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Medical Xpress / Psychologist reveals how distraction breaks memory

You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown and white sugar, you've forgotten how much you need, and you have to check the recipe again. That's ...

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / One exam for the whole retina can mean fewer settings, fewer complications and more information

The more precisely we want to examine the human retina, the more clearly one of the fundamental limits of physics becomes apparent. In cellular-resolution eye imaging, the same tradeoff has applied for years—tiny structures ...

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / School-based screening and support can help reduce anxiety in young children

A new online system delivered through primary schools has been shown to be significantly more effective than standard school provision in reducing anxiety among young children. The researchers say their "screening to intervention" ...

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Oral-gut axis points to salivary biomarkers for early gastric cancer detection

A recent study published in Cell Reports Medicine has identified distinct microbial signatures within the oral cavity and gut that serve as robust biomarkers for the early detection of gastric cancer (GC).

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Rural patients face triple the drive for dental specialists, nationwide analyses show

For millions of Americans living in rural communities, getting specialized dental care can mean driving an hour, or more, just to sit in the dental chair. A patient in rural Wyoming needing a root canal may travel over an ...

Apr 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cardiorespiratory fitness may cut dementia, depression and psychosis risk

Many studies carried out over the past decades have explored the relationship between mental and physical health, showing that the two are often interlinked. One well-established indicator of overall physical health is cardiorespiratory ...

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Robust flu protection may rely on B cells that are long-lived residents in the lungs

Deep in the lungs, resident memory B cells stand guard against influenza reinfection—but whether they remain there may depend on how strongly they are signaled through their own receptors. New research using an animal model ...

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Largest US study finds teen cannabis use linked to slower cognitive development

Researchers from University of California San Diego have found that teenagers who begin using cannabis show slower gains in thinking and memory skills as they grow. The study, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, analyzed ...

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Novel diabetic wound treatment turns cells into manufacturers

Diabetes affects more than 40 million people in the United States, according to the American Diabetes Association. For many, the chronic condition means a lifetime of pain as worsening circulation leads to nonhealing ulcers ...

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Teen cannabis use rose after California legalization, reversing years of decline

Teen cannabis use in Northern California increased following the legalization of adult recreational cannabis and later declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research from Kaiser Permanente published in JAMA ...

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Giving a voice to vocal fold regeneration—uncovering a new map of stem-like cells

The larynx, also known as the voice box, is home to the vocal folds and is the reason people can talk and sing while manipulating pitch and volume. The vocal folds are covered with mucosa, or mucous membranes.

Apr 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Sex differences in brain gene activity could explain why some disorders affect men and women differently

The physical differences between men and women are all too obvious, but the biological divide goes right down to the cellular level in the brain, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

Apr 18, 2026