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Medical Xpress / Substance use disorder is linked to an increased risk of suicide, study finds

People with substance use disorder are at a significantly higher risk of both attempting suicide and dying by suicide, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Sep 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Asthma drug shows potential to slow preterm labor in screening study

Shajila Siricilla, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics, and Jennifer Herington, Ph.D., associate professor of pediatrics, led a team that systematically screened 1,191 FDA-approved drugs and found that several candidates ...

Sep 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / How a specific protein may drive brain damage in neuroHIV

While powerful medications can suppress the spread of HIV and its progression to AIDS, there are no cures, and many people living with HIV experience nervous system problems. Called neuroHIV, these complications occur when ...

Sep 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Engineered probiotic bacteria produce cancer drugs inside tumors

E. coli in uncooked meat can cause diarrhea and food poisoning. Scientists, however, have found a way to turn the bacterium into a delivery agent that takes drugs straight to a tumor and transforms it into a tiny cancer drug ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain-mapping framework reveals shifts in information flow during pain and movie watching

In the brain, information travels among distributed networks, groups of interconnected regions that work together and contribute to specific behaviors, feelings or thoughts. To study how information travels through these ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI assistant learns from radiology reports to spot problems in abdominal scans

An abdominal CT scan packs an extraordinary amount of information into a single image, layering dozens of organs and hundreds of possible conditions. It's widely considered one of the most complex scans in medicine to read, ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Strength training causes fat cells to shrink even before weight loss, study suggests

Just seven days of strength training increased visceral fat burning in obese mice, even before any weight loss could be seen on a scale. In an experiment conducted at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), researchers ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cocaine hijacks a brain circuit that naturally supports flexible behavior

Researchers have identified a brain circuit that normally supports flexible behavior but is recruited by cocaine to drive increasingly rigid and repetitive behavior. Published in the journal Current Biology, the findings ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Engineered 'triple-threat' immune cells could fight plaque buildup that causes heart attacks and strokes

A UCLA research team has engineered a new type of immune cell that attacks atherosclerotic plaques—the fatty buildup inside artery walls that drives most heart attacks and strokes. These engineered cells work by recognizing ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / 'Invisible' inflammation in rare bowel disease may explain heightened colon cancer risk

New research from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has revealed for the first time that two closely related bowel diseases, currently treated in the same way, are fundamentally different. The findings help explain ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Mothers' poor sleep quality in late pregnancy linked to higher obesity risk in their children

New research has found that mothers with poor sleep quality in late pregnancy had babies with lower weight in the first six months of life but higher weight at ages 1–2 years. This effect was strongest in male infants and ...

Sep 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / 'Plug-and-play' CAR T technology adapts as cancer changes

Researchers from City of Hope have developed a new "plug-and-play" technology that adds engineered molecules to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells after treatment, allowing scientists to better control the cells and ...

Sep 22, 2026