than an ice cold drink on a hot day but imagine this—you're enjoying a refreshing iced tea, and suddenly, your heart starts racing erratically. You might think—"maybe its the caffeine"—until it ...
Medical Xpress / Adipose-derived stem cells remember obesity—anti-inflammatory capacity restored only years after weight loss
In medically indicated weight loss, attention is typically focused on the associated health benefits. However, recent research findings suggest that recovery from obesity-induced systemic inflammation may take several years.
Medical Xpress / AI-assisted model enhances low-quality MRI heart scans
An AI-assisted model developed by researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and the School of Engineering can take low-quality MRI heart scans and turn them into high-quality images, while reducing the ...
Medical Xpress / Role of tumor microenvironment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma progression uncovered
A study led by clinician-scientists and researchers at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has found that the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) plays a critical role in the progression of nasopharyngeal carcinoma ...
Medical Xpress / Study shows BMI's weakness as a predictor of future health
A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health risk—fails in predicting the risk of future death, suggesting the calculation is deeply flawed.
Medical Xpress / Mental knots—studies offer insights into a protein's role in schizophrenia
Researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany have published two new studies offering fresh insight into a protein believed to play a pivotal role in the development of chronic mental health conditions such as schizophrenia.
