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Medical Xpress / First vaccine shows promise in protecting from deadly melioidosis infection
Melioidosis is a little-known tropical disease now seen as an emerging global public health threat. The disease is caused by bacteria that live in soil and groundwater, and no vaccine exists to prevent infection, which can ...
Medical Xpress / Worrying about money and food ages the heart faster than traditional risk factors
A novel analysis investigating the contribution of social determinants of health (SDoH) to cardiac aging has found that financial strain and food insecurity are the strongest drivers of accelerated biological aging and increased ...
Medical Xpress / AI can help detect kidney cancer faster
Researchers have developed an AI-based tool that accelerates the detection of kidney cancer. Its effectiveness was validated in a study published in Communications Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Team digitizes more than 100 years of Canadian infectious disease data
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a new database that brings together more than 100 years of historical epidemiological data from across Canada, which will help to predict future patterns of infectious disease.
Medical Xpress / HPV vaccine can protect against severe lesions of the vulva and vagina, study finds
Girls who are vaccinated against HPV are not only well protected against cervical cancer; they are also less likely to develop severe precancerous lesions of the vulva and vagina, particularly if they were vaccinated before ...
Medical Xpress / Controlling hypertension can reduce dementia risk—even when genetics aren't on your side
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) examined two known risk factors for developing dementia—one genetic and one relating to blood vessel damage in the brain. They wanted to know how much a person's dementia risk ...
Medical Xpress / Energy insecurity linked to higher rates of anxiety and depression
A new study from the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy identifies energy insecurity—the inability to meet basic household energy needs—as a critical, yet often overlooked, social determinant of health.
Medical Xpress / Hospitals acquired by real estate investment trusts associated with greater risk of bankruptcy and closure
Real estate investment trust (REIT)-acquired U.S. hospitals were associated with a greater risk of bankruptcy or closure than non-REIT-acquired hospitals, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School ...
Medical Xpress / Brain Care Score can predict risk of stroke across racial groups, study finds
A new study from Mass General Brigham found the Brain Care Score (BCS) is a strong predictor of stroke across different racial groups in the U.S. The findings, published in Neurology, suggest that improvements in the BCS ...
Medical Xpress / Special breathing tubes don't improve emergency intubation outcomes, trial finds
Modified endotracheal tubes designed to reduce patient pneumonia risk failed to improve outcomes compared to standard breathing tubes, researchers report in a new study.
Medical Xpress / Chill factor: Body's skin and organs feel cold through distinct molecular sensors
A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and ...
Medical Xpress / Cerebellar signals drive associative learning by enhancing visual discrimination, finds study
The cerebellum facilitates associative learning—wherein visual information is linked to motor actions—by strengthening sustained visual responses. Researchers at the University of Tsukuba have discovered that this amplification ...
