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Medical Xpress / Early neuron development influenced by unexpected gene-like behavior, researchers report
Cells have surface receptors that couple with proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors. Typically, the number of these receptors increases as the cell matures, but researchers have now identified ...
Medical Xpress / Legal system contact tied to years of worse mental health in teens
Youth who have contact with the U.S. legal system may be at increased risk of mental health symptoms, including anxiety, depression, hostility and psychoticism, according to a study published in PLOS One by Raquel V. Oliveira ...
Medical Xpress / Gene therapy shows promise for life-threatening inherited heart disease
A new gene therapy appears to be safe in patients diagnosed with Friedreich ataxia cardiomyopathy, a progressive and fatal inherited cardiac disease, according to a phase 1 clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. ...
Medical Xpress / Premature babies—a simple test gauges neurocognitive development
Canadian scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a noninvasive brain-monitoring technique could help medical teams predict the future development of premature babies.
Medical Xpress / Post-disaster financial and social toll on mothers linked to poorer mental health in their children
Children's mental health may be indirectly harmed by their mothers' experience of a major disaster, through the financial and social losses the disaster causes, according to a new study published in PLOS One by Ariane Lisann ...
Medical Xpress / How intermittent fasting may shield the brain from chronic stress
Chronic stress, the prolonged exposure to psychological and/or physical strain, is known to be a risk factor for depression, anxiety and some other psychiatric disorders. Past studies suggest that chronic stress disrupts ...
Medical Xpress / An intranasal flu vaccine approved two decades ago may have underappreciated immune benefits
For decades, influenza vaccines have been judged largely by the antibodies they generate in the bloodstream, a measure that has remained the gold standard since the first flu immunizations were administered in the 1940s.
Medical Xpress / Gazing longer at something contributes to memory encoding, study finds
While humans are observing their surroundings, their eyes tend to rapidly shift between different objects, people and details that catch their attention, pausing briefly on each one. In psychology, prolonged pauses on specific ...
Medical Xpress / Kidney healing improves after protein blockade, with less scarring and faster recovery
A drug previously developed at UCLA to help heart tissue repair itself after a heart attack might also help kidney tissue repair and regenerate, researchers have found.
Medical Xpress / Seven years after Ebola, survivors still live with neurological scars left by the disease
Ebola virus disease is caused by infection with an orthobolavirus found primarily in sub-Saharan Africa and can be fatal in 50% of those infected, on average. Among those who survive the disease, it leaves behind its imprint ...
Medical Xpress / 1940s-era drug helps uncover kidney pathway that may improve disease treatment
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a previously unrecognized way the kidneys regulate water balance—an advance that could lead to improved treatments for polycystic kidney disease (PKD) and other disorders. The study, ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cell circuit restores barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease
Scientists have discovered a new protective communication circuit between specialized immune cells in the intestines, a circuit that may be therapeutically targeted to improve inflammatory bowel disease outcomes, according ...
