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Medical Xpress / Parental monitoring linked to fewer teen conduct problems despite genetic risk
Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children's behavior, especially for those at higher genetic risk for conduct problems, according to Rutgers Health-led research.
Medical Xpress / Intimacy and oxytocin together linked to modestly faster skin wound healing
Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich report that intimate physical contact combined with intranasal oxytocin was associated with modestly faster skin wound healing and lower stress hormone ...
Medical Xpress / Seborrheic dermatitis: Large US cohort reveals pattern of epithelial barrier disease overlap
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report that adults with seborrheic dermatitis in a large US cohort had higher odds of multiple epithelial barrier diseases across skin, respiratory, ...
Medical Xpress / Psilocybin could reverse effects of brain injuries resulting from intimate partner violence, rat study finds
The term intimate partner violence (IPV) refers to physical, sexual or psychological abuse perpetrated by an individual on their romantic partner or spouse. Victims of IPV who are violently attacked and physically abused ...
Medical Xpress / CD21 downregulation found to trigger harmful B cells in lupus
Our body's immune system is quick to spring into action when it spots a foreign object that shouldn't be there. Sometimes the same defense mechanism can get confused and end up attacking the very cells it's meant to protect, ...
Medical Xpress / Youth with mental health conditions share strikingly similar brain changes, regardless of diagnosis
An international study—the largest of its kind—has uncovered similar structural changes in the brains of young people diagnosed with anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD and conduct disorder, offering new insights into ...
Medical Xpress / How a key protein helps drive healthy longevity by maintaining a precise balance
Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered how the longevity-associated protein Sirt6 orchestrates a delicate molecular balancing act that protects the body from age-related decline and disease. The new findings, ...
Medical Xpress / Chronic inflammation in bone marrow linked to early blood cancer development
Blood cancers such as leukemia are caused by genetic changes in the blood-forming stem cells of the bone marrow. Scientists at the University Medical Center Mainz have now shown how chronic inflammation can alter the bone ...
Medical Xpress / Blink to the beat: Scientists discover that when we listen to music, we unconsciously blink our eyes
Yi Du and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences published an article in the open access journal PLOS Biology detailing their findings about a new way our bodies naturally respond to music. Given a steady beat, our ...
Medical Xpress / Rare genetic variants can increase ADHD risk by up to 15 times
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a high heritability, in which the genetic component consists of thousands of genetic variants. Most variants only slightly increase the likelihood of receiving the diagnosis. Now ...
Medical Xpress / Global rise in ultra-processed foods poses major public health threat, experts warn
The increase of UPFs in diets worldwide presents an urgent challenge to health that demands coordinated policies and advocacy action to address, says a new three-paper Series authored by 43 global experts and published in ...
Medical Xpress / Type 1 diabetes cured in mice with gentle blood stem-cell and pancreatic islet transplant
A combination of blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or cured type 1 diabetes in mice in a study by Stanford Medicine researchers. Type 1 diabetes ...
