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Medical Xpress / Medical cannabis program changes drastically when adding anxiety as a qualifying condition, study finds
Within months of Pennsylvania's medical cannabis program adding anxiety as a qualifying condition, that diagnosis quickly rose to become the most common for cannabis certifications, according to a study by researchers at ...

Medical Xpress / Simultaneous kidney and stem cell transplants may enable patients to ditch lifelong immunosuppressants
While immunosuppressive medications are critical to preventing rejection of transplant organs, they also come with plenty of downsides. They can cause harsh side effects, like headaches and tremors, and increase the risk ...

Medical Xpress / Three years in, research shows regional and personal differences in use of 988 lifeline
Who is most likely to use 988, the national suicide and crisis lifeline launched on July 16, 2022?

Medical Xpress / Stem cell grafts restore myelin in mouse model of progressive multiple sclerosis
A study led by Cambridge researchers has shed light on how neural stem cell grafts could help restore myelin in the central nervous system. The findings suggest that neural stem cell‐based therapies hold promise as a potential ...

Medical Xpress / Surgical microscope uses 48 tiny cameras to offer precise 3D imaging
For over a century, surgeons performing delicate procedures have relied on stereoscopic microscopes to gain a sense of depth. These tools mimic human vision by presenting slightly different images to each eye, allowing the ...

Medical Xpress / Parkinson's disease: How the affected side shapes the disease's course
Parkinson's disease affects approximately 10 million people worldwide. It typically begins asymmetrically, initially impacting only one side of the body. Although it first manifests through motor symptoms—such as tremors, ...

Medical Xpress / New study maps four key pathways to Alzheimer's disease
UCLA Health researchers have identified four distinct pathways that lead to Alzheimer's disease by analyzing electronic health records, offering new insights into how the condition develops over time rather than from isolated ...

Medical Xpress / Cancer cells form protective microenvironment against CDK4/6 inhibitors, study shows
Targeted cancer drugs known as CDK4/6 inhibitors have improved outcomes for patients with advanced or metastatic HR+/HER2- breast cancer, but many patients still eventually relapse and become resistant to therapy. New research ...

Medical Xpress / A single olfactory neuron triggers two behaviors in fruit flies
The same neuron can tell fruit flies to walk toward the smell of rotting fruit and speed up, according to new research from Yale scientists. Neurobiologists once believed that each neuron held a single purpose. However, in ...

Medical Xpress / Stem cell-derived liver organoids show long-term growth with bile acid support
Adding bile acids as farnesoid X receptor agonists to the culture medium supported the growth and development of unique stem cell-derived hepatic organoids, report researchers from Japan. These three-dimensional liver organoids ...

Medical Xpress / Student designs prostate screening device to replace traditional examination method
A Loughborough University student has developed a new medical device that could transform how prostate health is assessed and monitored.

Medical Xpress / Adaptive spine board could transform ER transport
In combat zones and emergency rescues, rapid evacuation and treatment can mean the difference between life and death. But prolonged immobilization during transport poses another life-threatening risk: pressure injuries.