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Medical Xpress / Digital aging twin measures how organs age at different speeds across adulthood
Aging is a complex process, and precisely measuring how the human body declines has long been a challenge. Two people of the same chronological age can have very different health trajectories. Scientists have also struggled ...
Medical Xpress / Noninvasive deep brain stimulation technique shows early promise for treating Parkinson's disease
A novel, noninvasive brain stimulation approach—known as transcranial temporal interference stimulation (TIs)—may offer a new way to treat motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease without the need for surgery, according to a ...
Medical Xpress / RNA therapy slows harmful heart remodeling after heart attack in clinical trial
Following an acute heart attack, pathological remodeling processes occur in the heart. One consequence is so-called left ventricular systolic dysfunction, in which the pumping function of the left ventricle is impaired. To ...
Medical Xpress / Obesity-linked fat molecule may speed Alzheimer's by disrupting brain lipids
A new study offers fresh insight into Alzheimer's disease by looking beyond the brain and focusing on metabolic health, particularly obesity. The Houston Methodist-led study moves beyond the traditional view of obesity as ...
Medical Xpress / Discovery of brain-body connection offers clues for Parkinson's and alcohol use disorder
When danger lurks, instinct keeps us safe. It compels us to run from a burning building or wrestle a knife-wielding attacker to the ground. It also adjusts our body physiology to support these behaviors.
Medical Xpress / A common mutation linked to autoimmune diseases may protect people from viral infections
New research from the University of Kansas shows a "risk gene" linked to higher odds of developing autoimmune diseases such as diabetes or lupus may also provide a survival advantage fighting viral infections like coronavirus. ...
Medical Xpress / Slow-dividing breast cancer cells may explain relapses decades after treatment
A new study by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has uncovered a hidden mechanism explaining why breast cancer can return many years after successful treatment. Published in Nature Communications, the research reveals ...
Medical Xpress / A common cholesterol drug may weaken ovarian cancer's hidden shield
Ascites—the buildup of liquid in the belly—may be doing more than causing discomfort. A Duke University School of Medicine study finds this fluid helps cancer cells survive and spread—and that a decades-old cholesterol drug ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists discover hidden switch in immune cells that helps the body kill deadly fungus
Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UK) have contributed to discovering a "control switch" inside our immune cells that helps the body destroy dangerous fungal infections. Researchers found that a protein called ...
Medical Xpress / The robotic penguin that makes endoscopy optional
Researchers at the TechMed Center of the University of Twente have built a swallowable soft robot that samples stomach fluid and measures acidity in real time. The robot has no battery, chip, nor any other electronics. Health ...
Medical Xpress / Early-life adversity reshapes growth and reproduction in rhesus macaques for decades
Many factors influence growth and reproductive patterns in animals and people alike. New research, led by postdoctoral researcher Rachel Petersen of the Lea Lab at Vanderbilt and Assistant Professor Sam Patterson of Notre ...
Medical Xpress / Engaging with the arts linked to slower aging at the biological level
Regularly taking part in arts activities such as reading, listening to music or visiting a gallery or museum may slow the pace of biological aging, suggests a new study by University College London (UCL) researchers.
