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Medical Xpress / Research shows how behavioral science silently protects American consumers and patients

A new Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) special feature highlights the critical role of behavioral and decision sciences in U.S. governance. The publications demonstrate how psychological and economic ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / TNF-alpha blocks new neurons in hippocampus, reveals inflammation pathway

A molecule linked to chronic inflammation disrupts the brain's ability to create new neurons, uncovering a pathway with therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative diseases and neurological conditions. The King's College ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Should older men reassess their long-term prostate medications?

One in three men will experience moderate to severe lower urinary tract symptoms in their lifetime, with symptoms including frequent urination, difficulty starting urination, nocturia and a weak urine stream. Although these ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Novel antibody-drug conjugate eliminates residual cancer cells in majority of patients with B-cell ALL

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center were able to eradicate measurable residual disease (MRD) in B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients, a critical step in improving long-term survival ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / The silent hormone: How adrenal tumors quietly raise cardiovascular risk over time

A major new study, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, has shown that cortisol levels in patients with adrenal tumors are far less stable than previously assumed. The study also found that those in whom cortisol ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Common thyroid hormone may help prevent brain tumor relapse in children, says study

Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a widely used thyroid hormone that may significantly improve treatment outcomes for medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children. The study found ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial offers strong evidence that nerve blocks can cut opioid use after cardiac surgery

A clinical trial led by St. Michael's Hospital researchers found that using nerve blocks, an anesthesia technique to numb targeted areas of the body, significantly reduced opioid use after cardiac surgery—findings the authors ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Could these tiny organs save millions of lives?

If you're a woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer, treatment can feel ... well, scary. Will chemotherapy work? Or will it become a cycle of educated guesswork: trying one drug combination, waiting, scanning? If the tumor ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / New approach could expand CAR T therapy from blood cancers to solid tumors

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute report that combining CAR T cell immunotherapy with a targeted radiopharmaceutical significantly improved tumor regression ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Gene clues reveal why some rare leukemia patients resist tagraxofusp therapy

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified why some patients with a rare type of leukemia, called blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN), eventually develop resistance to ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Astrocytes help preserve memories for weeks by stabilizing neural circuits

Some memories remain with us for years, shaping how we learn from experience and adapt to the world around us. Others disappear quickly, even when they once seemed important. Although scientists have long studied how memories ...

Jul 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / First AI agent and risk prediction model for precision diabetes management

A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed Hong Kong's first "AI Agent for Precision Diabetes Management—PIPE-AI" (AI Agent), designed specifically for Asian populations, together with a ...

Jul 7, 2026