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Medical Xpress / A decade of baseball data shows the designated hitter system does not affect how teams win
In the original form of baseball, all nine players bat and play defense, including the pitcher. The designated hitter system lets a team add a tenth player to the starting lineup—a specialist batter who replaces the pitcher ...
Medical Xpress / A neuroadaptive VR system for the treatment of arachnophobia
Researchers at Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) have developed a novel virtual reality (VR) system that could make the treatment of arachnophobia, also known as spider phobia, more targeted and personalized in the ...
Medical Xpress / Urban living may shield against stroke, longitudinal study finds
While urban life is often associated with stress and pollution, living in more intensely developed neighborhoods may actually protect against stroke, a new University of Michigan study suggests. The research published in ...
Medical Xpress / Physical activity improves work ability: Study shows lifelong influence from childhood to the end of career
A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä shows that regular leisure-time physical activity started at a young age prevents a decrease in work ability at the end of a career. The result is societally significant, ...
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked to infertility in US women
Women who consume lower amounts of ultra-processed foods have higher odds of conceiving, according to new research from McMaster University. The link persists even after accounting for age, weight, lifestyle, and other health ...
Medical Xpress / Fracture risk calculator can identify more patients who could benefit from parathyroid surgery
A widely used fracture risk calculator may help guide surgical decisions to treat patients with an endocrine disorder called primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) that causes progressive bone loss, according to a study led by ...
Medical Xpress / Early clinical results deliver encouraging milestone for malaria drug candidate
Findings from two early clinical studies suggest a new dual-action antimalarial drug candidate is well tolerated in humans. The first-in-class clinical candidate, MK7602, is being developed by WEHI and global biopharmaceutical ...
Medical Xpress / Machine learning could help predict how people with depression respond to treatment
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found that a machine learning model could help clinicians predict which people with depression are more likely to improve with digital cognitive behavioral therapy compared to antidepressant ...
Medical Xpress / Listening in on the brain's electrical conversations with better tools
The human brain contains more connections between neurons than there are stars in the Milky Way. Decoding the electrical activity behind all those cells is the massive task that excites neural engineers like Felix Deku, who ...
Medical Xpress / Why 4 in 10 children in Papua New Guinea miss vaccinations
Four in ten children in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain Province (ENBP) received no vaccinations in 2023, and new research has revealed why. The study led by Burnet Institute found most caregivers strongly support vaccinating ...
Medical Xpress / Schizophrenia study finds new biomarker, drug candidate to treat cognitive symptoms
Current schizophrenia medications treat symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but do little for cognitive symptoms like disorganized thinking or executive dysfunction. As a result, many patients are unable to work, ...
Medical Xpress / AI helps to evaluate skin lesions in rare disease more accurately
There is a promising new drug for the rare disease mastocytosis, which is associated with skin lesions, among other things. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been able to use artificial intelligence to quantitatively ...
